Ellen Steele Email & Phone Number

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Create valuable cultivation opportunities, including film screenings, arts events, meet-and-greets with NPR and PBS hosts, and receptions in private homes, in order to develop relationships with donors• Manage invitations, track sponsorship and ticket sales, coordinate catering, and oversee eventlogistics for annual President’s Dinner that raises over $200,000• Increased coordination with membership events team to manage over 60 events annually throughout tri-state area that synchronize membership and major donor priorities• Streamlined events RSVP system and instituted process of tracking event invites and attendance• Introduced new Mail Chimp email communications through creating quarterly donor email newsletter, initiating email invitations for events, and increasing email mailing list• Coordinate communications with donors by writing solicitations, acknowledgments, and specialletters, creating email and print invites, and producing newsletter and program updates

Greater Philadelphia Area

Held primary role in two-person development team with responsibilities that included: • Overseeing general development administration, including recording gifts, writing acknowledgments, tracking and invoicing pledges, coordinating benefits, maintaining Patron Manager database, and serving as contact for donors • Managing individual annual giving programs through planning and executing annual solicitation campaigns, facilitating benefits, and communicating with program committees and donors • Organizing fundraising events through creating event plans and timelines, preparing invitations and mailing lists, managing ticket sales and guest lists, coordinating catering and set up, and communicating with committees • Initiating new grant proposal process, including researching corporate and foundation grant opportunities, preparing annual timeline, coordinating with programming staff, and writing and preparing all proposal documents • Assisting the Executive Director with major donor campaign by researching major donor prospects and writing cultivation and solicitation materials

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Assisted in every aspect of the annual individual campaign, including: Processing annual fund donations and pledges and monitoring campaign analysis reports Writing solicitation and acknowledgment letters and creating special appeal materials Conducting prospect research on current and potential major donors• Oversaw benefit fulfillment, including coordinating ticket exchanges and purchases, organizing benefit packets, and assisting with multiple donor events• Organized and wrote grant materials for an educational grant proposal and proofread grant documents• Assisted with fundraising and donor events, including Annual Auction, Gala Concert, and Opening Night parties, through creating events materials and invitations, managing guest lists, and organizing day-of-event tasks

Charleston, South Carolina Area

• Created monthly e-newsletters to highlight upcoming events and student activities and to encourage online donations• Aided with multiple special events, including designing invitations, preparing guest lists, and coordinating catering• Processed solicitation and acknowledgment letters for annual fund and scholarship campaigns

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Assisted with preparations for and implementation of two stewardship events• Prepared solicitation and acknowledgment letters for annual fund campaign• Wrote and prepared sponsorship proposals for restaurants, catering companies, and wineries

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Arts Management And History; Minors In Dance And French

Activities and Societies: Honors College, Robert Ivey Ballet, CofC Dance Alliance, Phi Kappa PhiGraduated magna cum laude

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