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Independence, Missouri, United States

Olathe, Kansas

Leavenworth, Kansas

• Directed all aspects of fundraising efforts, including major gifts, planned gifts; annual giving, donor relations, gift processing, prospect research, alumni engagement, and events.• Individually and collaboratively raised a total of $430,000 from individuals and one foundation.• Institutionalized best practices via annual endowment reports; scholarship reception; trustee impact letters; and gift agreements for all gifts $5k+.• Mentored, trained, and supervised staff of seven, including two graduate assistants.• Collaborated with president to establish goals and prospect/donor strategies, developed written plans to reach goals, and demonstrated progress toward goals throughout the year.• Produced monthly and quarterly reports and presented reports to trustees at quarterly Advancement committee and overall board meetings.• Responsible for setting and monitoring all staff metrics and successfully meeting all fundraising goals.• Helped formulate donor/prospect strategies with major gifts officers. • Worked with marketing and communications to ensure effective communication with alumni and donors to build and maintain relationships and increase giving.• Collaborated with president and staff to establish strategies, goals, and metrics. • Wrote and presented fundraising plans and progress reports for leadership and board.

Hayward, California

• Hired, trained, and led Development team to secure funding from philanthropic revenue streams for the university, including individual major gifts, corporate and foundation support, planned giving, and annual giving.• Managed a portfolio of 25-50 major and principal gift prospects and donors.• Responsible for setting annual fundraising goals and direct report metrics (short term) to meet projected campaign goal of $60 million (long term).• Individually raised a total of $1,225,000 in cash and multi-year pledges; major contributor to solicitations for an additional $2,305,000, resulting in a total of $3,530,000 million to the university. • Collaborated with Vice President and Team Leadership on campaign direction for Development, Alumni and Constituent Engagement, Communications, and Advancement Services.

San Jose, California

• Led the fundraising efforts of two directors of development.• Secured private support from alumni on behalf of the College of Humanities and the Arts.• Contributed to the San José State University’s first-ever Acceleration campaign by individually raising $2.8 million toward campaign goal within first 20 months on staff. • Raised a total of $5.2 million for the University, including 3 seven figure and 6 six figure gifts of which a total of $4.8 million was earmarked as endowed funds. • Managed a portfolio of 100 prospects; ensured a timely, strategic, and consistent movement of prospects through the fundraising cycle of identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.• Collaborated with deans, chairs, top administrators, faculty and college campaign committee volunteers to create strategies for securing major gifts as well as focused on effectively building and maintaining strong relationships with donors, prospects, and volunteers.• Educated and informed internal and external constituents on fundraising best practices to strengthen a culture of philanthropy in the college and at the university.• Captured historical records via contact reports.

• Oversaw and managed three-member development staff and operations.• Established and executed a strategic vision for development.• Assisted in writing a grant to a foundation that resulted in a gift of $200,000 for a new project.• Wrote an improvement plan and developed infrastructure for a comprehensive fundraising program.• Partnered with the CEO and Board, and collaborated with staff in developing strategies to identify, qualify, cultivate, steward, and solicit major gift donors.• Guided Board members in raising funds to fulfill their annual pledge commitments.• Led monthly development committee meetings and enlisted volunteer input in meeting goals.• Secured funds from individual donors while tracking progress of the grants manager and corporate gifts director to obtain foundation and corporate gifts.• Supervised the preparation of grant proposals and finalized proposal budgets.

• Promoted to senior director of development for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2004. • Led, mentored, and supervised the four-member fundraising development team for the College.• Developed comprehensive plan and strategies to secure major gifts from prospective donors for own portfolio and also helped direct reports develop and formulate their strategies.• Cultivated, solicited, and stewarded a portfolio of 120 donors and prospects for major gifts, including annual membership in the College’s Deans Club.• Coordinated research, preparation, and development of major gift proposals for individual prospects, foundations, and corporate funding sources.• Responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding a portfolio of 120 prospects and donors.• Secured the first $1 million professorship for the College of Education and the second $1 million professorship from the same donor.• Generated formal Development Plans that provost used to measure deans’ participation in fundraising goals for the colleges.• Built and maintained strong working relationships with deans, faculty, and staff in furthering fundraising goals.