Chris Way Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, IL

• Manages the nation’s largest chapter of the Associate Board of Ambassadors (ABOA) reaching a peak of 182 members.
• Led the ABOA to achieve their highest gross fundraising year, raising $500,000 in 2019 for the American Cancer Society.
• Grew ABOA membership by 42% in two years.
• Spearheads the ABOA’s annual gala, Skyline Soiree. The event sold out for the first-time history in 2019 exceeding 800 guests in attendance and raising over $364,473 gross revenue.
• Increased ABOA net revenue by 16% in one year through innovative fundraising techniques.
• Prioritized personal page fundraising, a peer-to-peer digital development resource and increased this revenue source by 135% in one year through broader engagement with our membership.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Recruited 37 young professional volunteers to launch the suburban-based Leadership Council supporting the Night Under the Stars event, exceeding goal raising $144,264 in its first year.
• Managed two Coaches vs. Cancer events working in partnership with Northwestern University and Notre Dame’s head basketball coaches (Chris Collins & Mike Brey). These two events raised over $130,000.
• Supported the Discovery Ball gala, raising over $6 million in 2017, making the event the single highest gross fundraising event in the history of the American Cancer Society.

Office Of Development And Alumni Relations

• Launched the first Young Alumni Council, engaging over 20 young alumni in volunteer initiatives, pledging personal donations, and recruiting annual gifts from their peers.
• Organized 10 alumni events in one fiscal year in Chicago, Boston, New York, and San Francisco.
• Managed 10 All-Access Mixers (events that offer students and alumni an opportunity to network with one another).
• Increased the alumni participation rate at All-Access Mixers by 40%. This was done by researching and inviting additional alumni identified through collaboration with other campus offices.
• Secured an alumni leadership gift to fulfill the $2500 Forester PRIDE Scholarship. This initiative also included organizing two Forester PRIDE fundraisers, held in June (pride month) in Chicago.
• Spearheaded the Chicago Day Program, which connected first-year studies classes with 21 alumni volunteers in their respective offices for lunch during a day trip to Chicago.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

During this internship I wrote news articles and press releases to promote American Cancer Society fundraisers and the Road to Recovery Program. I also founded a community fundraiser (Green and White Affair) by recruiting volunteers, developing awareness, and raising over $10,000 to benefit the American Cancer Society.