Board of Education Member for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.3-Term: Oct 2024 - Oct 2027

Design, establish and lead the international development strategy and team for UArctic.

Led the University of Alaska Fairbanks' major gift and donor relations teams to increase philanthropic investments to the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Lead the University of Alaska Fairbanks Development and Donor Relations Divisions. Set and oversee strategies to increase philanthropic investments and gifts of significance to the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

As the lead major gift officer for the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), I divide my time equally between: strategy, management, and portfolio. I drive strategies for the development team to increase philanthropic investment, engage alums and supporters, steward benefactors, and develop multiple vehicles and campaigns including: planned giving, annual giving, major and principal gifts, and corporate research partnerships. I am also responsible for coaching and managing the development officer team. Additionally, I maintain a major and principal gift portfolio of 100 of UAF's top benefactors which yields $2m+ annually for all disciplines/colleges/schools/institutes, and initiatives.

I successfully revitalized the development and membership functions at the UA Museum of the North, which resulted in growing a sustainable flow of contributed revenue to offset State funding cuts. Specific responsibilities included securing major gifts at and above six-figures from individuals, corporations, and foundations to support the UA Museum of the North. I worked in tandem with the Executive Director of the museum on project specific fundraising campaigns, collaborated with other University of Alaska Development Officers on joint fundraising projects, worked with the Marketing and Communications Manager on positioning sponsors and donors, develop and oversee the fundraising activities for events, and worked with the museum exhibit and collections on fundraising projects. Responsibilities also included oversight of the museum's membership program, annual fund campaign, and proposal writing and coordination for the Museum's Education & Public Programs department. I also served as liaison to the campus' Central Development team, and state-level Development Leaders at the UA Foundation. One notable achievement includes a project to increase the base of museum supporters by launching new Membership, Annual Fund, and Curiosity Club programs. In 2016, I led a group of directors and managers to collaboratively design a membership and annual fund programs. Over 6 months we went through conceptualization, budgeting, forecasting, staffing, program logistics, marketing and communications, and program implementation. During this time I also secured a new corporate major donor as a sponsor for the Curiosity Club, an activity-packed club for kids. The programs have met and exceeded all goals, and in the first year brought in $300,000 of new unrestricted revenue to the museum.

Executive level management in the areas of development, communication & marketing, outreach & engagement, program evaluation, and financial operations. Directed all fundraising activities including major gifts, individual giving, special events, and private/state/federal grant writing/reporting. Contributed revenue for the Denver Inner City Parish ranged between $1.7 million and $2 million annually. Led the strategic communications plan which included a website rebuild, and an overhaul of all marketing and communication materials. Through this effort strategic messaging was aligned and developed for the organization as a whole. Led executive level strategic decisions regarding the organization as a whole. Built operational systems that supported rapid growth including an overhaul to the budgeting and financial reporting processes, and worked closely with the board, specifically the finance committee on the overhaul. Additionally, worked with all program directors on program evaluation tools for grant tracking and reporting, specifically in building logic models, and accountability measures to better track outcomes for all 9 programs. After moving to Alaska in 2013, the Denver Inner City Parish board voted to continue my leadership role remotely as a consultant. I continued to serve as an advisor to the Executive Director, as well as drive all grant proposals and reports of which in the 2013-14 Fiscal Year represented $885,670 requested from 35 total proposals which resulted in $405,500 funded, for a 46% success rate. Grant portfolio included private foundations, state, and federal grants.

Responsible for raising $2,000,000 annually from over 4,000 individual donors, not including Board giving. Gift size ranged from $1 - $250,000. Wrote and managed 6 direct mail campaigns annually. Each campaign mailed to an average of 5,000 households.Assisted the VP of Development and the President/CEO with fiscal-year-end individual fundraising from board members.