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Fundraising and corporate strategy focused on helping your company leverage the Foster School of Business and greater University of Washington to maximum benefit.

♦ Identify, evaluate and prioritize potential donors to fund a $2.5 billion comprehensive campaign.♦ Manage and execute complex projects, providing University and advancement leadership with accurate, timely, confidential information upon which to base key allocation decisions♦ In support of unit fundraising priorities, perform both macro- and micro-level analysis on donor populations, corporations, foundations, campus departments, and development issues employing a wide array of resources and research and analysis techniques ♦ Strategize with principal and major gift officers to optimize cultivation and stewardship plans ♦ Evaluate research resources; develop and document departmental procedures♦ Train new research staff on tools, techniques and procedures

♦ Provided University staff, volunteers and leadership with key information about donor giving capacity and inclination♦ Identified and prioritized potential donors for a $500,000,000 campaign, independently managing projects in support of unit campaign goals♦ Analyzed activity with potential major gift donors and reported successes and opportunities to institutional leadership♦ Created proprietary statistical model to predict and rank major gift potential

♦ Developed and implemented syllabi for leadership college courses, program-related activities and conferences♦ Taught leadership principles and courses on agricultural issues♦ Successfully recruited, mentored, trained and led students♦ Represented Auburn University in the Partnership for Social Change