Sarah Simpson Email and Phone Number

Catholic Charities of St. LouisManager, Donor Relations and Communications, 2013-currentCommunications:o Launched new websites for Catholic Charities (www.ccstl.org), St. Francis Community Services (www.sfcsstl.org) and Good Shepherd Children & Family Services (https://goodshepherdstl.org/)o Facilitated re-branding for Catholic Charities and two other agencieso Responsible for creating, distributing and managing yearly annual reports, bi-yearly newsletters, bi- yearly annual campaigns, smaller collateral materials and two e-newsletter formatso Managed three social media platforms, increasing followers by 185%o Manage content on www.ccstl.org and www.sfcsstl.orgo Created and distributed press releases to local mediao Represented Catholic Charities at community eventso Created toolkits for community-led eventso Applied for, won and managed Google advertising grant for up to $10,000/month in free adwords Donor Relations:o Responsible for $3,196,000 in tax credit revenue, impacting seven organizations from FY2014-FY2016o Worked with the Board of Directors on major gifts and prospect researcho Attended and presented at committee meetings o Secured more than $4,330,000 in donations in FY2015, exceeding budget goalso Developed actionable and measurable systems for reporting on fiscal goalso Assisted with collaborative efforts across the eight agencies that make up Catholic Charities o Developed outcomes-based fund-raising plans for FY2014, FY2015General Department Management:o Launched an internship program and supervised internso Collaborated and communicated with key stakeholders within eight external organizations and the Archdiocese of St. Louiso Managed projects across departments, agencies and internally with a team of employeeso Assisted with budgets for Development and Communications departments

Development Associate, 2008-2013 Fund-raising: o Raised 43% of the total agency budget in 2012-2013 through major giving under the direction of the Director of Development o Contributed to fund-raising campaigns generating $9.5 million in revenue since 2008 o With Director, won $410,000 in grant awards from a key foundation, 2012-13 Communications and Media: o Nearly tripled Facebook “likes” on main agency page by increasing posts and engaging the Board of Directors, staff and donors o Applied for, won and managed Google advertising grant for up to $10,000/month in free adwords o Developed marketing materials including overall agency template, brochures, event invitations, new displays and logo development o Contributed to the launch of three websites and developed marketing strategy for a new program and the organization as a whole