Jessica Lemons Email & Phone Number

Stony Brook, New York, United States

• Doubled annual fundraising in just three fiscal years. Secured funding through new and renewed sources, both granting organizations and individual supporters. • Overhauled financial management processes including establishing a new system of financial oversight and management, leading to a more fiscally solvent and transparent organization. • Established and administered annual budget with effective controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate, and support sustainability objectives, following regular deficit budgets. • Authored a new Employee Handbook in partnership with the lay leadership Human Resources committee.• Conducted initial organizational assessment in four key areas – Governance, Student Engagement, Organizational Excellence, and Finance – with attention to deliverables, five-year projections, and detailed work plans to reach objectives. Finalized a five-year strategic plan in concert with a Strategic Planning committee, that was formally adopted by the Board of Directors. • Managed relationship with the Campus Climate Initiative and the Stony Brook University administration to improve quality of supports provided through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. • Improved student engagement levels by over 20% through a data-driven strategic approach despite decreased staff capacity. Subsequently rebuilt staff team to directly meet articulated needs of students and quantified engagement trends.• Supervised a staff team in pursuit of organizational goals. • Utilized metrics tracking and data-informed decision-making to spearheaded initiatives to better target student engagement and donor stewardship.

New York, United States

The Nanell Foundation Inc. is a private foundation that provides funding and support for organizations that benefit oppressed populations, work towards conservation and environmental protection, or operate in the pursuit of social justice. As a member of the board, I work to evaluate potential grantees and update current internal organizational policies and procedures.

New York, New York

• Created and stewarded annual budget, liaised regularly with the Board of Governors Finance Committee and managed our relationship with external bookkeeping firm. • Build and maintained strategic relationships with key stakeholders including the Board of Governors, University partners, internal staff team, and major funders. • Coordinated a $600,000 annual campaign. Increased overall revenue by 43%, with a 286% growth in grants and a 62% increase in individual contributions.• Supervised and mentored Hillel’s student-facing, professional staff team. • Supervised a team of ten student Office Associates and worked with Syracuse University Physical Plant to coordinate the maintenance and supervision of the 16,000 square foot Winnick Hillel Center.• Oversaw leadership team for FreshFest, Syracuse University’s largest pre-orientation program, to create meaningful programming to welcome incoming students and help them acclimate to campus.

Syracuse, New York

• Led operational oversight and budgetary supervision in coordination with the Board of Governors Finance Committee. • Partnered with the Board of Governors to establish policies, procedures and best practices in governance, fundraising and recruitment, leading to the recruitment of four new board members and better attendance at board meetings. • Supervised the Hillel Jewish Student Union executive board to plan programs, including hosting Josh Peck, the largest program of the 2017-2018 Syracuse University calendar, welcoming a sold-out crowd of 1,400 people. • Managed communications schedule including website management, weekly programmatic emails, donor communications, social media outlet management, annual report oversight, and direct mail and online fundraising campaigns. • Oversaw large-scale staff recruitment and development initiatives, more than doubling the staff team in a year.

Syracuse, New York

• Raised an annual fund of $310,000 in individual contributions and directly solicited over $200,000 in $1,000+ gifts with a 20% growth in average gift size. • Developed and executed annual campaign – articulated goals, identified stakeholders, managed direct mail and email campaigns, managed marketing and design strategy, and analyzed data-trends.• Maintained a pipeline of current and prospective major donors, coordinated solicitations and maintained relationships for our annual fund, major gifts program and legacy campaign. • Managed a strategic travel schedule and organized annual events and parlor meetings in New York, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles. • Managed a team of five student interns. • Coordinated with the chairs of the Marketing Committee and Development Committee to ensure quarterly goals were met. • Transformed the data management system to be compliant with movement-wide data objectives.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Writing basic HTML, creating sitemaps, managing newsletter output, and assisting in the creation and management of websites

Greater New York City Area

• Placed through the Collegiate Leadership Internship Program (CLIP) through The Bronfman Center.• Responsible for curating topics, content, and authors for the agency blog.• Web design consulting and web functionality assessment for the Jewish Futures website. • Assisted in the drafting and copy editing process of RFPs, Work Proposals, etc. • Surveyed the population of Jewish youth workers in the field and gathered meaningful, quantified data and compiled the data into an accessible spreadsheet. • Market research and summaries on available international summer trips for teens.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance & Analytics

Bachelor'S Degree, Major: Communication, Minor: English

Activities and Societies: Provost Scholar, Hillel of Buffalo, Jewish Student Life Council, Jewish Student Union, UB for Israel