David Ridenour Email & Phone Number

A veteran manager, having managed staff for more than two decades.Experienced and successful in almost every aspect of fundraising, including but not limited to: contract negotiation; proposal writing; direct mail and one-on-one donor meetings. Familiar with and conversant on a wide variety of giving methods, including charitable gift annuities, bequests, charitable remainder trusts, gifts of stock and gifts of IRAs, among others. Under my fundraising leadership, annual revenues have more than doubled.A prolific writer, having co-authored a book and written hundreds of op-eds, public policy papers, press releases and newsletter articles. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Investor’s Business Daily, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun, Detroit News, Washington Post, Washington Times, Des Moines Register, Philadelphia Inquirer, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Christian Science Monitor, Oregonian, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Orange County Register, and Seattle Times are among the newspapers that have published my articles. Currently, my columns are regularly syndicated by McClatchy.Adept with all forms of media, having given thousands of radio, television and print interviews, including with ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Nightly News, CNN and FOX News, major print media, syndicated radio and others. Experienced in developing and leading diverse coalitions on a wide variety of public policy issues. Led a successful coalition effort on the Endangered Species Act in 2005.Specialties: Management, fundraising, strategic planning, writing, policy analysis and coalition-building.

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  University Of Oregon

  Political Science; Economics