Kate Macdonald Email & Phone Number

Chandler, Az, Us

Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Develop and execute effective strategies in the promotion and sale of personal wellness products directly to consumers, as well as provide consulting on sales and fundraising strategies for local non-profit organizations.Key Projects:★ Led sales efforts of innovative nutraceutical products, educating prospective customers about the products, building strong base of long-term clients, and recruited distributors to grow the business.★ Leveraged extensive experience raising funds in non-profit sector to provide strategy and training to optimize organizational fundraising efforts.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Support Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona's mission in areas such as fundraising/donor relations in corporate and faith communities and grants, as well as the direction and oversight of institutional giving and sponsor relations.

Chandler, Az

Coordinated Capital Campaign, stewarding relationships with partners, donors, and other funders. Oversaw communications, development efforts, and planned donor cultivations events. Planned and implemented strategies and events, tracked donations, pledges, and other gifts, and prepared financial reports. Collaborated with cross-functional staff, ministries, and committees in support of objectives, managed budgeting, finance, and records maintenance, and oversaw administrative operations. Delivered presentations to ministries and organizations to solicit donations and recruit volunteers, facilitated fundraising workshops, and supported marketing and advertising activities to promote events.HIGHLIGHTS:★ Developed comprehensive annual communications plan to include year-round correspondence and donor appreciation activities to maintain ongoing donor relationships.★ Raised over $900K in cash donations and pledges in less than one year.★ Planned and executed well attended public relations event to promote the build of second church location.

Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area

Provided operational leadership to Central Oklahoma Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), developing key strategies to drive fundraising growth and educate the community about JDRF's mission, vision, and values. Planned and executed various fundraising events including Walk to Cure Diabetes and the annual Black & White Ball and led public relations and marketing efforts to drive major donations, corporate sponsorships, grants, and individual giving. Developed best practices and presented seminars at national and regional meetings, prepared press releases, and developed communication materials to further Chapter’s mission.HIGHLIGHTS:★ Partnered with local high school student council to promote and participate in Spring 2009 Walk to Cure, becoming largest fundraising team in chapter history, generating $320K in donations for a single event.★ Prepared grants and proposals and delivered presentations with key audiences to secure major gifts, including a single gift of $100K.

Greater Phoenix Area

Managed special events including 3 annual walks. Collaborated with cross-functional departments including Government Relations, Communications, and Corporate Partners Committee in the planning and execution of events, recruited volunteers and participants, developed walk themes, programs, communication, training and evaluation materials, and recruited committee members and government relations advocates.HIGHLIGHTS:★ Directed execution of 10K participant charity walk that raised over $1.45M in 2004, receiving JDRF International Walk of the Year at the Annual JDRF Conference.★ Delivered YOY increases in for all metrics including overall dollars raised, walkers, team retention, team productivity, and media coverage.★ Recruited, trained, and supervised volunteers including 400+ walk day volunteers.

Scottsdale, Az

Held roles of increasing responsibility culminating with Marketing Director role, responsible for leading all marketing activities for healthcare solutions and advocacy group. Oversaw Communications, Strategic Planning, Marketing, Meeting Planning, and Membership departments, managed budgets, and developed long-term donor relationships to increase non-dues revenue. Planned and executed meetings and other events, coordinated all logistics including contract negotiations and vendor management, and served as staff liaison for membership committees. Managed lifecycle marketing initiatives to drive engagement and utilized analytics to inform business decisions including marketing segmentation and targeting.HIGHLIGHTS:★ Spearheaded initiatives to grow annual conference resulting in need to move from 8K sq. ft. facility to 35k sq. ft. facility to accommodate the significant growth in exhibitors and successfully doubling conference sponsorship and exhibitor income.★ Launched several successful new initiatives including HCIdea, which exceeded income goals ahead of plan.★ Tripled number of educational forums held each year and participated in topic selection, speaker recruitment, and speaker support during forums.★ Planned, developed, and implemented comprehensive marketing strategy to drive membership recruitment and retention that resulted in new member retention increase from 70% to 82% in first year of program and increased total member count by 27% throughout tenure.

Bs, Family Relations And Child Development

Activities and Societies: Graduated Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta social sorority President, Dean's Speakers Bureau (assisted with student.

Masters Coursework, Mass Communication-Public Relations

Activities and Societies: Graduate Assistant-University Counseling Services Career & Study Skills Center; completed internships.