Katie Gillespie Email & Phone Number

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Product Lead for Aeon, working to drive development and solicit customer feedback. Oversee Concierge program consisting of project management and support for customers. Manage implementation projects and support for new and existing Aeon software clients, consisting of independent and academic special collections and archival libraries and museums. Supervise 2 full-time staff working on implementation and data clean-up projects for Aeon and ArchivesSpace.

Emerson College

Managed direct mail, reunion giving, young alumni giving, and solicited leadership level gifts from alumni locally and nationally.

Boston, Ma

Develop educational Topic Pages and maintain internal databases.

- Staff liaison for 60th and 70th reunion gift campaigns- Manage 40 Annual Fund volunteers in reunion and non-reunion classes- Travel locally and nationally to meet with alumni volunteers and solicit participation and leadership gifts- Assist in coordination of high-level donor events, including catering, event logistics, and RSVP’s- Produce stewardship reports for all alumni class and club funds (141 funds)- Design invitations and marketing materials for events and class solicitations- Manage nine budgets - Assist 10 non-reunion classes with gift solicitations- Attend prospect meetings, and participate in volunteer leadership and donor meetings - Train new staff members and temporary employees- Chair of Logistics Committee for 2010 Ivy+ Annual Fund Conference: oversaw all aspects of the 2-day conference including designing marketing materials, website management, registration logistics, catering and management of committee members - Member of Logistics Committee for 2010 Alumni Leadership Conference

- Supported six reunion gift campaigns and all special project fundraising including email solicitation and data coding- Assisted in all aspects of high-level leadership donor events held locally and nationally- Designed invitations and marketing materials for events and class solicitations- Managed eight budgets - Assisted with stewardship reporting for all alumni class and club funds- Conducted 25th reunion benchmarking research for MIT President- Member of Logistics Committee for 2009 Alumni Leadership Conference

Assisted with general office projects including research, transcriptions and calendar management at two investment management companiesOffered administrative support for regional alumni clubs, including website management and event coordination

Master Of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.)

B.A., English Literature, French

Activities and Societies: Student Alumni Board, Senior Class Council

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