Rod Gingrich Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Expanded portfolio of foundation grantors and public funding sources. Overhauled Salesforce implementation to manage prospecting, solicitation, and stewardship protocols. Helped organization implement new home repair program by establishing Delegate Agency relationship with City of Chicago. Overhauled grants language and program budgets to reflect.

Greater Chicago Area

• Manage large portfolio of foundation, corporate, and government funding relationships for equity theatre company.
• Created grant management database to improve planning and management of institutional solicitation pipeline
• Improved descriptive and evaluative language while writing grant proposals, other solicitations, and funder reports
• Manage development interns and contribute to projects related to organizational language, data, and strategic planningExceeded… Show more Manage large portfolio of foundation, corporate, and government funding.
• Manage development interns and contribute to projects related to organizational language, data, and strategic planningExceeded fundraising goals with over $1.3 million in first 16 months from institutional sources.
• Foundation Grants: Paul M. Angell Foundation, Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, Joyce Foundation, Poetry Foundation, Polk Bros. Foundation, Prince Charitable Trust, Shubert Foundation, Theatre.

Pittsburgh, PA

• Assisted Dean’s Office at Heinz College of Public Policy and Information Science with large-donor development, donor correspondence, and contact reporting while completing Masters degree.Lead recitations, graded.
• Financial Statements and Analysis of Companies
• Non-Profit Statements and Analysis
• Project Management
• Professional Writing for Public Policy
• Professional Writing for Masters of Information… Show more Assisted Dean’s Office at Heinz College of Public Policy and Information Science with large-donor development, donor correspondence, and contact reporting.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Developed Science Moves! Teachers’ Guide for arts education initiative to connect dance and kinesthetic learning to Pennsylvania Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities; Co-authored grant writing and foundation reporting; Researched new CRM systems; Built database to track arts education program data for foundation reporting.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Created new accounting control system and improved financial statements and budgeting for CMU art gallery; Managed Development, Education, and Marketing staff; Oversaw facility improvements, Managed Art.ful.ly database.

Analyzed traffic data using proprietary software for large-scale autonomous vehicle machine learning project.

Chicago, IL

• ESTABLISHED MODEL FOR KIDS MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
• 1991 – Developed the Old Town School’s first music classes for students ages 5–7 and 8–12. Long-term viability of these classes enabled other teachers to begin creating similar classes
• 1991 to 2013 – Nurtured the 8–12 Kids Guitar program from a single class into a 5-Level program taught by multiple teachers
• 2015 – Rod’s Kids Guitar classes generate $16k+ in tuition during peak sessions, with $4000 additional tuition coming from… Show more ESTABLISHED MODEL FOR KIDS MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
• 2015 – Rod’s Kids Guitar classes generate $16k+ in tuition during peak sessions, with $4000 additional tuition coming from teen and adult studentsMUSIC CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
• 2005 to 2013 – Implemented a comprehensive curriculum for a 5-Level Kids Guitar instruction program which proved enormously popular

Glenview, IL

Graphic design and web development company with clients in a variety of industries; design, code, content, web applications and e-commercePROJECT MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS LEADERSHIPSales, strategic planning, proposal writing, budgeting, bookkeeping; hiring and supervising creative employees and technical subcontractorsART DIRECTION & MEDIA PRODUCTIONCampaign.

Northbrook, IL

Managed digital print production and design assets; produced hundreds of successful direct response marketing campaigns

Chicago, IL

Taught bootcamp classes in Photoshop, Illustrator and Quarkxpress in-house and on location at corporate clients

Wheeling, IL

Created advertising, exhibits, PR materials, newsletters

Orland Park, IL

Managed interactive digital projects; coordinated creative and technical personnel, research and content acquisition“KIDS IN HISTORY” CD-ROM © 1994 MPI Multimedia Produced an interactive documentary examining the changing nature of childhood in the 20th Century

Chicago, IL

Arbitron reporting and analysis for syndicated radio programming

Master Of Arts Management, Arts, Entertainment, And Media Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Radio, Television, Film

Activities and Societies: WNUR, NiteSkool While at Northwestern I was involved in several interesting extra-curricular projects: I.