Based in California and Chicago, IL, Eileen Gill has more than twenty years’ success as a fundraiser and strategic planning consultant, specializing in cultural and educational organizations.Current and recent clients include Chicago Symphony Orchestra (major gifts and campaign planning) Urban Gateways (Interim Executive Director), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (major gifts planning and staffing study), Museum of Florida Art (membership and development program).Eileen conducts bottom-line-driven development assessments and fundraising feasibility studies, designs plans for successful capital, endowment, major gifts and annual fundraising campaigns, and short and long-range strategic development plans that drive organizational growth.Her work with diverse institutions—from start-ups to major cultural and educational institutions—gives her a deep understanding of what motivates donors and stakeholders and makes an organization effective.

Development officer leading major and planned giving programs for renowned botanic garden and zoo in Southern California's Coachella Valley. Supporting the The Living Desert in launching a capital and endowment campaign to transform our campus and increase our ability to engage the public in our work in saving endangered species of animals and plants.

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Vice President at Chicago-based fundraising consulting firm. Clients include Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserve, Planned Parenthood Illinois, Loyola University Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, among others. Conducted fundraising feasibility studies, designed campaign strategies, fundraising capability assessments, major donor programs.

Fundraising, interim management, and strategic planning clients included arts and cultural organizations including the Getty Museum Los Angeles, Santa Barbara Symphony, Liberty Station San Diego, Long Wharf Theater, Opera America, Center for Jewish Culture, among others.

Led all fundraising programs for leading museum of contemporary art.