Heather Patrick Email & Phone Number

Texas

• President and CEO tasked with overhauling entire brand of a statewide nonprofit. Responsible for leading a team across the state to deliver preventative vision care, build continuums of care for clients, provide.
• Effectively works with diverse stakeholders (board members, partners, donors, staff, volunteers and clients) to achieve organizational goals, including tripling the number of clients served in two years with less staff.
• Established organizational vision, implemented learning and empowerment culture, restructured programs and increased revenue by 20% while reducing expenses.
• Successfully works with Board of Directors to implement scorecard evaluation, execute strategic board recruitment, increase board giving, and strategically move the organization forward.
• Awarded the 2019 Houston Business Journal Women Who Mean Business Award for Outstanding Nonprofit Leadership

Houston

• Non-profit management and development consulting services focused on working with organizations to increase revenue, build sustainability, leverage programs, maximize talent and capitalize on strategic partnerships..
• Development Consulting for national advocacy organizationo Develop major donor program, including solicitationo Gala solicitationo Develop online solicitation program
• Strategic Advisor for C-Change, a national cancer think tank.o Tasked with developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy for a $1M grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focusing on coalition building.
• Development consulting for a large, multi-million education foundationo Create development, marketing and communication planso Create stewardship plano Create Alumni Engagement Program
• Training and Resource Development consulting for a medium size, religion nonprofito Implementation and management of a year-long training and resource development program, including managing all facets of 23 trainings.
• Financial consulting for a National Health, multi-billion nonprofito Financial analysis, budget reconciliation and planningo Grant program management system improvement for a $65 million project

United States

• Charged with overhauling an outdated and dysfunctional field development strategy and team. Specific responsibilities included:
• Manage field and event teams responsible for driving all business development at the field level across 16 markets in the United States, with a focus on peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate sponsorship and cause-related.
• Lead donor and volunteer engagement strategy execution across all markets in order to increase revenue to $5M, raise awareness of disease and strengthen LRF presence across communities.
• Increase and enhance healthcare provider, major medical institutions and medical community relationships in order to provide more patients with resources, raise awareness, increase brand recognition in the healthcare.

South Central Region

Engaged to develop and execute major initiatives, including building & enhancing provider relationships, to improve access to quality, specialty MS care across a region raising $25M. Led cross-functional efforts in order to communicate key advancements in research and progress in improving access to care to key stakeholders including donors, board members.

• Work closely with the Senior Vice President of Affiliate Networks and other key senior leaders to provide strategic and proactive communications as well as to develop, implement and evaluate strategies to build and.
• Responsible for developing and managing all training and leadership development programs for the entire Affiliate Network including fundraising, data management, and risk management.
• Lead development and evaluation of all Affiliate Network pilot projects, benchmarks, standards of operational excellence, and supporting resources related to all field operations and programs.
• Key leader and partner with cross-functional departments in order streamline Affiliate systems, processes and increase organizational impact as well as working together to develop multi-million foundation and corporate.
• Provide direct management to a team of seven and serve as Chief of Staff for department of more than 25 team members.

• Worked closely with Managing Director, Community Health to set overall department strategy for departmental programs including grantmaking, education, community needs assessment, evaluation and disparities.
• Responsible for training and development of community grantmaking programs for 118 local offices that grant on average $90 million yearly to more than 1900 grantees.
• Management of an organization wide online community grants management system which ensures program compliance and captures impact data.
• Provided strategic direction for entire community health strategy in Washington D.C. market including development and management of a breast cancer funders’ collaborative to enhance community investment strategy in.

Management of an $11 million grants portfolio in the Washington D.C. area, as well as, national partnerships including NCI, CEP, CCPH and AACR.

Provided technical assistance and identified best practices in community grantmaking to help strengthen the collective grantmaking portfolio and programs of the entire Affiliate Network.

Houston, Texas Area

• Responsible for overall operational management of a multi-million dollar Affiliate, including daily operations, financial operations, data management, and policies/procedures development.
• Strategic development and management of community health program including grants, education outreach and advocacy.
• Partnered with the Executive Director and Board of Directors to develop and execute the strategic plan of the Affiliate.
• Worked closely with Development Director on soliciting funding and building strategic partnerships.

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for managing the entire financial program for the affiliate, which includes payroll, budgeting, reporting, expense control, investments and all accounting processes. Managed the entire grants program, including grants training, grants site visits, application process, grants review process and grants reporting.

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for coordinating with the Finance and Grants Committees to manage the Affiliate’s financial operations and grants program.

Houston, Texas Area

• Development and management of Divisional Merchandising Manager budgets totaling over $45 million.
• Responsible for managing a team and partnering with media managers to execute comprehensive merchant marketing plans.
• Development of strategic partnerships with buying departments requiring daily interaction with senior executives to incorporate and successfully execute new media efforts

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for developing, analyzing and compiling Foley’s advertising departmental financial reports as well as working with executive management and media managers to provide analysis and recommendations for driving sales to the sales promotion team.