Ed Stephen Email & Phone Number

Conshohocken, Pa, Us

Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States

Villanova, Pa

•Responsible for the management of the Law School’s major gift and alumni relations teams, tasked to secure significant philanthropic support and create meaningful alumni engagements.•Member of the Dean’s cabinet, provide guidance on all matters pertaining to the management of the Law School and supervision of the Dean’s Board of Consultors.

The College Of Nursing

• Oversaw successful completion of the College of Nursing’s largest campaign as part of the University’s “For the Greater Great: The Villanova Campaign to Ignite Change”.• Primary responsibilities included management of portfolio of over 100 major gift prospects, and management of one full-time Major Gift Officer.• Worked cohesively with a variety of internal offices and committees to secure financial support for the College of Nursing, including Planned Giving, Corporate & Foundation Relations, and the Dean’s Advisory Board.• In collaboration with the Dean and College, oversaw all campaign related activities, including events, communication, proposal development, and donor stewardship.

Villanova, Pa

• Secured philanthropic support for Villanova University and the School of Business, by establishing and managing effective relationships with a portfolio of over 175 major donor prospects, including alumni and parents.• Worked collaboratively with the various Centers of Excellence within the School of Business to identify, solicit and steward new members for each Center’s advisory board.• Assisted in all campaign related activities, including planning of events, creation of proposals, and stewardship of donors.

Concord, Nc

• Hired in August 2010 for leadership rotational program at accredited university focused on providing high quality education to working adults. Program covered all aspects of campus operations to prepare for role as a Director. Expected program length was 2 years. • Within 9 months, promoted to Director for campus of 700+ students and 12 employees, including supervision of 3 departments and an operating budget of $10,000,000. In February 2012, asked to serve as Interim Director for South Charlotte campus, while maintaining North Charlotte Directorship. • Led campus to three consecutive terms of year-over-year growth on new student enrollment by making changes to application generation and interview process. Campus surpassed prior year metrics on application conversion and enrollments.. • Oversaw 30% annual increase in student satisfaction, by increasing student survey response rate, addressing needs of student body, and improving student speed to contact. • Responsible for all new and continuing enrollment forecasts, budgetary and facilities management, financial aid processing, employee training, and student service initiatives. • In June 2012, selected as one of eight Directors to participate in the first ever “Strayer Work-Out” workshop, aimed at compiling ideas to provide better service to adult students, improve campus efficiency and reduce bureaucracy.

-Created comprehensive business development plan for launching of waste-to-energy mobile gasification unit in North Carolina hog industry. Included detailed analyses of consumer benefits, regulations, competitors, gasification technology, biomass industries, and potential markets. -Developed leasing price strategy model to attract previously untapped consumers. New pricing approach maintained 50% product markup, while accumulating total savings of $108,000 to average consumer.-Researched and outlined market penetration and expansion strategy of "farrow to finish" and "finish only" farms, calculating capture of 20% of NC swine market by 2014. -Identified two sustainable biomass markets for expansion outside of North Carolina swine, outlining plan to capture 1% of NC poultry farms by 2014 and 3% of Iowa swine farms by 2017.

• Provided comprehensive college counseling to low income, first generation students to enroll in top four year colleges and universities. Directly supervised 35 under-resourced high school seniors and 41 juniors in the college application process, averaging one hour per senior scholar a week. • Program manager for scholar workshops aimed at improving scholar applications. Programs resulted in 100% college placement of 2006, 2007 and 2008 caseloads, as well as an increase in overall selectivity index (0-99), from 83 in 2006 to 90 in 2008.• Implemented targeted programs to families, resulting in an overall increase in the average financial aid package, from $28,000 in 2006 to $31,000 in 2008, 80% of which were grants and scholarships. • Planned and managed College Counseling department budget in excess of $100,000, 20 yearly national college tours, and exam testing and personality assessments for over 200 Schuler scholars. • Developed Leadership Initiative, including supervision of Leadership Camp, cultural and civic exposures, as well as the administration of Myers-Briggs and Multiple Intelligence tests. Programs are now mandatory for all partner schools.• Created Hispanic Outreach Initiative through local Catholic churches to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who qualify for and apply to the Scholar Program. Formed focus groups to address myths and implemented lecture based series for young students and parents in local catechism classes.

Mba, Strategy, Decision Sciences

Activities and Societies: Voted Operations Officer for the COLE Leadership Fellows. Nominated Co-President of FuquaNC. Selected Curriculum.

Ba, Communication, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Creator and host of Villanova TV Political Talk Show. Nominated moderator of Villanova Model United Nations.