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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego Metropolitan Area

Greater San Diego Area

Directed all aspects of development for the law school, including board and major-gift fundraising, management of the annual fund, donor relations and stewardship, development communications and strategic planning and budgeting. Overseen progressive annual increases in private contributions to the law school totaling more than 300 percent over a span of four years. Supervised a three-person professional staff, managed a six-figure program budget and served as the chief development officer and liaison to the law school’s board of trustees and other key constituents. Increased annual giving by board members nearly three-fold over a four-year period, and increased board participation in giving from 55 percent to 100 percent over the same time span. Conceived and implemented six-figure fundraising appeals with progressive increases in the law school’s yearly annual fund campaign.

Greater San Diego Area

Advised the Academy’s leadership and board of directors on strategies to substantially increase fundraising and expand public awareness of the Academy and its mission.Created and implemented a successful annual business plan and budget for the Academy.Developed strategic roles and responsibilities for the Academy’s board when it was first established, then guided its transition to a robust fundraising engine for the organization, with a personal giving participation rate of 100 percent.

Greater San Diego Area

Developed a comprehensive program for cultivating, soliciting and stewarding principal gifts ($500,000+) across more than a dozen campus divisions as well as Scripps Institution of Oceanography.Worked directly with the chancellor and other academic leaders to cultivate, solicit and successfully close principal gifts on behalf of the university’s research and other funding priorities.Conceived and managed major events and projects to attract, cultivate and solicit gifts from foundations, companies and high-wealth individuals not previously engaged with the campus.Developed and implemented principal gift strategies across multiple areas of the campus in collaboration with academic and administrative leaders.

Greater San Diego Area

Directed all aspects of the institution’s development program on behalf of conservation research, management and teaching.Personally solicited $100,000+ gifts; managed $1.5 million budget and led 12-person team of development professionals and support staff.Consistently surpassed annual fundraising goals of $8 million+ set by Scripps leadership.Developed donor-building programs with volunteers in regions beyond San Diego, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City.Served as development liaison to civic and industry leaders at the local, national and international levels.Worked with academic leadership to deepen mutually beneficial campus-community bonds, with particular focus on companies and organizations within the environmental and sustainability fields.Increased alumni and faculty giving and established outreach programs to broaden community-based support for the institution.Developed and produced the largest and most successful fundraising event in the Institution’s history.

Greater San Diego Area

Cultivated, solicited and successfully closed gifts of $100,000 to $1 million and provided donor strategy to campus leaders on behalf of the $1 billion Campaign for UCSD. Established major-gift development programs for multiple campus areas including creation of high-wealth support groups actively engaged in major-gift fundraising. Provided leadership and strategy to deepen the university’s major-gift prospect pipeline to sustain upward trend in giving through the final years of the campaign and beyond.Served as liaison between unit and central development directors; worked closely with academic leaders to identify, solicit and successfully close major gifts in the campaign.Served as acting director of development for the university’s division of biological sciences, revamping and expanding the division’s advisory board as a proactive fundraising group.Successfully led $1.5 million capital campaign to expand the UCSD Faculty Club.

Greater San Diego

Directed all aspects of development and operations for the UCSD Student Affairs development program, including supervision of four-person staff and management of six-figure program budget. Doubled private annual support from $750,000 to more than $1.7 million in four years as director.Transformed volunteer group into successful fundraising board tasked with seven-figure annual goals. Developed and launched successful scholarship development program as part of Campaign for UCSD. Expanded Student Affairs fundraising to include athletics, recreation and student cultural centers.Produced and managed all aspects of the university’s most successful fundraising event to that time, netting more than $500,000 for merit and need-based scholarships.

Greater San Diego

Worked closely with the dean and faculty to develop and implement all public relations activities, including alumni and media relations, publications, events and community outreach.Managed all aspects of development for the school; worked closely with the dean and advisory board to broaden the annual and major gift pipelines.Managed four-person development staff and simultaneously orchestrated multiple projects and events involving a broad range of donors, faculty, students and alumni.

Greater San Diego

Coordinated all activities of the board including special events, direct mail campaigns, individual gift solicitations, stewardship and donor recognition. Developed and orchestrated the foundation’s public relations efforts, including production of newsletters, brochures and other outreach materials.Managed day-to-day operations of the foundation including budgets and accounting, board and donor relations, database management and all aspects of non-profit/board administration.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed day-to-day operations for the 185,000-member organization; served as liaison to member groups, federal agencies and advisory coalitions.Lobbied Congress and testified on issues of concern to the scientific research community.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supervised staff of 50 reporters and editors for award-winning daily newspaper (circulation 30,000). Organized and oversaw entire newspaper production process from reporting and editing to print design, layout and production; served as liaison between business, editorial and news staffs and held ultimate responsibility for paper’s timely production and distribution.

Bachelor Of Science In Journalism, Journalism, History, English, Economics, Psychology, Social Sciences, Arts And Humanities

Activities and Societies: Honors student, freshman through senior years; graduated Cum Laude with 3.8 GPA in Journalism. Senatorial.

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