Rick Harrison Email & Phone Number

Columbus, OH, US

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Assists with leadership, direction and implementation of major gift fundraising strategies for the College of Arts and Sciences with responsibility for specific departments and by representing the entire college in the Southeast US region. This position spends a majority of time building and cultivating relationships with individuals, corporations and.

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

• Directed and oversaw operation of agency fundraising and public relations programs. Developed long range plans and provided leadership to the program and the public relations/development staff.
• Coordinated agency outreach and cultivation of key constituents.
• Managed all aspects of fund raising program and fundraising budget.
• Coordinated annual giving, planned giving, major gifts, and corporate/foundation grants programs.
• Assisted Executive Director with administrative duties including program development, United Way of Central Ohio, City and Franklin County funding, agency budget, personnel management and the Board of Directors.
• Oversaw agency administration in absence of Executive Director

Columbus, Ohio

• Developed, implemented and managed a comprehensive fund-raising plan, including development of the organization’s first gift acceptance policies.
• Coordinated the conception and planning of various activities including direct mail, annual fund campaign, individual and corporate solicitation, major donor program, grant writing, and planned giving, including.
• Responsible for the supervision of a grants manager and grants management including conducting research into grant opportunities, writing or monitoring the writing of grant applications, and submitting grants.
• Established first ever endowment fund for the agency through The Columbus Foundation.
• Coordinated development efforts for the 2005 Central Ohio AIDSWalk & 5K Run event which raised $127,000 to benefit 9 HIV/AIDS service organizations in the Central Ohio area.

Athens, Ohio

• Coordinated major gift qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of alumni, parents, friends, corporations and foundations in a first-time effort to support the Division of Student Affairs and.
• Developed this new position and program to participate in a successful $200 million institutional capital campaign, raising $60,000 a year in annual gifts, over $2 million in major gifts, identifying 300 major gift.
• Strengthened external relations for the Division with key constituencies through the development of communication/education pieces and establishing personal relationships.

Athens, Ohio

• Chief Operations Officer for alumni programs and communication outreach initiated by the Office of Alumni Relations. Managed 14 person staff, 200 volunteers, alumni center building and $750,000 operations budget.
• Identified goals and objectives for the department and coordinated these with the Alumni Board of Directors and staff.
• Managed 60 national/international alumni chapters and 14 constituency societies that on average sponsored events occurring somewhere around the world every 48 hours, as well as on-campus programs: Homecoming, Alumni.
• Served as executive director of the 150,000-member association.

Athens, Ohio

• Coordinated and managed major alumni programs including the overall regional and international alumni chapter programs, constituent societies, Alumni College and various reunions.

Oxford, Ohio

• As director, responsible for all facets of alumni relations including the supervision of annual fund raising and assisting with the coordination of a successful $4 million capital campaign.
• As consultant, traveled extensively to collegiate chapters across the country as a national representative of a then 65,000-member fraternity.

Bsj, Public Relations

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Tau, Interfraternity Council, UPC (Pop Concert Committee), Marching 110, Student Life Intern, Greek.

College Prep

Activities and Societies: Cross Country, Track, Student Government (officer), SPress student paper (writer and co-editor), Marching.