Justine Craig-Meyer Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

St. Louis, Mo, Us

The Philanthropic Strategy team provides collaborative counsel to WashU leaders to translate their bold vision into compelling philanthropic opportunities. The team partners closely and regularly with gift officers to develop and implement donor strategy, proposals, and stewardship plans. The McKelvey Strategy team will also continue to foster deep cultural connections to our Danforth Campus schools and initiatives through meaningful volunteer engagement, programming, and stewardship.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Engage internal and external constituencies to support the missions of University Advancement, McKelvey School of Engineering, and the broader WashU community. Communicate the university's goals in an effective manner among diverse populations such as key St. Louis stakeholders, alumni from across the nation, current graduate and undergraduate students, parents, donors, faculty, and staff. Coordinated Women & Engineering Advisory Board; currently represents Advancement to McKelvey's Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) strategic committee, EDI Alumni Advisory Board, and the Electrical & Systems Engineering department. Created a discussion group for employees who are parents of children with ADHD that is serving as a pilot program in UA in hope that it will be replicated across the university.

Privately-held, woman owned business focused on increasing revenues for small to medium sized organizations ($175,000-$2M). Clients in Missouri and Nebraska.Owner, Specialties include fundraising, donor relations, event planning, grant writing, project development, nonprofit administration, strategic planning, affordable housing development (single family and multifamily homes), Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) development, and government funding such as CDBG/HOME.• Prepared more than $200,000 in grant requests.• Prospect research on more than 100 local foundations and donors.• Assisted staff transition in accounting office of $500,000 agency• Mentored new Executive Director of $500,000 agency• Facilitated Board retreats and strategic planning for three nonprofits ranging in size from $100,000 to >$500,000• Assisted Incarnate Word Foundation to help Mayor’s office create and fund summer youth employment program for 500 city students including grant preparation, stakeholder interviews, and systems creation. Engaging civic, business, university, peer funders, and community leaders. Three month contract extended to five months, during which helped raise over $260,000.• External reviewer for government funder on 80 grant applications. Worked with team to determine $4.8M in funding for just under 40 St. Louis County nonprofit organizations.• Presented a seminar at University of Missouri St. Louis on issues facing nonprofits regarding social media for the annual UMSL Fundraising Institute. Through pre and post surveys, students revealed that, on average, their confidence in their understanding of social media increased by one point on a ten point scale, 91% said they would recommend the class to others, and the median time they would spend daily on social media campaign efforts after the class would be 30 minutes.Negotiable consultant fees generally project based fee

St Louis, Mo, Us

Appointment by the Office of the Mayor through February 2020. Extended due to pandemic.Chair of the Marketing and Communications Committee.The role for members on the Board of Hospitals is to advise the Director on matters relating to hospitals. The Board of Health advises the Commissioner of Health on matters related to public health. Both boards are purely advisory with no fiduciary responsibilities. Board meets six times per year* to receive a report from the Commissioner of Health on the activities and problems of the department. Members have voting rights. (*meeting frequency increased as needed in 2020)There are six functions of Public Health Governance: Policy development: Lead and contribute to the development of policies that protect, promote, and improve public health while ensuring that the agency and its components remain consistent with the laws and rules (local, state, and federal) to which it is subject.   Resource stewardship: Assure the availability of adequate resources (legal, financial, human, technological, and material) to perform essential public health services. Legal authority: Exercise legal authority as applicable by law and understand the roles, responsibilities, obligations, and functions of the governing body, health officer, and agency staff. Partner engagement: Build and strengthen community partnerships through education and engagement to ensure the collaboration of all relevant stakeholders in promoting and protecting the community’s health. Continuous improvement: Routinely evaluate, monitor, and set measurable outcomes for improving community health status and the public health agency’s/governing body’s own ability to meet its responsibilities. Oversight: Assume ultimate responsibility for public health performance in the community by providing necessary leadership and guidance in order to support the public health agency in achieving measurable outcomes.

St Louis, Missouri, Us

Annually, DOORWAYS improves the health of about 2,500 people affected by HIV/AIDS in more than 100 counties in MO & IL through supportive housing services. In 2014, the development team, led by the CDO, increased non-government revenues by 10% over the previous fiscal year and reduced department spending by 5%. In 2015, the number of donors increased 40% due to new engagement strategies. In addition, service hours by volunteers grew more than 500%.In 2016, grants from private foundations exceeded all of 2015, 2014 and 2013 representing a 40% increase in three years and 5% increase over the average since 2007. In 2015, private revenues increased by 20% overall. Projects included the establishment of Friends In Deed, a young professionals service group in support of DOORWAYS, and the establishment of a new signature event to complement DOORWAYS’ annual winter gala, RED, which raises more than $300,000. From 2013-2017, DOORWAYS’ social media following grew by more than 63% with an organic reach of nearly 40% and its traditional media mentions by 143%.( Traditional media mentions in 2015 increased 7% over the previous year.) In 2016, Facebook followers increased 40%.The CDO's duties include: Responsible for external and internal communications - including corporate communications, media relations, consumer affairs, marketing communications and digital media. Leads a communications strategies team advancing DOORWAYS commitment to sustainable growth. Works to identify private, corporate, and nonprofit partners to leverage $6M in government funding with just under $1M in private funding. Managed a team of three-five full-time employees and 2-3 part-time regular volunteers.

Volunteer positionTreasurer November 2011 to September 2012

building strategic partnerships to prevent homelessness

Responsible for all programs and operations, budget preparation, resource development, and collaborative efforts within the Lemay community and the Saint Louis Metro area at large. Increased overall revenues ten fold since 2005. Lemay Housing Partnership Inc has been known as The Housing Partnership since 2017. Grew staff from single employee (part-time Executive Director) to paid staff of 3 full-time employees and 3 regular part-time volunteers. Grew Board by recruiting key constituencies and increased Board philanthropic participation. Helped Board transition from "working" board to an advisory board with working committees.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Responsible for all office and financial operations, including but not limited to budget preparation, preparation of financial statements, accounts payable and receiveable, and bank account reconciliation for a $600,000 non-profit organization. Left to focus solely on LHP. Called The Wellness Community of Greater St. Louis at that time.

07/97-12/99 Assistant to Executive Director, Assisted organization as necessary. Helped develop fundraising appeals, generated outcome reports. Assisted with grant writing. Tracked potential funding opportunities. Liaison to community advocacy groups with mutual health and disability-related interest. Data entry and correspondence.05/02-06/05 Member Services Assist organization as necessary by providing administrative support, database management, and list maintenance. Develop direct mail solicitation for annual appeal, monthly membership renewals, and specialized appeals. Help develop fundraising appeals, generate outcome reports. Identify possible funders. Assist with grant writing. Track potential funding opportunities.

Master Of Legal Studies (Mls), Business Law

Bachelors, Social Science Political Science

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