Justin Soderlund, Cpfa®, Cfp® Email & Phone Number

Evansville, Indiana, United States

• Responsible for planning and executing a comprehensive strategy to grow, promote and optimize philanthropic support for the Department of Athletics
• Personally manage a principal/major gift donors/prospects portfolio of over 150 for the purpose of developing major gift giving and providing private support to fund capital priorities and endowments
• Identified and prioritized prospects, prepared and developed fundraising strategies, and tracked and analyzed results of development activities
• Promote major gift opportunities aligned with the priorities and strategic plan identified by the University

Bloomington, IN

• Part of an Annual Giving team that raised over $35M in scholarship donations since July 2012
• Assisted in the development of specific fundraising goals and sound strategies to achieve those goals focused on growing private support for the athletics department
• Engaged constituency groups while ensuring that staff and donors operate in compliance with all NCAA, Big 10 and institutional regulations
• Systematized and acted as lead host for suites that held over 1000 top-level donors during consecutive years
• Aided in managing the Priority Point System used for selecting season tickets to football and men’s basketball
• Planned, managed and executed dedication ceremonies for a six-figure donation

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Networked, socialized, and built sustainable relationships with current donors to ensure their legacy continues to future student-athletes
• Managed the Electronic Funds Transfer list during a time of increasing donation levels to maintain constant giving levels towards the Annual Fund
• Constructed user-friendly reports used for the reallocation of donors to development officers
• Assisted in implementing and running special events for top-tier donors
• Aided with Suite and Stadium Club operations including game day setup and management

• Managed and coordinated over 250 home matches for all 22 Olympic Sports
• Directed game-day operations for all 24 of our men’s and women’s sport teams for one of only twenty profitable athletic departments in the nation
• Orchestrated 5 NCAA Championships Events and 3 Big Ten Conference Tournament Championships
• Synchronized pre-game athletic schedules with Network Television schedules in 75+ games
• Produced a top tier Big Ten visiting team football guide for utmost convenience for visiting teams
• Restructured risk management plans for Athletic Department’s 18 facilities

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Composed weekly administrative reports presented to Central Administration staff members regarding performance of student athletes
• Compiled list containing financial and physical facility needs of 8 varsity sports which were recognized and acted upon by Central Administrative staff members

Bloomingdale, IL 60108

• Front line salesman
• Learned about different aspects of the sales cycle including customer relationships, need recognition, solution formulation, making the sale, and evaluation
• Solved customer service complaints

Dual Masters Degree, Masters Of Business Administration, Masters Of Science In Finance, 3.71 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Finance and Investment Association, Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital AssociationM.S., Finance - November.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Sport Marketing And Management