Donor Relations:• Manage and lead donor relations and stewardship team, hiring, training, business planning, and annual evaluations.• Manage and lead central fundraising staff including Foundation Relations and Planned Giving strategy and execution. Set fundraising goals and ensure achievement. • Create best practice donor relations policies and procedures, including but not limited to those relating to acknowledgment, recognition, engagement, stewardship, and gift compliance of… Show more Donor Relations:• Manage and lead donor relations and stewardship team, hiring, training, business planning, and annual evaluations.• Manage and lead central fundraising staff including Foundation Relations and Planned Giving strategy and execution. Set fundraising goals and ensure achievement. • Create best practice donor relations policies and procedures, including but not limited to those relating to acknowledgment, recognition, engagement, stewardship, and gift compliance of planned giving, principal and major gifts, and annual giving.• Team leader for comprehensive capital campaign public launch.• Execute high level budget planning and management.• Execute high-end recognition events and management.External Relations:• Coordinate with external constituencies, including elected and appointed officials at the local, state, and federal levels in all government branches. • Manage Louisiana Board of Regents and University of Louisiana matching programs.• Manage complex revenue generation projects for the campus. Ex: University of Louisiana collaboration with Lafayette Science Museum. • Lead bi-annual trips to D.C. to meet with congressional delegation members.• Maintain relationships with elected officials on the federal, state, and local levels. Show less

Responsible for the leadership, development, implementation, management, and oversight of individual gifts over $500,000 across the University. • Manage a portfolio of 100+ prospects, corporations, elected officials. Developed and implement strategies for gift closure, including face-to-face, written, and phone communications.• Designed and implemented weekly comprehensive moves management and accountability system resulting in increased activity for principals' gifts and… Show more Responsible for the leadership, development, implementation, management, and oversight of individual gifts over $500,000 across the University. • Manage a portfolio of 100+ prospects, corporations, elected officials. Developed and implement strategies for gift closure, including face-to-face, written, and phone communications.• Designed and implemented weekly comprehensive moves management and accountability system resulting in increased activity for principals' gifts and pledges.• Established collaborative partnerships with units across campus to strengthen relationships to serve University's constituents more effectively.Actively engaged and mentored faculty, staff, and volunteers in the development process.Authored and assisted in writing policy, procedures, proposals, and stories.Solicitation team closed over 80 major and principal gifts in FY20Mentor development officers and campus leaders to successfully increase fundraising proposals up to eight figures. Show less

Consistently meeting and exceeding annual fundraising goals; unique production of over $5 million FY17-20. Managed fundraising efforts for the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Sciences.

Supervises, leads and sets a vision in collaboration with staff for ISP including strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of programming. Serves as chief advocate for efforts to internationalize the campus. Works collaboratively with academic and student affairs units on campus. Responsible for F-1 VISA program. Monitors trends, develops collaborations with faculty, staff and greater Morris community provide extensive consultation, and connect partners to capacity building resources… Show more Supervises, leads and sets a vision in collaboration with staff for ISP including strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of programming. Serves as chief advocate for efforts to internationalize the campus. Works collaboratively with academic and student affairs units on campus. Responsible for F-1 VISA program. Monitors trends, develops collaborations with faculty, staff and greater Morris community provide extensive consultation, and connect partners to capacity building resources with the goal of creating an inclusive and integrated environment for international students university wide. Participates in the development of innovative services and best practices to create an international education environment where students thrive and succeed. Program Leadership, Management, and DevelopmentAdvising, Counseling, Student Progress and RetentionRelationship ManagementGovernment Regulations AdvisingAssessment and ReportingFiscal and Human Resource Management Show less

Leadership development using service learning techniques.