Emily Seddon Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Lead grantmaking to help communities achieve development goals that create more housing choices, support living wage job creation, and connect jobs, housing, and regional amenities to create amore equitable region.-Support cities and counties in housing policy, community economic development, and land use and planning to help achieve development goals that support the regional Thrive 2040 and Imagine 2050 plans.-Advance outreach, technical assistance, public engagement, policy analysis, and program evaluation projects to improve the delivery and impact of Met Council grant programs.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Advise strategy for nonprofit operations and programs, including assisting with program design and budgeting.• Support initiatives to advance policy and identify new resources for affordable housing and social services, including the Governor’s Task Force on Housing and Minneapolis’ mayoral transition team. •Write communications materials, including reports, evaluations, grant applications, appeals, and public-facing print and electronic materials.• Facilitate conflict resolution within and between organizations in multicultural environments.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Haven Housing strategically sunset its operations in May 2024 after gifting its emergency shelter program to another nonprofit.• Led internal administration and operations—including responsibilities in IT, human resources, finance, compliance, and risk management—through an executive leadership transition and program closures, ensuring quality services, team collaboration, and maintaining staff morale.• Led supportive housing and emergency shelter programs, including developing program logic models, negotiating agreements with public funders, developing policies and procedures, addressing participant complaints, and supervising program managers and case management staff. Provided training and coaching that helped four staff receive significant internal promotions.• Advanced reputation and brand, including building and maintaining public and private partnerships, creating all external communications, managing crisis communications, speaking at events, and advocating with policymakers.• Improved financial management systems, including creating policy and procedure manual, creating and managing the organization’s budget, forecasts, and cash flow in partnership with the Finance Consultant.• Guided the Board of Directors to set future direction and support their community leadership by providing expert analysis and recommendations.• Partnered with the Interim Executive Director to repair past harms, build a coaching culture, and demonstrate a healthy collaborative leadership model for the organization that builds on people’s strengths and practices compassionate accountability. Responsibilities included supervising five direct reports and 23 indirect reports.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Spearheaded a comprehensive multi-year strategy in collaboration with the Executive, Finance, HR, and Operations Directors to enhance the organization's financial sustainability and reputation. Established strategic goals, policies, and operational practices with the senior leadership team. • Directed a high-performing team responsible for fundraising, internal and external communications, contract management, community engagement, advocacy, and volunteerism, overseeing four staff members. Surpassed annual goals and secured resources for a $3M renovation of our emergency family shelter.• Expanded and supervised all facets of the organization’s individual and institutional giving strategies, personally cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors. Notable successes include a 420% increase in corporate partner contributions within one year and revitalizing a faith community's donations by 50%.• Formulated and executed comprehensive internal and external communication plans, leveraging in-person, print, and digital strategies. Crafted compelling content for social media, websites, and newsletters, significantly enhancing supporter engagement. Achieved an unprecedented 41.4% average marketing email open rate in FY23.• Pioneered the implementation of best practices and processes for a new Raiser’s Edge fundraising database, ensuring compliance with federal and state charitable giving regulations. Strengthened organizational capacity to manage relationships with city, county, state entities, and advocacy groups. Conducted staff training on new database functionalities and protocols.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Worked with faculty and staff to identify opportunities for growth and new programs, establish partnerships, and develop grant applications.• Developed a student ambassador program for the University and directed student work.• Created and implemented donor stewardship communication plan with the goal of building trust in the University Foundation.• Designed and implemented annual alumni giving strategy. In FY20, my work exceeded goals and increased the number of alumni donors by 36% and unrestricted giving by 22%.• Managed (research, cultivate, solicit, and steward) a portfolio of mid-level individual donors.• Wrote for and served as editor for buzz (alumni magazine).• Supervised Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Established and cultivated cross-campus partnerships to fundraise for multi-disciplinary initiatives.• Led the university's fundraising team, including developing and implementing annual plans and fundraising strategies. • Supervised two director-level staff.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Designed and implemented the infrastructure to support a strategic approach to communication and fundraising to support a $5+ million budget. Developed new lines of fundraising for the organization. Successfully secured and managed grants ranging from $3,000 to $4,500,000. • Planned and implemented new initiatives that addressed urgent and emerging needs in the affordable housing system. Facilitated discussions of stakeholders and experts annually to identify urgent issues and areas of opportunity. Translated issue identification into action, including developing the infrastructure and funding to support successful programs.• Managed grant making and fiscal sponsor relationships for efforts to end homelessness, including managing finances and relationships, negotiating agreements, monitoring progress, and evaluating performance.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Oversaw fundraising activities and reporting for the organization with an annual budget of more than $5 million, including prospect research, grant writing, and program and organizational evaluation. Exceeded annual fundraising goals and successfully reversed the loss of grant revenue. Managed one assistant grant writer.• Oversaw all external communication efforts for the organization. Led the development of a new website for the organization and established an annual communications strategy. Managed one contract communications employee.• Project manager for a five-year Strategic Planning process. Oversaw strategic planning consultant, facilitated group discussions, worked to integrate the final Strategic Framework with daily operations.• Worked with Vice President on strategic initiatives that demonstrated innovative financing for affordable housing and community development and district development and transit-oriented development models. Responsibilities included synthesizing input on development projects from multiple sources, creating outward-facing communications, and researching national models and practices.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managed the "Affordable Housing Collaboration in Minnesota: Outcomes and Lessons Learned" project that built public will and inspired action for affordable housing by sharing stories and lessons learned from local collaborations. Managed the development and ongoing management of project website.• Supported strategic partnerships in the area of transit oriented development, including the Living Cities Corridors of Opportunity initiative. Gathered, analyzed, and summarized data and information on projects and programs.• Supported organizational development, including assisting in strategic planning, developing funding proposals, and preparing presentation materials for management reports.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

•Researched collaborative affordable housing programs in Minnesota, using quantitative and qualitative techniques.•Wrote articles that highlighted the outcomes and lessons learned among affordable housing programs.•Compiled data that can be used to share lessons and best practices from the affordable housing sector.•Participated in development team for new website to share research.

Syracuse, New York Area

•Reviewed and recommended grant applications, and evaluated past grants in collaboration with Program staff.•Coordinated The Leadership Classroom training sessions for local grassroots leaders.•Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data collected from the Performance Management Learning Community and grant outcome evaluations.

Maplewood, Mn

• Strengthened relationships and provided high-level customer service to partner organizations, while maintaining compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines.• Built capacity within our partners by consulting on board development, business models, and management strategies.• Solicited and developed new relationships for distributing food to those in need.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Coordinated program operations for the main office and satellite distributions in compliance with federal regulations.• Trained and developed strong relationships with volunteers to run food distributions and assist in the office.• Established new distribution sites and connected with potential new partners.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Oversaw daily operations, while assisting with the search for a new Executive Director.• Coordinated the efforts of the 35-member Board of Directors.• Supervised Earth Week events and managed a $3000 budget, reimbursements, and all required reporting.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Designed annual publications with direction from several different committees.• Maintained, updated, and made more user friendly the organization’s website.• Assisted with advocacy on issues important to downtown, including the planning of the Central Corridor.

• Recruited and trained volunteers to work with refugees, asylees, and victims of trafficking.• Counseled refugee clients on the job search process and available services.• Recorded and reported matching grant funds.

Master Of Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, Conflict Resolution And Collaboration

Activities and Societies: Program for the Advancement of the Resolution of Conflict and Collaboration, Educational Policy Inquiry Club.

B.A., Political Science, Sociology, Geography

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Alpha (Co-Chair), Admissions Tour Guide (Tour Guide and Program Coordinator)