Kent Studer Email & Phone Number

Savoy, IL, US

The Grainger College Of Engineering

The Grainger College Of Engineering

Gainesville, Florida

Managed 6 development officers and 1 Development Coordinator including supervision, management, coaching, mentoring and development of strategies, gifting vehicles, and helped in navigating collegiate units and priorities for each team member. Worked with the Dean, Associate Deans, Executive Director of External Relations, and the UF Foundation to develop.

Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a unique pool of corporate and foundation donors and prospects that have interest in multiple colleges on campus and that have either a strong giving history and/or are of strategic importance to the university.Manage communication of status and strategy for priority projects.Plan, execute, and coordinate prospect.

Leadership responsibility for establishing and maintaining partnerships with alumni, corporations, friends and donors to advance the academic, research, public service and economic development objectives of the university, with particular emphasis on corporations.Primary responsibility for identifying and aligning the mutual objectives and resource.

Responsible for working with department heads, laboratory directors, faculty and administrators throughout the College of Engineering to thoroughly understand their priorities and assist in managing their respective corporate partnership activities including fundraising, research, grants and contracts.Maintained a travel schedule to meet with corporate.

Responsible for identifying, cultivating, and soliciting major donors; Maintained contact and provided stewardship with alumni through extensive travel throughout the United States. Identified and recruited members for departmental alumni advisory boards, campus visits and lectures. Developed plans and objectives with alumni to further enhance fundraising.

Identified prospective clients, developed marketing strategies, cultivated relationships, and provided account and marketing support.Sold advertising and sponsorship opportunities for both stations.Extensive writing of commercials and press releases.Coordinated and promoted events associated with University of Illinois athletics.

Team and group apparel sales for companies and individuals, customer relations, purchasing, staff management and merchandise distribution.