Kelee "Lee" Riesbeck (She/Her/Hers) Email & Phone Number

Nelsonville, Ohio, United States

Develop and oversee the creation of a professional development department at the Opera House which produces the Nelsonville Music Festival, its annual fundraiser. Oversee the enterprise’s growing annual, major, corporate, foundation, grant and planned giving programs. -Secured over $1.3M+ of mission-enabling funding since start date. -Rekindled relationships with two major funding foundations which has resulted in gifts and pledges of $1.4+ million in funding over 10 years.-Maintaining relationships with current foundation and fund partners resulting in major gifts.-Developing relationships with new charities and foundations resulting in major and annual gifts.-Developed a major gift stewardship and solicitation encounter called Stuart’s Salons that gather current and lapsed major donors for an intimate sharing of information and ideas about the Opera House’s mission in collaboration with the organization’s key founders and leaders. Stuart’s Salons taking place on the Opera House’s historic stage and, more recently, at homes of its advocates and donors in the Columbus, OH market.-Co-created with the Opera House’s marketing director its member’s e-newsletter to serve as a donor relations and mission advocacy tool. -Serve as supervisor of the Opera House’s development associate and report to the executive director.

Athens, Ohio

Coordinate guest film makers and artists' lodging, meals and experience while in Athens for the annual Athens International Film + Video Festival.

Athens, Ohio, United States

Oversee College of Fine Arts’ (COFA) Leadership Council's governance and develop College's alumni for donations, mentorship, and experiential learning opportunities for OHIO Fine Arts student artists. Spearhead creation of engaging strategic communications in partnership with Ohio University's Division of University Advancement for College of Fine Arts’ major giving, leadership annual giving, and annual giving teams. Act as College's event production lead, while designing and overseeing management of alumni and donor events both on and off campus for encouraging engagement to achieve college goals. Collaborate with directors of College’s various public-facing arts units, such as Kennedy Museum of Art, Athena Cinema, the annual Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens Community Music School, and Concert Under Elms, to counsel on and deploy strategic communication.● Develop, plan, and conduct the College’s annual donor appreciation event, 2021 and 2022.● Oversee content planning, production, and distribution for the College's weekly events e-newsletter, news stories, podcast, and social media channels.● Prepare conference based on convergence between arts and entrepreneurship for students at OHIO, Jan. 2023

Athens, Ohio

● Produced and distributed COFA's authentic stories for its inaugural alumni magazine, highlighting creative practices and resulting work by alumni, faculty, and student artists in the college’s six schools: Art + Design, Music, Theater, Film, Dance, and Interdisciplinary Arts.

Athens, Ohio

Served as member of ACM leadership team and reported to AVP of Communication and Chief of Staff of University Advancement. Managed both direct and indirect reports with regular training to complete assigned tasks and conducted impartial performance reviews. Liaised with digital and strategy teams at ACM to design and implement distribution strategy for Ohio Today brand through U.S. postal, internet, and social channels. Engaged with vendor Watkins Printing and University Printing Resources to coordinate printing and distribution of three issues of Ohio Today and one issue of Ohio Women annually since July 2016. Managed, produced, and presented award-winning Ohio Today Radio podcast three times annually. ● Provided strategic planning for ACM's Content Team, while leading strategic use of Ohio Today Editorial Board.● Organized and created promotional print and video materials for OHIO's Black Alumni Reunion since 2013.● Supported three communication professionals for creating print, digital, and social content for University Advancement's divisions and disseminated it to OHIO alumni and internal audiences.

Ohio University

● Supervised and supported assistant director, content, and coached ACM and Office of Gift Planning student writers.● Prepared annual reports related to University Advancement and gift proposals for development staff in support of OHIO’s culture of philanthropy.● Worked with video production company to produce short video content honoring OHIO's Ebony Bobcat Network's Trailblazer awardees and select events produced by OHIO's Alumni Association.

Athens, Ohio

Hired and directed freelance writers and proofreaders, while producing and editing material, as well as collaborating directly with ACM's art director to supply final assets for magazine production. ● Established Ohio Women story budget by collaborating with editor of Ohio Today.● Oversaw content management for ohiotoday.org, website for Ohio Today and Ohio Women.

Athens, Ohio

Collaborated with executive director and the Advancement Division staff to implement strategic communication plans related to Ohio Women initiative and Office of Gift Planning to support division’s vision and foster culture of philanthropy at OHIO. Assisted and oversaw student writers for Office of Gift Planning and ACM coordinator.● Prepared annual and endowment reports for Ohio University Foundation Board.● Edited content for ACM publications while creating major gift proposals and communication materials for donors.

Discussed fundraising targets for OHIO's The Promise Lives Campaign with college and unit development officers. Oversaw creation of campaign collateral, including The Promise Lives Campaign's video, stories of giving for OHIO News, significant donation proposals, one-page leave-behind content, and other communications and collateral for external audiences and potential donors.● Reported to ACM executive director regarding various activities.● Assisted editor in scoring submissions to be considered for publication.

Athens, Ohio

Southeast Ohio History CenterLeadership: Reported to the Center's board of trustees and led and executed a strategic, long-range plan aimed at bringing about 21st century museum industry best practices. I worked with the board to manage ACHSM’s budget, HR, media, exhibition production, educational programming, and grant applications. I supervised and managed the organization’s building remodel project from October 2009 to March 2010.Fundraising: I collaborated with board members to develop, disseminate, and track ask letters, grants, press releases, and media collateral for the Center’s 21st Century Capital Campaign, resulting in more than $274,000 in donations and grants. I developed and executed the Center's fundraising events. Relationship building: Built and maintained relationships with local, county, state, and national historical organizations, and with existing and potential funders. Media content creation: I served as the primary media contact, wrote press releases, and developed other media and public relations collateral to enhance visibility of the organization using web, print, broadcast, and social media channels. I produced the Center's quarterly newsletter.

Bsj '91, E.W. Scripps School Of Journalism (Magazine)

Activities and Societies: Cum LaudeMinor, Anthropology, 1991

Certificate In Women'S Studies

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