Beth Griffin Email & Phone Number

Asheville, North Carolina

Dogwood Alliance mobilizes diverse voices to protect Southern forests and communities from destructive industrial logging

Asheville, NC

• Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), Harpers Ferry, WV Associate Director of Individual and Planned GivingProactively work, through moves management, a portfolio of 125 mid-level ($1,000 to $10,000) donors. Work.
• Successfully launched a comprehensive and proactive planned giving program with outreach to over 10,000 households.
• Exceeded annual major giving goal.
• Grew the Leadership Circle (gifts of $1,000 or more) to fuel the major donor pipeline.
• Planned 6-10 events for groups of 25 to 150 annually.
• Provided grant-writing support to Foundation and Program Directors.Director of Foundation Relations Managed a portfolio of 15-20 active foundation relationships, grants, and reports. Worked closely with conservation.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Christ Church Episcopal School, Greenville, SC Director of Annual GivingDirected every aspect of the Annual Campaign including recruiting, training, and supervising, and motivating a team of over 50 volunteers. Planned.
• Designed and led a fundraising training program for volunteers serving as ambassadors for the school and fundraisers for the Annual Fund.
• Created successful and distinct strategies for ten different constituencies – including timing, messaging, frequency and staffing of asks and appeals.

Chatham, VA

• Chatham Hall, Chatham, VA Associate Director of Advancement, Alumnae Relations & Annual GivingDirected the Annual Campaign with an emphasis on class giving, reunion giving, and Leadership Gifts. Led the Alumnae.
• Exceeded Annual Fund goals of $1M each year.
• Drove the integration of fundraising priorities into the work plans of the Alumnae Council and Alumnae Association.
• Led major Alumnae and Parent events including a 1-day, 26-city “Toast from Coast to Coast” and annual 4-day reunion events designed to engage alumnae from the 1930s to the 2000s.

Direct all aspects of advancement program for tuition free middle school for girls, after-school for boys and girls and an adult education program.