Denton Davidson Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Create online content (written and video), interview film and TV insiders, Hollywood events coverage, awards coverage.https://www.goldderby.com/author/dentondavidson/

Online

I write articles, live blog and conduct interviews with entertainment industry insiders.https://www.goldderby.com/author/dentondavidson/

Saint Paul, Minnesota

• Participate as member of Institutional Advancement leadership team, aiding in divisional strategic planning and management.
• Set strategy for Advancement Operations; direct all Operations staff, policies, procedures, and practices.
• Lead the existing department functions, ensuring policies, procedures and practices are established and documented.
• Database management, including management of advancement database, partnering with Hamline ITS and iModules – as well as managing data entry, enhancement, and integrity for Institutional Advancement.
• Gift management, including gift processing, receipting, accounting and reporting, all with auditing best practices in mind; partner closely with Hamline Finance.
• Donor relations/stewardship, including managing donor events, acknowledging and reporting to high-level donors, and providing other stewardship touch points.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage database to ensure integrity and accessibility of information.
• Supervise and manage gift processing/acknowledgement and database management staff.
• Analyze and report on development efforts, including monthly fundraising progress reports for staff and board. Reconcile cash, pledges, and total production numbers with accounting department on a monthly basis. Ensure.
• Prepare financial and donor reports for the annual audit (Affiliate Financial Report and IRS form 990) as well as other reports needed by the Accounting Department.
• Interface with software vendor and PPMNS IT staff regarding software capacity, performance, and upgrades. Define and oversee database maintenance projects.
• Provide database training to new development staff and respond to current staff requests for training and assistance.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage Raiser’s Edge database of more than 12,000 donors and volunteers
• Process and code all gifts and pledges received
• Analyze data and purge or edit inaccurate or outdated information
• Run queries and produce crystal reports/analysis as needed
• Coordinate gift processing with the Finance Department to ensure timely and accurate posting to General Ledger
• Create new and update existing donor records in database, and enter all appropriate contact information

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage the Raiser’s Edge and NetCommunity database of donors, volunteers and prospects
• Maintain and cultivate relationships with new and existing donors
• Assist in the planning and execution of special events including the Minnesota AIDS Walk
• Volunteer team lead for 40 volunteers in the fundraising pavilion at the Minnesota AIDS Walk
• Responsible for gift entry and acknowledgement letters of over 10,000 donations annually
• Create and analyze financial reports for the Board of Directors and staff

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Promoted from Universal Banker at US Bank Main to Personal Banker at IDS
• Experience as a teller and banker for individuals and small businesses
• Lead Personal/Small Business Banker at IDS in 2007
• Earned incentive as a UB and PB each quarter I worked for US Bank
• Generated daily goal reports for our branch at IDS
• Maintained successful relationships with business and individual customers

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication, General

Activities and Societies: Track & Field; Student Newspaper

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Track & Field; Cross Country; Band; National Honor Society.