Sarah Mier, Mba Email & Phone Number

Sewickley, PA, US

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Oversee fundraising for student affairs including athletics and manage a team of three gift officers and one administrative position.Achieved significant growth overall growth in donors and dollars in athletics over the past five years. Increased average donors from 600 to over 1500, representing 250% growth over 5 years andincreased average dollars raised.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Maintain a $36M pipeline of 150 key donors and prospects living and working in the Northeastern United States, with emphasis on New York City.Cultivate and solicit gifts of $100,000.00 and above from individual alumni of the business school, as well as documenting estate plans and soliciting annual fund gifts. Develop complex fundraising strategy for.

Secured six-figure annual grant commitments from multiple corporate, foundation and government partners.Author and grant administrator for cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Worked with several Fortune 500 companies in the pharmaceutical and consumer products industry such as GlaxoSmithKline, sanofi, PepsiCo..

• Responsible for all summer associate and lateral associate hiring, intake, separation, and benefits administration.
• Primary contact for all firm business meetings and social events, including site selection, vendor contract negotiation, onsite logistics, and post event follow up
• Plan, implement, and debrief all aspects of 12 week-long Summer Associate Program
• Organize all in house and on-campus recruiting efforts
• Maintain business development files and Washington DC recruiting webpage
• Coordinate all on-going lateral associate recruitment and orientation

• Coordinated all aspects of member’s D.C. schedule including constituent meetings, congressional hearings, and floor schedule
• Handled all environmental, housing, arts, and animal rights legislative work for the Congressman
• Drafted and distributed Congressman’s personal correspondence; maintained contacts database; assisted with arranging Member’s travel; constructed detailed itineraries and scheduled Member’s appointments; greeted visitors
• Maintained constituent services for D.C. office
• Processed all incoming flag and tour requests

• Planned, wrote, implemented and evaluated all aspects of direct mail program for Washington College of Law
• Managed Graduating Class Gift Campaign
• Collaborated with Central Development staff at American University to contact WCL alumni via student phonathon program
• Developed acknowledgements of Annual Fund gifts
• Conducted alumni outreach via personal solicitation and volunteer management

• Prepared comprehensive legislative, new business, and daily news research
• Attended congressional hearings and press events
• Coordinated appointments and made deliveries to Capitol Hill
• Provided one-on-one assistance to firm lobbyists

• Trained and supervised approximately 30 Phonathon callers
• Assisted in the preparation of correspondence to donators and other alumni
• Promoted by Annual Giving staff from caller to manager

• Planned and organized events for the NAM Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence
• Staffed Issue Briefing Breakfasts and other media events
• Organized and participated in Congressional Insight (program to teach about day-to-day responsibilities of legislators)
• Drafted member correspondence

Masters Of Business Administration

Bachelor Of Arts, International Business And Management