José-Luis Vásquez, M.Ed. Email & Phone Number

Mcallen, Tx, Us

Weslaco, Texas, Us

>> Lead (7) divisions: (1) College Persistence, (2) College Completion, Partner Universities, (3) College Completion, At-Large, (4) College to Career Success, (5) Undergraduate Re-Enrollment, (6) Alumni Marketing & Communications, and (7) Alumni Affairs - Operations >> Manage ~$3.2 MM operating & human capital budget by driving (A) financial investments and (B) 18 team members to extraordinary outcomes >> Charged with leading our organizational approach to College Persistence, College Completion, College to Career, Undergraduate Re-Enrollment, and Alumni Engagement via our ~10,000 alumni (25,000 by 2025!) >> Manage, coach, and develop (4) national directors + (1) project manager >> Serve on IDEA’s National Executive College Team, broadly, while driving IDEA’s Postsecondary Outcomes, specifically

Weslaco, Texas, Us

In addition to second-year responsibilities & scopes of work: >> Manage, coach, and develop (6) team members: (A) Alumni Funding Manager, (B) Internal Giving Associate, (C) Donor Prospecting Coordinator, (D) 2 Managers of College Persistence, and (E) Alumni Marketing Specialist >> Set vision, strategy, and direction for raising $1.8 MM dollars, yielding $1.82 MM dollars or 101% to goal >> Charged with sustaining our signature internal giving goal of 90% all-staff participation amongst our near 10,000 staff members, yielding 92% or 102% to goal >> Cultivate, influence, and mobilize internal staff to raise $550,000, yielding $602,000 or 110% to goal>> Built our winning finite speciality strategy in the senior year to freshmen fall transition amongst our 1,430 2022s, yielding 91% engagement (the highest, ever) at Pre-College Institute or 121% to goal >> Refined our approach to undergraduate supports & interventions in Y1 & Y2, yielding 75% sophomore Persistence or 100% to goal >> Produced a 43% “On-Track to Graduate (OTG)” pipeline from undergraduate junior Fall to junior Spring enrolled alumni pipeline, yielding 28% 4-year college completion or 112% to goal

Weslaco, Texas, Us

In addition to first-year responsibilities & scopes of work: >> Manage a team of (6) six support and/or associate roles ensuring progress towards priority and secondary goals are made quarterly, coach and develop personal growth goals>> Strategically manage multi-million dollar direction of funds raised for seniors and alumni >> Strategically manage and spend Alumni Finance Team operating budget fiscal year after fiscal year>> Set vision, strategy, and direction for Alumni Finance Team Operations to achieve network-wide national priority goals>> Matrix-manage regional fundraising goals for "TO & THROUGH" college funding in partnership with Regional Director(s) of Development in San Antonio, Rio Grande Valley, and Austin >> Build, develop, and refine our approach to "Alumni Marketing & Digital Engagement"; achieving 325% to goal of unique engagement KPIs across digital platforms >> Build, develop, and refine our approach to "Give Me 5 Scholar (Alumni) College Persistence">> Build, develop, and manage the "IDEAx Speaker Campaign" tasked with identify and selecting quality IDEA story-tellers for large-scale signature events >> Build, develop, and influence the "Financial Aid Campaign" tasked with ensuring we achieve 100% FAFSA/TAFSA/CSS Profile VERIFIED Submission among all of graduating seniors, year after year>> Build, develop, and implement the "Edquity for College Lists" with external partner Edquity tasked with illuminating inclusive and clear ROI among juniors' college lists developed for candidacy submission during their senior year

Weslaco, Texas, Us

INTERNAL GIVING >> Set the vision and direction for the annual internal giving campaign "Give Me 5" (e.g. branding, marketing, communication, and donor management)>> Manage portfolio of 5,000+ staff donors>> Execute progress towards annual goal of 90% staff participation for each Fiscal Year --> Achieved and exceeded the goal with a record breaking 92.3% participation rate for the first time in IDEA Public Schools history >> Execute progress towards annual goal of $500,000K funds raised via internal giving --> Achieved and exceeded goal with a record breaking $525,000K for the first time in IDEA Public Schools history ALUMNI FUNDING>> Set the vision and direction for national and regional fundraising goals to support our mission critical priority of 100% college matriculation year after year>> Execute progress towards annual goal of $1.5 MM in external funding (e.g. corporate gifts, individual major gifts, and community partnerships) --> Achieved 1.7 MM (Y1 in role)>> Manage external donor stewardship and relationship cultivation strategies >> Liaison between IDEA's National College & Diversity team and IDEA's National Advancement Team, providing IDEA Alumni proof-point support for Regional Annual Scholarship Gala, Regional Opportunity Luncheons, and Advancement Team IDEA of Giving key initiatives >> Lead alumni marketing with external key stakeholders to build, cultivate, and sustain external partnerships of support for college matriculation funding FINANCIAL LITERACY>> Set the vision and direction for the IDEA Public Schools strategy to coach and support our “to college stakeholders” and families so we can move students from the college accepted phase to the college matriculated phase inclusive of college finances (e.g. award letters, costs of college, loan philosophy)>> Lead and create strategy for awarding funding to seniors to ensure 100% college matriculation and to alumni to ensure college persistence and graduation

Arlington, Va, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Genève, Switzerland, Ch

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Weslaco, Texas, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Spring 2014, Fellowship.+Served as a DC canvasser for the community’s support on the administration’s policies;+Assisted at special events with logistics at the White House.

Bachelor'S Degree, Public Health & Marketing

Master'S Degree, Education Policy

Certificate, Executive Management