Michael Mccay Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

I have the privilege of serving as the AVP and Executive Director of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association. The University of Tennessee Alumni Association serves more than 422,000 graduates of the UT System by providing events, lifelong learning, networking opportunities, legislative advocacy, career services, travel programs and benefits and discounts.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Auburn, Alabama

• Managed and led a team of 13 full-time staff members, 2 graduate assistants and 10 student employees • Responsible for the management and oversight of employer relations, career development and cooperative education• Managed $1.4 million office budget and coordinated all software licenses, staffing plans and revenue planning• Successfully merged the Auburn University Career Center and the Cooperative Education Program • Increased Engineering and Technology Career Fair employer attendance by 23% in first year• Event revenue increased by 21% by lowering event costs and increasing event fees ($256,000 to $310,000) • Restructured two positions in our office to effectively manage our office budget process and the management of our Handshake database• Created the first University Career Center Employer Advisory Board that was created to provide strategic direction for our programs and services• Assisted in the launch of the first institutional effort to capture NACE First Destination Survey (career outcomes) data which resulted in a 98% student knowledge rate at graduation• Involved in the campus-wide implementation of Salesforce and served as a functional administrator• Launched event check-in system that streamlined processes and improved the reliability of post-event reports

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Responsible for the overall administration and supervision of the employer relations team. This group manages programs and services that are related to recruitment services that connect students and graduates with organizations hiring for full-time professional employment.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

I joined the UT Alumni Association in September 2011. My responsibilities included alumni networking and career services programming, the insurance program, the alumni tour program, and other sponsorship initiatives. My team launched a comprehensive alumni career services and networking program for 300,000+ alumni from all four UT System campuses.

Knoxville, Tn

Administrative•Responsible for oversight and administration of the University stewardship program and prospect researchProspect Research•Developed and managed a comprehensive program which included prospect identification, biographical and financial research, wealth and giving capacity analysis, data mining, and prospect segmentation and prioritization•Created four person campus-based prospect research team•Guided independent in-house data mining efforts to uncover patterns in constituent giving for various development initiatives•Produced donor biographies for university administration, development officers and key university volunteers Gift Compliance •Assisted college deans with developing spending plans for restricted and endowed gift accountsStewardship Program•Oversaw reporting on 1,300 endowments with a market value of more than $229 million•Developed new process for monitoring and reporting on endowments which has resulted in streamlined data collection, and information sharing across the University of Tennessee System•Analyzed major gifts and maintained University of Tennessee gift societies •Designed endowment and reporting materials for development officers•Managed program that sent approximately 800 thank you letters from student scholarship recipients to major donors

Knoxville, Tn

•Maintained more than 25 computers and troubleshot a variety of hardware and software problems•Developed training materials and handbooks for staff members•Designed posters, banners, and brochures for workshops and fairs•Department Webmaster: Responsible for design and maintenance of department website•Network Administrator: Responsible for maintaining server utilizing Novell •Assisted in the coordination of events, including Corporate Partners meetings and career fairs •Led and implemented assessment initiatives within other Student Affairs departments•Developed and maintained all departmental databases using Microsoft Access

Executive Leadership Institute

• Competitively selected for this leadership development program designed to develop exceptional executive leaders for the University.

Masters, Instructional Technology

Bachelors, Telecommunications

Education record

https://trailhead.com/me/mccay