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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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.