“I strive to make enduring change affordable.”Stan Sheppard specializes in providing affordable, high-quality strategic guidance and operating support to nonprofit organizations that want to sustain growth, improve revenue and build community. He focuses on doing this for small to medium sized organizations that seek to change the human condition. He specializes in fundraising, general management, and board coaching and the development of comprehensive fundraising campaigns and organizational marketing.Sheppard spent eight-years at New York University as a member of the University’s senior development team. Under his direction, The Fund for NYU grew from $10,000,000 to $30,000,000/annum. As Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving he led a team of eighteen alumni relations, fundraising and direct-response professionals. They developed outreach to 380,000 alumni and provided annual fund and alumni relations support to fourteen schools and divisions. Prior to that he worked at Hadassah to bring strategic fundraising and membership marketing to the organization.In the for profit arena he was the COO of a leading division of a Fortune 500 company and has also operated and counseled small business organizations. He has over 25 years of volunteer experience with nonprofits related to community management, secondary education, health care and Jewish communal organizations.Specialties: Strategic Planning …"setting the direction."o Assessments. o Integrated fundraising and marketing plans.o Branding and positioning.o Project management systems.Operating Management …"getting the work done."o “Hands-on” campaign and project management.o Community buildingo Cost containment