Norman Alexandroff Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

* Oversee fundraising operations for one of the largest community health centers serving Chicago and suburbs with an operating budget of $55 million* Manage 4 full-time staff and provide overall leadership for the organizational philanthropic portfolio. This includes managing and writing of government and private grants, strategically identifying funding.

Berwyn, Illinois, United States

• Raised over $7 million in past three years for in-school counseling, community counseling, crisis intervention, gun violence reduction, youth leadership training, after-school enrichment programs, workforce.
• Developed personalized donor experiences to portfolio of individual prospects and donors
• Helped manage organization’s annual fundraising galas and annual giving campaigns
• Developed new website, monthly newsletters, annual reports, social… Show more
• Developed new website, monthly newsletters, annual reports, social media, and brochures to better tell the organization’s story
• Conceived and helped develop YC’s workforce development program and alumni network

Northbrook, Illinois, United States

• Developing a creative placemaking strategy for wealth management company to more effectively pool tax investments in “Opportunity Zones” to support economically distressed communities

• Founded nonprofit to use public art to strengthen social and economic fabric of Berwyn
• Raised over $100,000 in support of BPAI programs
• Created “Día de Muertos” celebration to honor the values and traditions of Latino/a/x residents, which was broadcast live on WGN-TV News.
• Developed murals with students from Morton West High School and District 100 Middle School students to celebrate racial and cultural inclusion, which was featured on WMAQ-TV News.
• Created "In Berwyn… Show more
• Created "In Berwyn, Black Lives Matter," a street mural, and related educational initiative, to address history and legacy of systemic racism in Berwyn, which was featured on FOX-News Chicago.

Greater Chicago Area

• Developed position to engage students and faculty in social change efforts in Chicago communities
• Raised money for the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Center for Black Music Research, and Asian Arts and Media Center
• Managed operations, fundraising, and tours for Wabash Arts Corridor, which used public art to transform South Loop from an island of urban forlorn into a destination neighborhood.

Greater Chicago Area

• Developed position to market events, career/academic resources to students
• Conceived and edited Reservoir, an online journal of student life, named best online journal by Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

Greater Chicago Area

• Conceived and edited “Gravity,” winner of Newsweek’s “college magazine of year”
• Created and edited “Why We Succeed,” winner of CASE “annual report of year”
• Started the Jane Alexandroff Scholarship fund, and raised over $100,000 in support of students focused on social justice
• Raised $225,000 for the “Columbia Gala,” Columbia’s signature fundraising event.

Greater Chicago Area

• Raised over $750,000 to start a research center to explore the role of the arts in building community and civic engagement
• Created “Informal Arts Sector,” research initiative exploring arts in American life
• Organized Democratic Vistas, lecture series featuring nationally-renowned artists, journalists, politicians, social scientists, educators, and community leaders exploring arts policy. This included Robert Putman.
• Organized Democratic Vistas, lecture series featuring nationally-renowned artists, journalists, politicians, social scientists, educators, and community leaders exploring arts policy. This included Robert Putman.
• Worked with librettist Thulani Davis to integrate her opera Amistad into CPS curriculum Show less

Greater Chicago Area

• Created office to promote the success of Columbia students, staff, alumni, educational programs, and presenting arts organizations in local and national media.
• Secured Columbia’s first feature stories in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chronicle of Higher Education, Chicago Magazine, trade journals, and various TV and radio coverage.
• Developed branding campaign to transform perception of college from a trade school to nation’s premier arts and media college.
• Published… Show more
• Published “Columbia’s Speaker’s Bureau” to promote college faculty expertise for media coverage.
• Developed Columbia’s first Crisis Communication’s plan.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Investigated and wrote stories about Chicago citizens wrongly convicted of crimes because of police, judicial, and prosecutorial misconduct
• Articles I wrote led to the eventual release of six innocent men on death row
• Wrote articles about Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge’s use of torture to obtain false confessions

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

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