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Greater Chicago Area

• Serve as primary business analyst and fundraising/membership subject-matter consultant on a diverse range of implementation, post-implementation, CRM assessment, and business optimization projects within the non-profit.
• Collaborate with clients to execute training and skill-development, business integration strategies, data conversions, reporting and analytics, and enterprise-building initiatives.
• Realize new possibilities for Network members in Tessitura software and technology adoption, customer relationship management, fundraising and membership programs, revenue management, general business process and.
• Partner with organizations’ management and front-line operational staff to create sustainable, meaningful business practices that will meet leadership’s objectives.
• Direct assigned project areas and work with internal project teams to ensure assignments are fully coordinated across subject areas, remain within scope, and adhere to rigid time constraints and risks.
• Lead training and business solution seminars for executives, key stakeholders, Network members, and colleagues in onsite and online forums.

Evanston, IL

• Oversaw all aspects of multimillion-dollar campaigns for the 10th, 25th, 35th and 40th Reunion celebrations, including direct response, leadership, major, and planned giving components.
• Developed fundraising goals and executed strategies that maximized the potential of Reunion-year prospects and increased giving participation rates for each class.
• Recruited and managed volunteer-based committees with a focus on peer-to-peer solicitation and engagement.
• Qualified and solicited Reunion year alumni and volunteer leadership on personal visits.
• Partnered with other gift officers and school-based directors in the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of principal ($1M), major ($100K+) and leadership gifts ($1K+).
• Monitored prospect proposal timelines and ensured solicitations support Reunion deadlines.

• Manage staff in the areas of annual giving, prospect management and research, data strategy and analytics, donor services, gift management, database operations, budget analysis, fundraising technology, and.
• Provide philanthropic analysis and donor strategy to the VP for Development, trustee and volunteer fundraising committees, major gift fundraisers, and annual giving staff.
• Guide a $4 million annual giving and direct response program, including telefunding, direct mail, email, and web campaigns.
• Cultivate portfolio of individual donors and major gift prospects.
• Grow and sustain a robust program of prospect management and research to identify, engage, solicit, and retain current and potential donors in the CSO’s pipeline.
• Partner with donor engagement, stewardship, and volunteer staff in department-wide efforts to integrate stewardship, cultivation, and volunteer initiatives into the greater fundraising strategy.

• Managed the Playhouse’s annual donor renewal, reinstatement, and acquisition programsthrough personal solicitation, direct mail, telemarketing, and online appeals.
• Supported the Playhouse’s leadership giving campaigns.
• Reported to the Individual Giving Committee of the Board of Directors.
• Coordinated trustee and fundraising volunteers during phonathons and peer prospectreview.
• Served as the department liaison to the IT and Tessitura (database) committees.
• Maximized the department’s utilization of the donor database for record-keeping andreporting.

• Coordinated annual personalized and direct mail campaigns with focus on renewal,reinstatement, and acquisition of individual and corporate donors.
• Assisted in solicitation of major annual gifts, foundation giving, and government grants.
• Planned and executed annual fund events, including season preview, open rehearsals,dinners, recitals, onstage rehearsals, and acquisition events.
• Supported leadership in the cultivation of major donors and maintenance of prospect lists.
• Assisted with corporate, planned giving, and other development initiatives.

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor Of Music (B.Mus.), Psychology, German, French Horn Performance

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha, Dolphin Show, Various Musical Theater Productions, Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic.

Master Of Music (M.M.), French Horn Performance

Symphony Orchestra, Horn Ensemble

Study Abroad Program, German Language, History, And Literature