Gustavo Bidart Email & Phone Number

Greater San Diego Area

*Extensive experience with stakeholder relations, guiding for-profit, nonprofit and government agencies interested in strategic assistance with "Corporate Social Responsibility", "Economic and Community Development", "Diversity and Inclusion", "Philanthropy" and "Sustainability". *Stewarding organizations’ brands, aligning business strategy, delivering communications and outreach initiatives that promote brand visibility and enhanced brand reputation. *Leveraging client financial and/or intellectual assets so to reinvest in communities where organizations have a footprint and/or where their employees live and work.*Management expertise assisting organizations solve issues, create value, maximize growth improve business performance by providing objective advice and expertise focused on business strategy, organizational structure, financial & management controls, marketing, technology and human resources of an organization.*Proven success at raising funds through development and implementation of strategic solicitation plans that incorporate a concise definition of goals, targeted audiences, and strategies in line with institutional and academic goals, and closing gifts from individuals, corporations, or foundations, both locally and nationally.*Partner closely with organizations to achieve their corporate and community priorities. Working diligently to fully understand organizations, so to determine a strategic plan that uniquely fits organizational priorities. A high touch firm determined to provide organizations with quality insight and implementation.

Southern California And Nevada

Annual Budget: $6,000,000 with Staff of 6 • In concert with the corporate New York headquarters, carried out Citi’s Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility Investments & Strategies.• Served as the Bank’s senior regional community representative and advocate with government officials, departments and community organizations; weaving the Bank’s leadership’s in civic engagement, mitigating the Bank’s reputional risk and increasing the company’s community involvement while enhancing its “Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Citizenship reputation.• Demonstrated Success in positioning Citi and its Cross Functional Business Segments as Industry and Corporate Responsibility Leaders through Corporate and Foundation Relations. Result(s): Increased Philanthropy by 200% and community/volunteer engagement by 150%.• Fundraised for NGO signature initiatives. Chaired fundraising campaigns targeting corporations, foundations and private donors, incorporating a comprehensive development program that includes major gifts, planned gifts, annual giving, special events, direct mail & e-mail campaigns, individual donors and grants; Result(s): Proven record in the development of individual grants and investments ranging from $50K - $500K. • Managed Corporate Community Team & Philanthropic funds. Successfully administered “Southern California Innovation and Philanthropic Grants” dedicated to supporting non-profit innovative initiatives within low-to-moderate income communities. Result(s): Managed and granted annually over $6 Million in support of social impact initiatives. • Managed franchise reputation and political risk. Result(s): Partnered with internal and external stakeholders designing and implementing initiatives to strategically advance the role of civil society to help solve pressing issues in our communities.

California

Scope of Operations: Annual Budget: $500,000*Responsible for implementation of bank’s regulatory community reinvestment activities throughout California.*Executed against bank’s statewide plan for charitable contributions for community based programs *Identified qualified community development financial institutions for community bank investments*Managed relationships with local and national advocates to neutralize franchise reputational risk*Assisted in the coordination of community development officers with community mortgage lending and community reinvestment outreach. *Managed the bank’s Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program grant awards.

Greater San Diego Area

Scope of Operations: Annual Budget: $350,000*Networked as bank liaison with nonprofits and community leaders in community reinvestment activity to promote affordable housing mortgage loans and coordinate community reinvestment projects. *Executed against bank’s regional plan for charitable contributions for community based housing programs *Managed bank’s regional mortgage lending portfolio of down payment subsidy programs in collaboration with city governments. *Established partnerships with city Community & Development Departments to coordinate Home Ownership Seminars.

Greater San Diego Area

Scope of Operations: Staff: 3 FTE *Manage the bank’s new accounts sales platform team *Responsible for managing and growing bank’s portfolio of prime clients and their banking needs. *Originate commercial, consumer and mortgage based lending *Increase the deposit base of household accounts*Graduate of Wells Fargo Bank University of Sales and Management