Sarah Burger Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Columbia Global brings together major global initiatives from across Columbia University to advance knowledge and global engagement. Our mission is to address complex global challenges and foster intellectual endeavors through groundbreaking scholarly pursuits, leadership development, cutting-edge research, and projects that aim for social impact. Our long-term goal is to reimagine the university’s role in society as not only a nexus for learning and intellectual exploration but also as a catalyst for creativity and impact locally, regionally, and globally.Columbia Global includes the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.

New York, New York, Us

Led and supported a team of six business development professionals in the creation of primarily multi-million, multi-country, multi-market, and multi-year shared-value partnerships with US corporations in support of UNICEF’s global programs and mission.• Responsibility for a $30M team and $5M individual fiscal year revenue goal, with a focus on year-over-year growth. Individually raised $40M+ to date.• Oversaw growth strategies for partnerships in the pharmaceutical, media, tech, retail, mechanical & industrial, finance, travel & hospitality, and professional services/B2B sectors.• Developed bespoke programmatic and impact-driven partnerships that support the corporate social responsibility mission and goals of corporate partners. Partnerships also include employee, consumer, and board engagement.• Key partnerships and support individually secured with global Fortune 500 companies, including: American Express Global Business Travel, Bank of America Foundation, Blackstone Charitable Foundation, Citi Foundation, Clarios Foundation, Discovery, Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation, Expedia Inc., JPMorgan Chase, Marc Jacobs, New York Life Insurance, S&P Global Foundation, Starbucks Foundation, ViacomCBS, Visa, Wells Fargo and more.

New York, New York, Us

New York, New York, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Oversaw the growth of a major gifts program to increase unrestricted giving from high-net-worth individuals and corporations, including sophisticated prospect research and stewardship strategies and an annual large-scale fundraising event.• Provided vision and leadership for the organization-wide individual and corporate giving strategy, which included direct mail appeals, online fundraising and new campaigns and initiatives.• Worked closely with the Executive Director and Board of Directors; developed and managed Board cultivation strategies to increase their fundraising participation in events.• Coordinated and executed year-round stewardship events and the annual Voices of Courage luncheon, which raised $1.8M, the largest revenue to date.

New York, Ny, Us

Led a team of eight Account Managers responsible for recruiting and stewarding a social-impact focused membership community of approximately 1,000 corporations, individuals, and non-profits (annual membership revenue $7M-$10M). • Developed and implemented recruitment and retention strategies to achieve annual membership revenue goals and convert members ($20K) to sponsors ($250K+).• Managed responsibilities of the Account Team, including distribution of member accounts, member stewardship, new business development, and communication of membership programming and benefits. Developed individual targets and key evaluation metrics.• Assisted in the planning and implementation of annual membership and recruitment events.

New York, Ny, Us

Led key areas of the Museum’s individual giving program, with the goal of increasing donations and providing stewardship and engagement opportunities for current and potential donors.• Developed and maintained annual membership strategies and objectives including renewal, acquisition, and upgrade campaigns for the general membership program (members contributing $90-$2,500/approximately 8,000 households), which contributed $1M annually.• Oversaw solicitations in support of the museum’s annual fund ($200K annual revenue).• Identified, cultivated, and managed a portfolio of current and potential donors with a high giving capacity and specific interests in-line with museum programming.

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for the stewardship and cultivation of individual members (3,500) contributing $50-$999 and corporate members (40) contributing $1K–$50K.• Created, implemented, and directed a comprehensive stewardship program for all individual and corporate members resulting in increased donor participation, renewals, and increased giving.• Solicited donations for and planned two annual Young Members Circle fundraisers ($30K annual revenue).• Assisted with fundraising efforts for the Chairman’s Leadership Award Dinner ($1.9M annual revenue).

Supported the day-to-day development efforts to raise $3.2M for the inaugural biennial in New Orleans. The exhibition was free to the public and intended to contribute to the city’s economic recovery post-Hurricane Katrina. Responsibilities included prospect research and outreach for individual, foundation and corporate support; planning and executing fundraising events, including the inaugural Gala and opening weekend events.

Managed the daily operations of a contemporary art gallery in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. Responsibilities included client and artist relations, sales, exhibition and event planning.

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Ma, Visual Arts Administration

Ba, Art History