Cristina Ryan Raggio Email & Phone Number

Lincoln Center

Babylon, Ny

Greater New York City Area

Major Gift Fundraising for the Far Beyond Capital Campaign.Building and strengthening relationships with alumni and industry partners to advance the College of Arts and Sciences' mission and value of a Stony Brook University education.Identified, cultivated, solicited, and stewarded alumni and friends who reside in the Northeast for major gifts in support of the programs and students of the university. Encouraged and coordinated involvement of alumni through campus visits and regional events.Prepared and presented donor-centric solicitation proposals to alumni and friends with the input and assistance from faculty, staff and deans. Proposals involved scientific equipment, tax planning, gifts of real estate, personal property, securities, and gifts in wills, trusts, annuities and insurance.

New York City

Created and maintained a comprehensive tiered giving and major donor pipeline program from direct mail, lower level individual and family foundation donors from across the countryPartnered with departments organization-wide to cultivate grateful clients and create donor programsSecured & attended meetings with donors for Board members & Oncology Social Work staff; developed & directed strategies for meetings & proposals; built personal relationships with all donors to achieve long-term goalsCFC Grant Applications and PresentationsPlanned Giving and Bequest Administration and MarketingEvent Planning for cultivation and stewardship events

Brooklyn, Ny

Planned, coordinated and implemented the tiered major donor programIdentified, qualified, cultivated, solicited and acquired prospective donors through research, events, direct mail, telephone and individual meetings in New York, Washington D.C., Boston and Atlanta Develop and track annual expense and revenue budget projections for Development Department Oversee all stewardship programs; benefit fulfillment including distribution of premier seating to all Big Apple Circus performances in all locations; planning special events for members, meetings with artists and attendance at community programs; create additional benefits of givingSupervise the design, printing, and mailing of all annual major donor marketing, servicing and annual appeal material; develop concepts, message and specific copy.Secured and attended appointments with donors for Board members and artistic staff, and senior office staff; developed and directed strategies for meetings.

New York, New York

Organized exhibition previews, receptions, lectures, concerts, seated dinners and other events, (50 per year) which had a combined budget of approximately 1.6 million dollars for over 110,000 Members. All facets of planning stewardship events and programs for Members; determining which exhibitions were appropriate for previews and receptions, designing new events, scheduling, writing and printing invitations, coordinating mailing, arranging for musicians, staffing, catering and when necessary, transportation. Collaborated with all other relevant departments museum-wide.Worked closely with the Chief Membership Officer to create new membership levels and find cost-effective new benefits of Membership and events.Member complaint contactDesigned and ran a program to escort high-level Members to special exhibitions on Mondays (the program grew from speaking with members as the complaint contact)Wrote the text for the Membership page of the Museum’s bi-monthly Calendar in print and on the website. Travel with The Met, the Museum’s Travel Program, accompanied two international educational cruises for donors. The work involved socializing with the Museum’s high level donors and cultivating new donors while working closely with the staff on board the ship and the travel agent staff.

New York, United States

Membership services support staff, Patrons Lounge and Special Events Host.

Bachelors Degree, Art History And Classical Civilizations

College of Arts and Sciences

Studio Art

Activities and Societies: Art History, Stone CarvingConcentration in Stone Carving

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