Michael E. Bennett Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, OH, US

Advancing organization's financial sustainability to ensure it can meet its mission to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. Responsible for foundation, corporate, and alumni/individual giving, as well as launching and growing Endowment Fund. Work with staff, Board.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Advancing organization's financial sustainability to ensure it can meet its mission to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. Responsible for foundation, corporate, and alumni/individual giving, as well as launching and growing Endowment Fund. Work with staff, Board.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Contracted part-time position to manage marketing and development operations, including strategic communications planning and implementation, events, media and public relations, and fundraising.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Providing communications/marketing, public relations, media management, fund-raising, and philanthropic planning assistance to nonprofits, small businesses, and individuals. Strong focus on communications strategy and messaging. Also research, writing, and editing services.

Beachwood, Ohio, United States

Launched first fundraising and programming initiatives of start-up Cleveland Jewish News Foundation created to offer digital archives, educational activities, and internship programs in support of Cleveland Jewish News.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Transformed company long recognized for its successful weekly newspaper into multi-media communications company that engages audiences in multiple print publications, online, and in-person at events. Diversified income sources leading to revenue stability after 2008 recession. Instituted digital efforts. Established strategies that led to sustained.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Directed campaign operations involving staff, board members, volunteers, and donors that raised $82.7 million in two annual campaigns and one special emergency campaign.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Centralized communications efforts, expanded staff, and created marketing, branding and communications strategies to support all aspects of organization's work in fundraising, grant-making, and social service community planning.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Coordinated work of reporters, columnists, and editors to produce multiple feature sections and launch new sections to better engage readers in response to market research. Planned special projects, including award-winning series. Collaborated with editors and reporters across the newsroom.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Managed daily newsroom operations, supervised reporting and copy editing staffs, guided special projects.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Served in series of positions with increasing responsibilities: beat reporter (education, government, police, courts, business), weekly columnist, coordinator of regional/state coverage with network of stringers, and covering copy desk functions.

Bachelor Of Science, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Activities included The Daily Northwestern (several editorial and production jobs), WNUR-FM, WAA-MU theatrical.

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