Sharon Mcshane Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Develop collaborations with philanthropists and organizations to scale impact and catalyze system change through philanthropic advisory and resource mobilization. Lead a team of 7 staff, collectively responsible for mobilizing $35 million in support annually.

Managed foundation relations team to build sustainable funding for the organization and develop and execute annual prospect strategies for all program areas. Managed a team of 6, collectively responsible for raising $25 million annually.

Contributed to the overall strategy and operation of fundraising by maximizing and leveraging the philanthropic potential of Pew to advance the organization’s most critical projects and help build a sustainable funding stream.

Led fundraising campaigns in response to large-scale domestic disasters, developed strategies for unrestricted annual support for the disaster services program, and designed fundraising packages to engage individual, corporate, and foundation donors. Conducted fundraising trainings across the country on quickly building capacity to manage episodic.

Strategically planned, coordinated, and developed fundraising capacity and managed an average of 30 annual disaster fundraising campaigns, including major gift solicitation, grant writing, employee giving, cause marketing, direct mail, and email solicitations.

Washington, DC

Cultivated and managed relationships with corporate donors and employee-giving campaigns.

Directed all aspects of annual International Genome Sequencing Conference with 350 attendees including strategic planning, marketing, sponsorship, logistics, budget, and mailings.

Assisted with building the pipeline of prospective corporate and foundation funders, interacted with member donors to provide fundraising ideas and track fundraising goals, and helped plan fundraising workshops and educational events at internal leadership conferences.