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Cypress Hills/East New York

Greater New York City Area

• Work collaboratively to actively steward major giftso Donor engagement and cultivation Manage and field donor request and inquires with additional follow-upo Preparation of appropriate reports and tracking of pledge payments• Further partnerships with academic and volunteer leaders, build collaborations within CUMC and across Columbia’s schoolso Faculty meetings Identify donors, donor interest and departmental initiatives and prioritieso Work together with committee leaders and co-chairs• Research o Prospects research in order to identify inclination, linkage and capacity o Research Grant funders for departmental initiatives• Write and coordinate the production of donor reportso Proposal development Stewardship reports, progress reports and grant proposalso Solicitation letters, acknowledgment letters• Organize and coordinate special events, including vendor and site inquiry and troubleshoot when necessary; perform other related duties and special projects as assigned• Establish and lead monthly meetings for Development Assistants; designed to uphold and exemplify core and partnership valueso Career development and training, including fundraising and related policies and tasks for multiple departmentso Train new hires• Coordinate and manage database entry and maintain donor lists including assurance of data base accuracy; maintain files and database portfolio; interact with internal and external constituencies• Standardize and improve common business practices across the department• Organize and produce expense reports, schedule appointments, meetings (with follow-up preparation of agenda and notification to participants)

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote and coordinated the production of donor reports, solicitation letters, and special acknowledgment letters; processed gift transmittals, and assisted with prospect research and proposal development• Coordinated and managed database entry; maintained donor lists including assurance of database accuracy; maintained files and database portfolio; interacted with internal and external constituencies• Assisted with vendor and site inquiry for special events as well as organized and coordinated events; troubleshot when necessary; performed other related duties and special projects as assigned• Managed all daily activities, including scheduling of appointments and meetings (with follow-up preparation of agenda and notification to participants)

Greater New York City Area

• Prepared and executed public functions; maintained and developed contact with the public, community groups, and/or the media.• Provided management information systems input and retrieval functions, word processing implementation and coordination, and/or maintained a tracking system.• Performed work in all phases of plant management, inventory control, and/or procurement in the Mayor’s Office. Transported office materials and equipment to various locations in the Office.• Performed office support functions of a sensitive and confidential nature for the Office of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Commissioner and Chief of Staff.• Coordinated the flow of correspondence while maintaining a tracking system.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Managed office responsibilities and duties.• Booked appointments, accounts payable/receivable clerk, handled clients communication and client concerns with event planning.• Conducted inventory, ordered supplies, kept contracts and invoice files current.

Master Of Science Nonprofit Management, Fundraising Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)