Deborah Barker Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, Al, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Partnering with Field, Mission, HR, Centralized Logistics, Corporate Development, Advancement, Centralized Logistics, and Finance, supports the field in assigned markets to restructure, manage, and grow revenue and mission impact.Supported the Special Events team with developing markets, evaluating staff, and instituting best practices.Supported the VP of Business Transformation on various change management and planning projects.Managed the Dallas Fort Worth market during a leadership transition. Restructured staff, managed volunteers, and board.Work with four markets in the West Region to identify opportunities and challenges, develop staff and volunteers, and support the markets to achieve goals. Analyze events and restructure as needed.Support staff and volunteers in developing new corporate relationships to support and expand mission reach and delivery.

Partnered to structure, market, and develop strategy for starting a specialty consulting firm focused on supporting non-profits. Developed strategic plan, marketing plan, reached out to contacts, developed materials and website. Recruited consultants to support projects.

Rye Brook, Ny, Us

Led the 15 Executive Directors in the Midwest Region and partnered with the Product, HR, Mission, Volunteer Engagement, and Operations teams to deliver optimal strategic planning, fundraising and product execution, volunteer engagement, and Board and organizational development for the $60M region.• Managed and provided guidance and coaching to 15 Executive Directors on chapter structure, staff, and implementing best practices resulting in 9.3% year over year growth and a $5M increase in gross revenue.• Using historical analysis, current financial performance, and KPI’s and metrics, identified chapters and markets for product expansion and/or elimination, to provide for revenue growth and expense saving.

Rye Brook, Ny, Us

Led the chapter staff and volunteers to deliver fundraising and campaign objectives, develop staff and volunteers, and partner with the Mission team to deliver mission objectives. Developed and managed budgets including revenue, expense, and margins.• Took on the challenge of turning around an underperforming chapter. Coordinated with regional leadership, national consultants, and HR partners to develop a clear and achievable plan to implement best practices in the campaigns and volunteer development, and support staff in achieving goals. Developed a foundational structure for long term leadership and growth.• Successfully implemented board best practices in the chapter. This resulted in the Board Co-Chairs implementing term limits, rolling off trustees past term limits, highlighting board giving and fundraising, and electing new Co-Chairs.

Rye Brook, Ny, Us

Lead the chapter staff and volunteers to deliver fundraising and campaign objectives, develop staff and volunteers, and partner with the Mission team to deliver mission objectives. Developed and managed budgets including revenue, expense, and margins.• Led the chapter through an organizational restructure that included moving four key staff into regional roles, a national restructure, and local restructure while achieving chapter Net Income goal of $3.3M.• Oversaw and managed the Strategic Planning function for the chapter.• Worked with national and chapter staff from around the country on the Platinum Board Initiative, LLS’ board standardization and development project, developing strong and scalable best practices for chapter board development and growth.

Rye Brook, Ny, Us

Managed and developed assigned product responsibilities including staff, budget, and expansion. Represent the chapter as needed for the Executive Director. Recruited and developed high level volunteers in support of product goals.• Partnered with the Executive Director to grow the chapter from $1 million to over $6 million in net revenue through strong, focused campaign management of Team In Training, School & Youth, and Special Events.• Managed the Austin market during the merge of the Southwest and Central Texas Chapters. Developed the Board of Trustees, identified and cultivated high-level volunteers, and grew market net revenue from $1.3 million to over $2.4 million in three years.• Achieved top national ranking for two directly managed campaigns: Man Woman of the Year and School & Youth.