Susan Cowart, Cfre Email & Phone Number

Auburn, Al, Us

Opelika, Alabama, United States

• Direct foundation policy, procedures, and operations with the end goal of securing, accepting, and administrating gifts in support of East Alabama Heath’s mission and the patients served • Tripled Christmas Ball revenue • Secured eleven $50,000 gifts to name a NICU patient room• Overseeing the $4,210,000 Give Hope, a campaign to expand mental health services in East Alabama. Wrote campaign promotional materials and scheduled the 79 feasibility study interviews. Working with senior hospital administration and consultants to develop cultivation and solicitation strategies for leadership gifts, executing an employee campaign, and visiting prospective donors for gifts from $10,000 to $100,000.• In April 2024, established the inaugural Women for Women, an evening to prioritize the physical and mental health of all women in East Alabama. The five-event objectives are to ENGAGE multi-generational women, INFORM them of the importance of prioritizing their health, CONNECT them with East Alabama Health physicians, EMPOWER them to learn more with future small group discussions, and SUPPORT all women’s access to healthcare through the EAMC Foundation’s Patient Assistance Funds.Revised agreements for four non-awarding scholarships. New written agreements set standards for the impartial selection committee, annual impact reports, and non-discriminatory selection criteria.• Reviewed all EAH Patient Assistance Fund procedures to give directors compliance and legal guardrails, led roundtables on finding solutions to concerns and obstacles in assisting patients in crisis, and designed a streamlined application.• Oversaw a database migration and data health cleanup of 1,400 deceased records, donor coding, and use of appeal codes to earmark restricted funds for disbursement.

• Developed marketing communications and annual giving fundraising strategy for all Auburn constituencies• Managed an omni-channel fund raising approach through direct mail, phone, social media, e-solicitations, annual crowd funded giving day, and peer to peer campaigns• Directed daily fundraising foundation procedures for stewardship, pledge reminders, declined credit cards, and renewal of recurring pledges• Cultivated a campus wide awareness of the Auburn Family’s philanthropic gifts’ impact• Increased annual philanthropic giving from $2,180,455 in 2015 to $4,798,962 in 2018• Grew annual giving revenue by 49% in first full fiscal year directingo Tripled the number of first time donorso Increased number of over-all donors by 56%• Brought phone program to in-house management, increasing net revenue by 23%

Birmingham, Alabama Area

Developed major gift procedures for new donor prospecting, visit follow-up, pledge fulfillment, and donor stewardship. Managed and oversaw fund raising and donor stewardship events including three 900 hundred person seated dinners.

• Managed and oversaw the personal, direct mail, email, and telephone solicitations of the college’s alumni, parents, and friends to encourage annual unrestricted giving• Revenues to the Annual Fund grew from $848,146 in May 2008 to $1,794,828 in May 2013• Alumni giving percentage rose from 28% to 36%

• Filed all federal and state financial disclosure reports• Maintained database of 3,000+ donor financial and personal history• Responsible for all accounting procedures including deposits, expenditures, and brokerage accounts• Coordinated annual 400 person seated dinner raising $250,000 and numerous smaller fundraisers for other Republican candidates as well as campaign’s election night parties and television advertising spots with volunteers• Oversaw all campaign daily operations including cell phone purchases, credit card management, general telephone and email constituent concerns, and the 2,500 holiday card and 400 holiday gift mailing printing, purchases, and list preparation

Ba, Business Administration, Political Science

Pursuing A Masters In Natural Resources