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Celina, Tx, Us

Texas, United States

Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas

Maximizing the stewardship of organizations through:1. Roadmap Assimilation: Great organizations desire to maximize revenue, engage more champions, create infrastructure solutions and enhance external messaging.2. Effective Teams: Developing strong teams with the right people in the right roles with the right leader in paramount in creating the right organization.3. Revenue Improvement: It is key to have the right vision, strategy, team and resources in place to produce sustainable results.

Retained to turnaround an underperforming Advancement Department, bring strong leadership to achieve goals, and introduce new philosophies. Turnaround included creating a strategy to execute a new vision for the university and build strategic partnerships. Leadership activities include department management, Trustee development, portfolio management, advancement services, alumni communications, public relations and marketing strategies, advancement offers and major gifts, church, foundations, and corporate relationships. Hire and manage consultants and vendors such as PR firms, fundraising experts, federal funding consultants, and other specialists. Leadership role includes meeting all external and financial goals, working with the Board of Trustees, President's Advisory Board, and Executive Cabinet members (President and Vice Presidents). Direct a 30-person team. Manage a $4.1 million advancement budget and $46 million operating budget. Initially acted as a Consultant for several months. · Developed a new structure for the department that created $700,000 in total cost savings. Formed new departments, and hired leaders for the Foundations Department and Communications Department. · Founded the university's first Government Relations Agency which was critical in securing federal funding. Efforts may generate a first time gift ranging between $500,000 and $1 million. · Took aggressive measures to boost first year giving by $1 million; total annual giving rose to $7.7 million. · Member of executive team that designed a 10-year long term vision plan for the university. Plan entails a capacity study, 10 strategic initiatives and core values, and robust plans for financial, civil engineering, academic, student life, fundraising, and communications strategies

Accepted an 12-month assignment with the nation's largest Salvation Army organization and challenged to architect and execute a plan for the Resource Development Department to identify resources to fund its $24 million budget. New plan involved identifying new staffing needs, defining roles of existing staff, leveraging fundraising expertise to secure millions of dollars, and working with 60 of Dallas' most prominent Board members.Significant activities included securing donor gifts, creating and managing seven key functions (special events management, donor service management, public relations management, corporate and community relations management, direct mail management, major gifts management, and grants management), budget management, articulating upper management's vision, interacting with donors and high-profile Board members, and leading 22 staff members. Controlled a $2.4 million resource development budget. · Captured $2 million in gifts by creating a new development plan; led team who reached their $24 million goal. Refreshed staff that was critical in winning major development gifts. · Saved money by switching direct mail distribution vendors and increasing distribution by 15%. · Developed critical relationships with 12 principal Board of Directors members that prompted $6 million in revenues.

Member of team charged with raising $35 million, led a President's Council comprised of 65 high-profile business executives that contributed $10,000+ per year, championed fundraising events, and formed key relationships. Principal activities included executing a $35 million capital campaign,creating high-level donor events including a trip to Israel, cementing alumni and church relationships,overseeing marketing, public relations, and vendor relationships, and networking with development professionals. Collaborated with the Seminary President (Dr. Charles Swindoll) and teamed with Vice President of Development. · Extraordinarily involved in raising $60 million in three years. Formed new relationships and boosted gifts from current donors ­ two donors contributed $250,000 each, each year. · Presided over President's Council members with personal net worth ranging from $1 million to $100 million. · Launched initiatives in concert with the President including donor retreat events valued at $2.5 million in giving. · Hired vendor that is still used today for fundraising, public relations, and direct mail initiatives.