Mary Carole Starke Email & Phone Number

Ulster Park, Ny, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Leading organizational, campaign, and project management efforts supporting fundraising and engagement activities. Serve as a key contributor to the College-wide Administrative Systems Committee with a major focus on cross-departmental planning and collaborations aimed at optimizing operations via the successful application of technology and data enhancement.Collaborate on strategic planning and the oversight of teams, including Advancement Systems and Reporting, Gift and Records Management, and Gift Administration.OPERATIONS PLANNING & LEADERSHIP – 🔹 Lead a 14-member Advancement Services team and allocate the multi-million dollar operating budget 🔹 Supervised and mentored 20 staff from 4 departments, resulting in numerous career advancements TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT – 🔹 Collaborated extensively with campus partners to achieve success in information management, integrations, reporting, and analytics; developed use case and led all project management efforts for the implementation of CRM and reporting tools to meet increasing fundraising and engagement goals with self-service reporting.- Led 12 resources through the conversion and implementation of thankQ CRM database; A $1M, 18-month project; - Served as the project lead on a major data warehouse and reporting initiative; - Managed change management processes to smooth multiple system migrations and led the creation of the training formats across multiple officesCAMPAIGN PLANNING & OVERSIGHT – :🔹 Manage and optimize support functions enabling the advancement office to attain tens-of-millions in fundraising per year🔹 Co-campaign director for the “Vassar 150: World Changing Campaign” that had a goal of $400M;- Exceeded the campaign goal with a total of $431M in gifts received🔹 Currently, serving as a strategic planning partner for an upcoming $500M campaign

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As an independent consultant, advised the clients of a major philanthropic fundraising firm, on advancement services and provided guidance on the development of business processes, policies and procedures, database management, reporting, and technology use. Enabled lead consultants working with fundraising and engagement teams to better utilize systems with the aim of improving fundraising performance to meet the goals of the institution.🔹 Consulted, advised, and led more than 30 national/international colleges, universities, and museums 🔹 Balanced approximately 4-5 engagements per year with a timeline from start to finish of 6-8 weeks🔹 Aided in revising and documenting gift entry business processes resulting in a minimum of a 97% accuracy rate in gift entry with a 24-48-hour turnaround time for gift acknowledgements🔹 Assisted in developing a robust reporting strategy with the development of reporting catalogs and training for end users🔹 Collaborated in the development of prospect management systems to enhance fundraisers success

Ma, Sociology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology