Briana Crane Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL

In my current role, I lead a team of 12 as Vice President, Strategic Gifts to manage major, principal, and planned gifts programs. I also collaborate with development leadership and the CDO for organizational alignment.

Chicago, IL

• In this capacity, I lead new initiatives within the strategic gifts team, planning for various donor levels. I collaborate across functions to manage trust-based grants, support the CEO and executive team in key donor.
• Governed team comprising one director and three managers to oversee movesmanagement strategies for principal gift donors exceeding $150K alongside ultra-high net worth prospects.
• Administered portfolio of 40 principal annual donors and prospective donors.
• Initiated Feeding America's cross-department Culture of Philanthropy team as a founder and member.

Chicago, IL

• While serving in this position, I spearheaded strategic planning and project implementation, identified growth opportunities, and managed team operations to meet stakeholder expectations. I developed donor management.
• Led a team of five relationship managers.
• Owned moves management for donors contributing $25K+ in portfolios.
• Oversaw group of 20 principal donors worth over $100K and 40 major donorswith gifts of $25K and higher, including five annual donors exceeding $1M.

• As the Director of Development, I built and administered tailored plans for donors and organizational needs, founded and led an enterprise society for emerging entrepreneurs, and orchestrated relationships with major.
• Developed and deployed stewardship and recognition strategies for major donors contributing $10K and more annually.
• Cultivated and governed interactions with a portfolio of 150+ individual major donors donating over $10K each year.

Chicago, IL

Provide regional operations and project management. Incorporate creative thinking into the production of high-level business development materials. Leading four direct reports to develop superior client and lead materials.

Greater Chicago Area

Coordinated the design, logistics, build-out and move into a new, 8,000 square-foot office under budget and within six monthsNegotiated vendor agreements and implemented new contracts to decrease the Midwest operational budget in collaboration with the procurement departmentPlanned and executed an annual conference five consecutive years for 50+ team.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Braintree, Massachusetts

Managed the planning, set up and staffing of in-store eventsCreated the 2001 Blueprint Business Plan to drive new business into the store that achieved an average increase in attendance of 15% to weekly eventsManaged expenses below annual budget and drove efficiencies across institutional business agreementsPromoted a positive working relationship among.