Sue Devine Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Advise Chapel & York clients on cross-border fundraising opportunities.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Sue Devine Consulting offers a range of services to help non-profit organizations achieve their philanthropic goals. Utilizing the extensive experience of its founder with the advancement programs of charities across.
• Board development
• Capital and endowment campaigns
• Major gifts
• Donor cultivation and stewardship
• Institutional positioning, strategic planning, and communications

Los Angeles And New York

After many years of service leading American Friends of the Louvre, I transitioned to Senior Advisor to help ensure a successful transition for the new Executive Director.

New York City Metropolitan Area And Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Executive Director March 2004 – October 2023
• As founding Executive Director, established the U.S. office of American Friends of the Louvre, hired staff, formalized working relationships with colleagues at the Louvre, and implemented office procedures.
• Managed operating budget, investments and grant-making programs.
• Worked with the board, three Louvre Presidents, and senior staff on securing more than $45M for Louvre initiatives including funding for projects and donations of works of art and more than $10M to fund AFL operations.
• Developed successful Chairman’s Circle and International Council membership programs which led to establishing a major gifts program.
• Created highly curated, fully subscribed donor trips and events in the U.S., France, and worldwide which fostered donor loyalty and attracted new support.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Served as senior executive of this non-profit organization founded in 1989 to raise funds for the British Museum in the U.S.
• Re-energized the board of directors by recruiting new members and repositioned the organization by developing enhanced marketing materials and membership programs.
• Secured contributions of $5.6M for the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court.
• Launched an endowment fund for acquisitions and research with an initial $1M gift and developed a strategy resulting in a $1M gift to endow a major gallery.
• Supported growth of the curatorial departmental patron groups through membership cultivation.
• Facilitated gifts of works of art for the museum’s collection.

Greater Chicago Area

• Served as consultant for this national firm specializing in strengthening fundraising, marketing, and communications programs for all types of nonprofit organizations.
• Conducted feasibility studies for capital and endowment campaigns and development assessments and provided on-site management of campaigns, including supervising staff and board volunteers.
• Advised diverse clients, including arts organizations, hospitals, private schools, and social service agencies.
• Provided counsel to clients in the Chicago area; Detroit, MI; St. Louis, MO; Alton, IL; Harrisburg, PA; Lincoln, NE; and Phoenix, AZ.

Greater Chicago Area

• Vice President of Development 1993 – 1995
• Led a staff of 13 responsible for the museum’s fundraising, membership, and public relations programs.
• Collaborated with the President/Director, Trustees, and senior management team to identify fundraising priorities and develop strategies for achieving them.
• Raised $3 - $3.5M annually for operations, exhibitions, and educational initiatives.
• Supervised planning and conception of the institutional communications program, securing widespread coverage in the press.Director of Development 1992 - 1993
• Planned and executed annual fund and membership campaigns, exhibition sponsorships, and fundraising events, supervising direct mail, telemarketing, major gifts, corporate and foundation programs, government grants, and.

Greater Chicago Area

• Directed all aspects of the fundraising program for this performing arts organization, which raised 75% of its annual $1.2M budget from contributions.
• Led annual fund campaign for individuals at all levels, prepared grant proposals for foundations, corporations, and government funding sources, and planned annual fundraising gala.
• Worked with the executive director and board on developing and implementing fundraising strategies in a challenging environment that required extraordinary commitments from board members and loyal supporters.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Director of Development, Meadows School of Arts 1990 – 1991
• Led fundraising on behalf of an art school offering degrees in studio art, art history, music, theater, dance, film and television, and arts administration. The school also has a world-renowned museum, film archives.
• Completed the final phase of a $12.2M capital campaign for a new arts library, including solicitation of gifts up to $500K and coordination of an alumni-matching gifts campaign.
• Secured gifts for scholarships, performances, exhibitions, and publications
• Planned donor cultivation and recognition events, including the Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts, involving a week-long series of high-profile events culminating in a gala dinner for 400 people and an awards.
• Launched the first membership and development program for this museum, which holds one of the finest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, amassed by Texas oilman Algur H. Meadows.

Midland, Texas, United States

• Acting Director 1985 – 1986
• Served as Acting Director for one year, supervising operations of this museum in West Texas, which specializes in the art of Santa Fe and Taos, Texas, and archaeology.
• Supervised a ten-member team in charge of collections, exhibitions, communications, education, membership, finances, and security.
• Worked with the board of trustees to secure funds for general operating needs and special projects through membership programs, grants from corporations and foundations, and volunteer fundraising efforts.Curator 1982.
• Supervised all activities related to the permanent collection and exhibition program, including cataloging works of art and ethnographic materials, improving storage and conservation methods, and overseeing loans.
• Staffed the Board's Collections Committee, assisting in the development of new acquisition policies and securing important new works for permanent collection.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Division Of Art History

Bachelor Of Arts - Art History And Cultural Anthropology, Art History