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Baltimore, Md, Us

• Personally, solicited and closed $85+ million in gifts and pledges from a highly sophisticated donor constituency. Includes $18+ million for single endowed professorship, $17 million in current use pledges from 5 donors to create a Center, a single $8.7 million current use pledge, and 6 endowed professorships of $2.5+ million each. Program-creating and complex agreements.• Responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of principal, major and annual donors focusing on grateful patients, 3rd party donors, past donors, and building a pipeline of major and principal gift prospects.• Established collaborative and financially productive relationships with more than 30 faculty to identify, evaluate, cultivate and solicit prospects.• Managed department’s mandatory stewardship program for 80 major donors, personally stewarding 25 major donors.• Provided integral support to departmental volunteer Advisory Board and development administration.• Extensive collaboration with central Office of General Counsel, Office of Gift Planning, and other department colleagues on gifts, agreements, and prospects.

Baltimore, Md, Us

Responsible for increasing giving from individuals including planned and major gifts as well as annual giving for national non-profit.Increased Board giving 300% in first year, first-time 100% participation, first Board bequest. Continued 100% Board participation.Annual increase in number of donors. Annual increase in annual giving dollars. Annual increase in $100+ donors.Implemented organizational constituent engagement technology, communications, and administrative systems to maximize efficiency and in support of Foundation’s strategic goal of 500% increase in membership.Initiated regional major giving Board of Governors structure.

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

Formerly Director of Major Gifts.Closed $1.9+ million in gifts to the Dental School ($1.5 million in endowment planned gifts; 70 personal visits yielding thirteen $10,000+ gifts). $4+ million in 24-month pipeline.Created and managed $600,000 developmental department budget.Hired, trained and supervised three full-time employees (Major Gifts Officer, Associate Director for Alumni Relations and Annual/Special Gifts, Donor Relations Coordinator) while redefining and expanding responsibilities.Integrated department chairs and faculty, created processes for stewarding current endowment donors and spending previously unused spendable income.In consultation with department chairs and faculty, created fundraising priorities from departmental level.Implemented scholarship stewardship program to create bi-annual contact between donors and student recipients.With Chair of Orthodontics and alumni committee, created campaign for endowed chair for Orthodontics.Stewarded 170 building donors through recognition signage confirmation process.Opened new Dental School building with 400 guest donor gala.Maximized efficiency by creating database management procedures for major gift prospecting, data collection, and reporting.

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

Closed over $300,000 in new gifts (one $150,000 gift, one $100,000 gift).Created comprehensive regional development strategic plan to bolster major giving to all six professional schools (Medicine, Law, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, Social Work).Worked directly with six professional school chief development officers, Deans, department chairs and faculty to identify, manage, and create strategies for individual prospects.Strengthened central development office in previously decentralized environment through regional development work and relationship building with individual professional schools.

Brooklandville, Md, Us

Increased alumni annual giving participation by 10% for the first time in 5 years. Increased alumni annual giving by 11% in first year.Managed 20 member alumni board and coordinated 70 event volunteers.Netted $70,000+ in annual alumni fund raising event, an increase of $25,000.Responsible for all additional alumni activity including events, publications and communications.

Evanston, Il, Us

Major gift (endowment), planned giving and annual programs fundraising for international service organization.Managed 25 leadership volunteers for major gift endowment campaign.Managed six geographically based teams of major gift fundraisers. Each team made up of one staff member and 25 volunteers.Designed and implemented major gift training and materials for 150 volunteer major gift effort.Developed departmental strategic plan.Created and monitored $2.4 million annual budget for department.

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