Julia Berman Email & Phone Number

Specializing in development storytelling, strategy, and systems.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

- Craft and execute development strategy to ensure sustainable, continued organizational growth- Create and oversee the grant proposal process, including authoring proposals, grant reports, and quarterly impact reports- Develop individual relationships with donors and prospects, including identifying and building relationships, planning fundraising.

Emeryville, CA

- MGO duties including solicitation of $1,000-$5,000-level gifts utilizing a donor portfolio of longtime and new prospects- Developed and maintained relationships with a pool of donor prospects via donor meetings, correspondence, event invitations, and other personalized engagement- Created content, planned logistics, and managed all event details for the.

Emeryville, CA

- Researched wealth, biographies, and philanthropic interests of prospective donors- Created donor outreach materials- Wrote and edited proposals, donor correspondence, and organizational updates for supporters; coordinated mass mailings for end-of-year donor solicitations- Managed donor projections, processed gifts, liaised with finance department for.

Greater Boston Area

- Assessed a complex institutional environment for senior leadership to ensure productive workflow- Managed and organized daily activities for senior leader and front-line fundraisers- Wrote first drafts of donor proposals, orchestrated briefings for high-level meetings, and ghostwrote correspondences for variety of audiences - Planned and coordinated.

- Helped plan National Student Conference- Created National Student Program toolkit- Proposed and wrote blogs for physiciansforhumanrights.org and phrstudents.org- Edited and proofread grant proposals and outreach materials- Trained in Raiser's Edge and WordPress

Greater Boston Area

Wrote an event proposal to the department chair, solicited funds from departments and faculty, was the point person for all interaction and questions from participants, and organized the weekend’s program, inncluding a keynote address and thematic panels.

Boston, MA

"Expansion and Contraction of the International Neighborhood," February 18-19, 2011.Wrote an event proposal to the department chair, solicited funds from departments and faculty, was the point person for all interaction and questions from participants and faculty, and organized the weekend’s program, including a keynote address and thematic panels. This.

Wrote permissions inquiries, compiled bibliography, translated citations from French, proofread for Karen Bouwer’s “Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba” (Palgrave Macmillian, 2010). Also did secondary research for a forthcoming work on African waterways.

In election years of 2004, 2006, 2008, trained and managed phone bank volunteers during Presidential and Senatorial campaigns, recruited volunteers, organized fundraising and training events.

Certificate In Exponential Fundraising, Executive Education

Ma In International Relations, African Studies

Activities and Societies: First Annual Graduate Research Conference in International Relations (Co-creator and co-chair), 19th Annual.

Ba In International Studies, African Politics

Activities and Societies: Graduated magna cum laude with BA in African Politics, French minor, 3.8 GPA.