Deacon Michael Curren Email & Phone Number

Experienced not-for-profit management and development executive: • Consistantly exceed operational net revenue budget targets.• Increased major gifts and board giving at 2 national foundations.• Orchestrated the establishment of a diabetes health conference in Boston attracting 8000 attendees.• Oversaw the coordination of the first ever “Picnic in the Park” fundraising event in partnership with the Red Sox Wives and the Red Sox Foundation.• Secured major grants from major national foundations.• Established the first ever “Promoting a Lifetime of Activity for Youth” program with Major League Baseball partnering grammar school children and major league baseball players in 15 cities across the country.• Created a proto-type nation-wide performance management dash-board for all field business units.• Coordinated the Boston Bruins/Hollywood Celebrities Charity Event.Experienced teacher/trainer/facilitator: • Created and implemented national skill development and training programs for several national philanthropies. • Presented at national conferences on community organization topics including Volunteer Leadership Recruitment & Management, Marketing for the Non-Profit, Goal- Setting and Strategizing, Effective Program Assessment, Budgeting in a Down Economy, Fund Raising in Challenging Environments.• Adjunct Professor at the graduate school level; Fund Raising for Non-Profits, Organizational Behavior and Marketing for Non-Profits.Professional strengths: fund-raising, non-profit management, strategic planning, execution & assessment of strategic plans, public speaking, collaboration development and management, major gift cultivation, special event and field management, coaching, program assessment and outcome measurement, proposal writing, marketing for non-profits.

Listed skills include Fundraising, Nonprofits, Leadership, Strategic Planning, and 37 others.