Fleming Samuels Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Carrboro, North Carolina, United States

Currently managing all aspects of event management for Arts in Action's major six-figure gala. This position liaises with board members, corporate sponsors, vendors, and executive management to ensure seamless production of this key event. This event hosts over 200 guests and earns over $130,000 for programming.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Successfully retained 89% of high-net-worth club donors by innovating and implementing creative campaign strategies and leading donor-cultivation events, outperforming the industry’s average of 50% – 60%. • Surpassed 2021 fundraising goals by Quarter 3 of 2022. • Authored compelling grant proposals to win financial support to drive non-profit growth.• Hired and managed grant writing and development team.• Exceeded annual budget goals by performing comprehensive revenue analysis.• Oversaw event management by booking venues, managing logistics, handling budgets, and mitigating risks. • Liaised with box office, marketing, and external relations teams to maintain patron engagement and satisfaction.

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Managed all internal and external technical and business aspects of securing commercial customer partnerships to drive long-term growth and development.>Managed an average of $10K in major gifts>Managed average $50k in corporate gifts>Oversaw transition of data migration into new database successfully transferring thousands of records with multiple tiers of data and corolation relationships>Actively fundraiser with the board of directors and membership, providing coaching and mentoring strategigeis for peer to peer fundraising and donor aquisition.

Carrboro, North Carolina

At The ArtsCenter, I ensure patron satisfaction and financial stability for all departments, including arts education, community outreach, onsite performances, and summer art camps. I secured annual funds to maintain program offerings and continually improve my methods of fundraising, memberships, and grant-writing to increase momentum and gifts each year. I inspire my teams with a philanthropic corporate culture, leading them to self-driven success and empowering individuals to boldly close for donations from patrons within their network. Key Accomplishments: ► Increased top donor gifts by 10% through board training and targeted campaigns.► Achieved highest gift ever raised by a team of $1.6M, resulting in $3M cumulatively raised for the organization.► Surpasses annual fundraising goals of $550K per year through individual gifts, corporate donations, government assistance, and grants.► Employs excellence in grant writing, winning up to $100K in annual governmental support grants and $250K+ to $1M in multi-year grants.► Cultivates positive empowerment and philanthropy culture, emboldening staff to close for sizeable donations.► Leverages modern data and marketing campaigns to establish and nurture membership program.► Orchestrated memorable and engaging Annual Gala event, delighting guests and resulting in $70K in revenue.

North Carolina, United States

An entrepreneur at heart, I innovated and founded a profitable online children’s clothing company inspired by customer-driven design. I led day-to-day operations, as well as all business generating, promotional, sourcing, branding, customer services, and sewing operations. Here, I honed key insights into business and employee management, budgeting, website development, data and analytics, and customer satisfaction. Key Accomplishments: ► Attained contract with Zulilly, valued at an average of $20K per contract.► Achieved profitability within 2nd year.► Exceeded $250K in sales in 4th year.► Led internal creative design groups and managed all marketing logistics, projects, development, production, and distribution for multi-channel campaigns.► Delighted customers with highly engaging, data-backed user experience on Fleming Clothing website.► Orchestrated strategic merchandising with merchandising, design, and technical teams.► Led staff of 8 assistants including seamstresses and interns.

North Carolina, United States

Part of the research team that founded the Helps Foundation at NCSU. PublicationsJohn C. Begeny, R. Courtney Mitchell, Mary H. Whitehouse, Fleming Harris Samuels, Scott A. Stage, EFFECTS OF THE HELPS READING FLUENCY PROGRAM WHEN IMPLEMENTED BY CLASSROOM TEACHERS WITH LOW-PERFORMING SECOND GRADE STUDENTS, Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011, 26, 3, 122-133.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1540-5826.2011.00332.x

Lead fundraising for the oldest environmental advocacy non-profit in North Carolina, with successful fundraising campaigns for Political Action Fund and Education non-profit arms of the organization.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Art/Art Studies, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Art History