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Leading a growing 501c3 charity dedicated to raising awareness and support in the United States for farming families in rural Africa. Working with a passionate board of directors, international colleagues, and program teams in six countries in East Africa to fulfill a joint vision of transforming the lives of 5 million farmers by 2030.

Non-Profit Fundraising Strategy and Consulting Service• Provide comprehensive analysis of fundraising operations for non-profit organizations.• Develop private sector partnership strategies; identify foundation, corporate, and US government funding opportunities; and create proposal templates and submissions.• Develop major donor and mid-level cultivation and solicitation strategies to push mid-level and major donors up the giving pyramid and identify leadership and legacy prospects. • Create multi-channel strategic plans for online and direct mail to enable a fully integrated direct marketing program.• Compose offline and online acquisition, solicitation campaigns, including donation pages, and social media strategies.

Lead and implement a comprehensive and innovative fundraising strategy for 75-staff refugee and migrant services organization with an emphasis on corporate partnerships, foundations, major donors, government grants, and direct mail and online giving.

Led CBM US' development team and oversaw the implementation of an effective fundraising strategy for major donors, foundations and corporations, direct marketing, planned giving, and special events.

Non-profit consulting, major donor cultivation and solicitation, bequests, direct mail and online fundraising strategies and innovative donor analytics.

Non-profit management, fundraising and donor analytics consulting firm.

Cultivated and raised funds from key major donors and foundations, managed direct response operation—mail, online, monthly sustainers, telemarketing, mobile, and face-to-face programs.

Managed the organization’s operations with board of directors on a daily basis. Guided development staff to execute annual strategic fundraising plan. Cultivated major, foundation and corporate donors.Organized special and annual events including major donor luncheons and dinners. Managed day-to-day strategic operations of the direct mail, telemarketing and online fundraising programs.

Developed annual plans and coordinated all fundraising campaigns; cultivated key major donors and supporters; supervised direct mail and telemarketing programs; managed internet fundraising program.

Established online fundraising program; sent weekly email briefings to online subscribers; recruited and supervised interns; coordinated grassroots fundraising efforts and local awareness events.