David Edson Email & Phone Number

Springfield, Missouri, United States

• Orchestrate the innovation, strategy, implementation, budget, and overall success of the nine program areas which directly impact over 88,000 people each year.
• Audit, prepare, and execute annual budgets for the nine programs totaling $10+ million.
• Pilot a 60-member team across all nine program areas.
• Perform routine data collection to upgrade our programs’ ability to alleviate poverty.
• Promote innovation and strategic planning with program directors. Areas of focus include program efficiency, acquiring metrics, and long-term plans for programmatic success.
• Serve on the executive committee which meets weekly.

• Anchored donor prospecting, acquisition, and retention for our global programs, sponsorship programs, and project-specific goals.
• Helped spark innovative approaches to fundraising including social influencer engagement, celebrity endorsements, project-specific campaigns, and new approaches to our sponsorship model.
• Administrative leader in generating an annual funding target of $6.5 million.
• Successfully led donor trips in Africa and Central America for the organization that generated significant and ongoing revenue for global programs.
• Formulated and deployed the organization’s development and operational strategies.
• Conducted grant research, acquisition, and management to create alternate and more sustainable sources of revenue.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

• Directed all operations within the organization to increase exposure and revenue and bolster overall productivity and efficiency.
• Calculated and furnished standard operating processes aimed at improving program metrics.
• Addressed areas of inefficiency by creating innovative solutions along with monitoring program beneficiary satisfaction.
• Teamed with the Board of Directors to author an annual budget, long-term strategic plan, and program plans.
• Coordinated the acquisition, implementation, and evaluation of funding while increasing program awareness within the community.
• Enhanced annual revenue to $732K annually, a 46% increase, by fostering innovative partnerships with prominent members of the local business and donor community.

• Shepherded daily operations within a nonprofit environment which included devising both short and long-term operational strategies along with defining the operational mission/vision.
• Managed a budget of over $1.2MM annually.o Oversaw a feeding program that served over 60K children per day.o Backed programs related to clean water, agriculture, nutrition, education, and micro-enterprise programs.
• Oversaw operations within a global environment, including experience in Haiti, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and the Philippines.
• Always fostered rapport with donors and representatives of various international programs in conjunction with responding appropriately to international disasters and humanitarian emergencies.
• Helped grow the organization from feeding 13K children per day to over 165K, and generate over $100K annually for impoverished communities.
• Mapped and lead hundreds of donor trips in East Africa, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines, and Central America that sparked significant revenue for the organization.

Bachelors Of Science In Organizational Leadership, Organizational Leadership, 4.0

Outdoor Education, Leadership, Risk Management

I spent the whole curriculum in the Patagonian wilderness in Chile. I learned how to be an effective outdoor guide and educator. I learned.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business

High School, High School Diploma