With eighteen years in non-profit fundraising, I offer expert guidance to organizations seeking impactful funding strategies. My focus spans annual giving, major gifts, grants, and stakeholder engagement.🔹 Strategic Solutions: I craft tailored approaches to meet unique messaging needs, identify prospects, and drive short- and long-term funding success.🔹 Maximized Contributions: Proven success in exceeding annual giving and major gift goals through data-driven insights and compelling storytelling.🔹 Diversified Funding: Skilled in securing grants from diverse sources, reducing reliance on limited channels for sustainable growth.🔹 Strong Engagement: Building valuable relationships with constituents and stakeholders, fostering a supportive network.My commitment to philanthropy and innovative strategies consistently delivers results that benefit organizations and communities. Let's connect to discuss how I can help your organization thrive through effective fundraising.

🔹 Strategic Fundraising: Authored and coordinated fundraising efforts for 15,000 constituents through impactful letters, emails, and social media campaigns.🔹 Program Development: Designed a compelling website, brochures, and outreach materials for a specialized capital campaign program.🔹 Grant Management: Oversaw the grant program end-to-end, from drafting applications to composing status and final reports.🔹 Strategic Collaboration: Collaborated with the Board of Trustees to identify promising prospects and implement targeted fundraising strategies.🔹 Innovative Donor Engagement: Pioneered the launch of a new donor society, creating the outline, strategy, and execution calendar.Major Accomplishments🌟 Secured a historic $500,000 New York State grant, the largest in the foundation's history.🌟 Achieved a 10% increase in unrestricted giving in 2022.🌟 Crafted a comprehensive strategy for annual fund outreach, driving successful results in 2023.🌟 Garnered over $20,000 in individual donations for the capital campaign, advancing its objectives.

🔹 Engagement Leadership: Managed fundraising, events, requests, and communications outreach for a vibrant community of 5,000 alumni.🔹 Strategic Board Leadership: Led the 17-member Packer Alumni Board, orchestrating their active involvement in institution-wide initiatives.🔹 Volunteer Management: Skillfully coordinated nearly 100 alumni volunteers, fostering their contributions to fundraising and the Packer Magazine.🔹 Multi-Channel Fundraising: Expertly solicited donations through personalized e-mails, in-person interactions, and targeted mail campaigns.🔹 Digital Outreach: Directed social media strategy, maintaining active Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn accounts to connect alumni.🔹 Data-Driven Engagement: Managed alumni records and leveraged reports to shape impactful engagement strategies.Major Accomplishments🌟 Launched the inaugural Packer Alumni Newsletter, enhancing alumni communications.🌟 Successfully pivoted from in-person events to engaging virtual programs, adapting to changing needs.🌟 Strengthened diversity initiatives through innovative alumni engagement strategies.🌟 Established novel alumni events including a thriving book club, vibrant homecoming, and engaging seasonal programs.🌟 Played a pivotal role in soliciting support for the current capital project, driving its success.

🔹 Led a Six-Person Team: Managed alumni affairs, annual fund, parent programs, and communications for 13K+ alumni and stakeholders.🔹 Renewed Partnerships: Restored trust and collaboration within the alumni association, alumni community, and Alumni Affairs & Development Office through strategic partnerships and impactful fundraising messages.🔹 Collaborated on Programs: Partnered with campus leaders and the alumni association, coordinating 30+ annual events and programs for alumni, students, donors, and parents.🔹 Message Strategy: Spearheaded annual fund messaging, crafting compelling solicitation letters, brochures, and engaging phonathon scripts.🔹 Efficient Fundraising: Orchestrated the annual fund calendar and precise prospect segmentation. Leveraged phone, email, mail, and vendors for $2.5M+ in contributions.🔹 Digital Oversight: Managed Alumni Affairs & Development website as a central hub for giving, event updates, and news.Notable Achievements🌟 Raised Alumni Participation: Elevated annual fund participation from 16.8% to 20.3%.🌟 Created Innovators Society: Established a prominent giving society for $1K+ donors, boosting participation by 12%.🌟 Enhanced Engagement: Increased event attendance by 80% through targeted outreach, dynamic programming, and efficient volunteer coordination. Cut costs by 20%.🌟 Inspired Giving: Launched 'Cooper Together,' a vibrant giving week with eleven regional events that encouraged donations and volunteerism.🌟 Reunion Success: Developed comprehensive reunion strategies, driving volunteer fundraising and major gifts. Achieved a remarkable 104% increase in giving for reunion.

🔹 Message Strategy: Implemented annual giving and alumni relations programs for relevant constituents.🔹 Volunteer Engagement: Recruited and trained over 30 volunteers to become ambassadors for the institution.🔹 Reunion Leadership: Organized and managed 12 reunion committees to increase attendance and secure major gifts.🔹 Communication Crafting: Drafted messaging, scripts, and letters for all committee fundraising.Major Accomplishments🌟 Recent Alumni Empowerment: Established Pratt’s first Recent Alumni Committee, which provided programs and professional opportunities for recent graduates in the tristate area.🌟 Tradition Revival: Reestablished the tradition of a graduating class gift to encourage early engagement and turning that into lifelong giving. 🌟 Enhanced Giving Impact: Increased giving through additional programming and peer-to-peer outreach during reunions.

🔹 Phonathon Management: Created and managed the university’s phonathon program.🔹 Student Workforce Leadership: Recruited, interviewed, hired, trained, and managed up to 30 student workers.🔹 Effective Communication: Crafted messaging, scripts, and school news for each of the seven divisions of The New School.🔹 Solicitation Strategy: Developed and packaged content for solicitation mailings, collaborating with print companies.Major Accomplishments🌟 Gift Growth: Increased gift count by more than 10%.🌟 Enhanced Engagement: Improved donation rate for the phone fundraising program from 15% to 20%.🌟 Operational Efficiency: Achieved a 25% reduction in phonathon costs while simultaneously increasing the number of gifts.

• Helped prepare and coordinate major fundraising events and board meetings• Drafted donor correspondence and tracked gifts; maintained stewardship role• Assisted with solicitation and special project mailings, including leadership giving programs• Facilitated projects among multiple departments, including Budget, Alumni Relations, and Special Events.