Devin Walker Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Lead in-person and virtual program tours to donors, community members, stakeholders, and potential partners discussing program overviews, donation impacts, and ways to increase support as well as general question and answer.Oversee recurring giving program to help donors maintain gifts, update contact and credit card information, serve as liaison to programs, and steward to increase gifts.Write and design direct mailing appeals to be sent to individual donors, congregations, family foundations on a quarterly basisCreate and track donor communications calendar to ensure equitable coverage of programs.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Implement and supervise agency’s development campaigns including individual giving, corporate engagement, and event planning and execution.Served as event lead in one virtual fundraising event and one in-person fundraising event, exceeding our goals by 9% and 11% respectively. Managed agency’s grant finding, writing and associated reporting resulting in a 59% increase in funding in 2020 and a 114% increase in 2021.Create and manage agency’s communication and marketing plan including email campaigns, direct mailings, social media presence, website management, and worked with local media to expand our reach throughout Chicagoland.Established and supported relationships with corporate partners in our community through education and service events.Served as leader for agency-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts including meeting facilitation, member recruitment, and regular updates to stakeholders.

Austin, Texas Area

• Coordinate First Dates with ASA through monthly corporate involvement to create a pipeline for new sponsors, donors, and volunteers.• Organize the AIDS Walk committee and cultivate new AIDS Walk teams and walkers while stewarding past Walk teams and walkers.• Develop and implement recruitment strategies to bring new teams on board for the annual AIDS Walk.• Attend networking events to increase professional network, refine relationship management skills, and enhance ASA outreach.• Identify and foster new corporate relationships to identify sponsorship opportunities.• Find and coordinate new outreach opportunities relating to different ASA events.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Provide case management for youth in foster care and their families.Refer clients to services including substance abuse, domestic violence, counseling, and education services.Obtain and review progress reports from service providers to ensure that families are engaged and progressing. Supervise visitation between parents and children to ensure safety of all and coach parents through proper parenting skills.Input case and contact notes into an online data base to keep track of interactions between clients, service providers, and the agency. Continue education through DCFS mandated and optional classes to keep up to date on child welfare policy and practice

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Manage shipping and receiving of laboratory supplies and samples.• Improve inventory and key distribution processes among several buildings by streamlining procedures.• Assist professors with document distribution around campus.• Train new student workers on proper methods for shipping, receiving, and inventory and key portal access.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Assist with HIV prevention (PrEP) education at main facility, men’s clinic, as well as at social events at local businesses focusing on the LGBTQIA+ community.• Meet with monthly Narcan coalition to discuss changes in opioid crisis in the Central Illinois region.• Train employees at other agencies on the principles of infection control and communicable diseases, including proper hand washing and diaper changing.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Developed lesson plans for kindergarten and fourth grade students focusing on diversity and inclusion of all people in the communities.• Engaged students with diverse concepts about people and cultures around the world.• Ensured student safety and compliance in the classroom and out in the community.