President, Greater Illinois Market
CurrentResponsible for managing a 24-person staff and 20-member Board of Trustees ensuring financial sustainability, driving continuous improvement efforts while communicating the Society’s mission, benefits, and services to local executive leaders and members of the community at large; consistently exceeded annual revenue budget of $5.9M.• Lead aggressive ongoing fundraising and donor development efforts to ensure consistent budget achievement, guiding a broad mix of team-based donor management and grass-roots funding activities• Serve as member of the Society’s National Leadership and Management Team, responsible setting annual priorities, modeling the organization’s values, and ensuring brand/operational consistency • Recruit highly influential members for the market’s Board of Trustees and Community Council, facilitating ongoing planning sessions to define operational, financial, and strategic goals • Coach, develop, and mentor staff members and volunteers in order to maximize performance to support fundraising and community engagement • Personally identify, cultivate, and manage relationships with top donors, corporate partners and executive sponsors