Dan Fernelius Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, open, nonprofit certificate authority (CA), serving 225 million websites around the world. Our mission is to reduce financial, technological, and educational barriers to secure communication over the Internet. My role is to help connect companies and individuals with our work, to find ways for us to partner to advance our goal of a more secure and privacy-respecting Web. Let's Encrypt and its funders have helped move HTTPS adoption from 39.5% of web page loads to more than 80%.Let's Encrypt is a project of Internet Security Research Group (abetterinternet.org), a nonprofit organization focused on building a more secure and privacy-respecting Internet. In addition to Let's Encrypt, its Prossimo project (memorysafety.org) seeks to move critical parts of Internet infrastructure to memory-safe code. Divvi Up (divviup.org), its most recent project, is a privacy-respecting system for aggregate statistics.

Minneapolis, Mn

Using theater to illustrate and animate, Mixed Blood changes attitudes, behavior, and policy by paying positive attention to difference.As chief operating officer at Mixed Blood, I provided leadership to an organization that has served communities in Minneapolis, Minnesota and beyond for forty years. My role was supported by strong partnerships with the Chief Engagement Officer (CEO) the Artistic Director, and Board of Directors, and was responsible for cultivating resources in pursuit of the theatre’s social justice‐rooted mission and vision.Central to my role are management, operations, and development functions as well as guiding fundraising and financial strategies.

Decorah, Iowa

Founded a collaborative arts-presenting non-profit organization with a mission of building community between the Luther College and Decorah, Iowa communities through a series of collaborative concerts, and by extension empower and engage economic activity via the arts throughout the community.Conceptualized, designed and built the series brand, generating significant buzz throughout both the community and regional area, selling 95% of tickets available throughout the first four seasons.Secured external funding through corporate sponsorships, individual giving, grant funding, solicited and received in-kind advertising and various outlets of regional earned media coverage.Served as primary marketing designer, website developer, social media content creation and management, venue liaison, artist management, patron relations, event management, development strategist, and primary donor relationship manager.www.waterst.org

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

In collaboration with the Director of Development, manage the Trust’s Annual Fund, including the creation of goals and objectives for individual giving, design, implementation and management of fundraising projects and campaigns, and establishment of fundraising priorities. Manage development communications; including drafting communication pieces, manage communication systems, manage development website pages.Manage aspects of the Trust’s Give to the Max day strategy, including content and communications, systems management (gift acknowledgement and data processing, etc.).Manage development systems (Salesforce, Soapbox, Form Assembly, etc.); including managing and updating donor information, managing events, campaigns, donor ticketing information, gift data, correspondence data, interactions, building forms, etc.Manage development intern(s), including processing applications, interviewing candidates, assigning meaningful assignments (gift processing, acknowledgment assembling, etc.) with attention and dedication to mentorship-centric management of internManage development reports including contribution actuals vs. projections, current donations, annual fund reports, Board Giving reports, etc. including management of development’s reconciliation with Finance department on a monthly, quarterly, annual basis.Manage development events communications, ensuring sensitivity to project management, meeting deadlines, etc.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Serve as first point of contact for Trust donors;Assists with managing all donor ticketing activities; including collecting donor ticket requests, processing tickets, sorting and mailing tickets.Assist with development activities in database system (SalesForce, Convio Luminate); including updating donor information, managing events, campaigns, and donor ticketing information, and ensuring accurate record processing.Works closely with Development Assistant to oversee/ensure accurate data processing.Support the development team in the planning and execution of cultivation and fundraising events.Conduct prospect research to identify and qualify new and existing donors.Leads and assists with Development special projects.Ensures collaboration between Development department and all other departments with specific attention to serving as a liaison between Development and Marketing and Development and Finance.

Interlochen, Mi

Oversaw the daily operation of over 300 middle-school aged musicians throughout six weeks of daily rehearsals and four concertsManaged sectional schedule, rehearsal schedule, concert schedule, and assisting in program publication productionSupervised and worked collaboratively with stage crew and librarians. Worked as the touchstone between individuals such as directors and venue managers, directors and librarians, directors and students. Managed communications between directors and sectional coachesEngaged in frequent “problem solving” to ensure the smooth and efficient continuation of daily operations