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Responsibilities include:- Cultivating, soliciting and stewarding donors through mass mailing solicitations, quarterly newsletters, e-blasts, digital marketing and face-to-face appointments. - Scheduling and implementing fund-raising strategies to increase operational revenues Included: businesses, individuals, internal/external events, and grants and foundations. Increased revenues by 25%.- Event coordinating and planning of yearly scheduled fund-raising programs, (increased by 28%) volunteer auction committee, and solicitation of corporate and individual sponsorship (increased revenues by 42%). - Public speaking engagements, educating businesses, churches, service clubs, individuals, regarding the local need.

Responsibilities included: * Scheduling and implementing fund-raising strategies that increase operational revenues.Increased revenues by 24%. * Successfully solicited major gift of a million dollars (cc), along with many others ranging from $10k to $800,000 plus gifts (cc), to building a $7.3 million middleschool. * Event planning of the Annual Ultimate Auction for existing campus renovation and upgrade projects, along with the purpose of offsetting of tuition cost increases. Increased revenues by 25% to 50%.* Participated and assisted in furthering donor relations through; Bench Warmer, Alumni Reunions, Golf Outings, and Homecoming Night. * Successfully marketed planned giving gift. Gifts totaling over $750,000.

Responsibilities included: • Retention and growth "leadership giving" ($1,000 and more) members. Increased revenue by 13%. • Major gift solicitation ($10,000 and above) Increased revenue 60%. • Developed and Marketed planned giving prospects. • Public speaking engagements, educating local businesses and individuals regarding the local need.