Eric Schonewald Email & Phone Number

Kingston, Ri

Greater Boston Area

Creates, plans and executes advancement & philanthropic initiatives to enhance URI's impact on human health and wellness within the state, region and beyond. Leads and coordinates fundraising and constituent engagement efforts for URI's Colleges of Health Science, Nursing and Pharmacy. Creating synergies among 30,000 Alumni; 5,600 Students and 200 Faculty

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Senior professional responsible for raising philanthropic resources and increasing connections with individuals, foundations and corporations to support the School’s education, research and public health practice (700 full time faculty, 10 departments, and 60+ centers). Manage, guide and train team of 12 professional staff. Manage personal portfolio of 100+ major & principal gift prospects. Plan and staff Dean and Faculty development visits. Member of Office of External Affairs senior leadership team.

Yale University School Of Medicine

• Lead team of professional and clerical staff, responsible for alumni-sourced major & principal gifts; annual fund; reunion & special gift programs; alumni relations, communication and stewardship programs• Serve as “chief development officer” for all educational and student-related needs.• Led YSM alumni component of Yale Tomorrow Campaign • Tripled average alumni giving and increased current-use resources 50% • Initiated and led departmental reorganization, improving operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness while increasing alumni support and leveraging alumni relationships on behalf of the school • Introduced social media, launched electronic newsletter, redesigned alumni website, and initiated Yale Medicine magazine advisory board to help redefine alumni communication• Expanded alumni stewardship program resulting in increased donor satisfaction and repeat giving

New Haven, Ct.

• Managed a portfolio that grew to 300 major gift prospects, averaging 150 substantive contacts per year, soliciting and closing several major gifts• Crafted the YSM educational component of the YALE>>tomorrow Capital Campaign, identifying educational funding priorities, writing case material, identifying leadership donors and projecting alumni support for the campaign. • Helped identify and recruit members of the Dean’s Council, the school’s premier volunteer leadership group• Executed mass-appeal Planned-Giving program

New Haven, Ct

• Managed the School of Medicine Annual Fund and Reunion Giving programs• Recruited, coordinated and motivated volunteer leaders and class agents as peer-solicitors• Created a donor-centric, program-based, and multi-format solicitation program• Reinstituted, recruited and guided the YSM Alumni Fund Board as fundraising partners

New Haven, Ct

• Created a new and independent business unit within Yale School of Medicine overseeing marketing, customer-service, operations and financial management of resident housing, dining services, and student-related services, establishing a product brand that has lasted over fifteen years• Managed a staff of 33 employees in three work areas and served on University labor negotiating sub-committee• Represented the Dean’s office in sensitive student-related investigations and acted as an advisor to student organizations including the YSM Safety Committee, Committee for the Well-being of Students, and Committee Overseeing Volunteer Services• Selected consultants and managed the interface of customers, administrators and consultants on various renovation projects or campus initiatives, establishing an ambiance and culture that built community among students, faculty and staff

Cleveland, Oh And Boston, Ma

• Directed 7 managers and 75 staff of $10 million business, including marketing / sales, operations and accounting• Negotiated, contracted and directed all hotel services for designated group conferences• Managed highest-profile visits - Vice President of the United States, Heads-of-State, and Royalty• Part of management team that earned the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award• Member of corporate training team for opening Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Virginia and Florida

Chicago, Il

• Opening Food and Beverage Director of company start-up on Chicago's Magnificent Mile• Introduced new brand to highly competitive market• Developed Restaurant Concepts, Staffing guides, Training material, F.F. & E. Space utilization• Led hiring, training and first-generation• Directed first year of Food and Beverage operations

Chicago, Il

• First Corporate Operations executive of Hyatt’s start-up entry into the retirement housing industry• Involved in all phases of product design, market feasibility and product launch• Established budgets, staffing guides, operating procedures, training programs, and quality review process for 6 properties in 6 states• Extensive contact with corporate developers, architects, designers, government agencies and corporate officers

Chicago, Cambridge, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Birmingham, Lincolnwood

• Ten years of increasing management responsibilities directing multi-million dollar divisions within various hotels.

B.S., Hotel Administration

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Society Ye Hosts Honorary Society Hotel Ezra CornellComprehensive business curriulum with focus.

N/A (Transferred), Engineering, Accounting, International Relations

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Society, University Theatre, Outing Club

N/A - Continuous Professional Education Through Courses In Leadership, Management, And Advancement