Trisha Skajewski Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

J Murphy & Associates provides strategic development partnerships, strategy and execution. Oversee a client portfolio of eight to ten clients and utilize a cross-functional team to execute. Range of work includes strategy, major donor indentification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship, campaigns (comprehensive, capital and capacity) prospect.

Helped build a new external relations program to diversify revenue streams to build a long-term and sustainable pipeline of investors.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Member of the Senior Leadership team. Directed a comprehensive external relations program to secure additional financial resources and create brand awareness to achieve goals set forth in the strategic plan.
• Created first agency-wide integrated communication, marketing, and development plan that aligned key messages and philanthropic case for support targeted to key stakeholders.
• Directed and implemented annual fundraising event (130 attendees) in support of securing new donors and upgrading long-time donors.
• Led a $3.4M campaign securing $800K in grant funds in the first six months.
• Successfully led all fundraising, prospect cultivation, stewardship strategies and United Way employee campaign.
• Wrote 20+ grant proposals annually. Wrote case for philanthropic support for campaigns. Prepared external communications and direct mail pieces for 1,000 stakeholders annually.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Directed day-to-day operations of development program including annual fund, budget and database administration, and supervision of development team. Prepared key school leaders and volunteers for cultivation and.
• Designed and executed numerous events with the school’s leadership team, development colleagues, and volunteer leaders. Events ranged from small private gatherings to school-wide grandparents’ day event. Oversaw all.
• Actively managed a portfolio of donors with philanthropic capacity up to $5M.
• Led annual fundraising campaign. In final year, achieved the highest amount raised in a decade ($2M).
• Cultivated relationships resulting in six-figure gifts that laid the foundation for a first-of-its-kind Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence.
• Applied best practices to gift accounting, endowed fund reports, and gift acknowledgement policy and procedures.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

• Served on senior leadership team and managed four Development Officers. Directed annual auction and all capital, planned and major gift campaigns.
• Set vision and executed annual fundraising event (300 attendees), all-school alumni reunion (300 attendees), local and regional events (~ 20 attendees), and small, private cultivation events with major donors.
• Led Board of Trustees and internal Administrative Team Head of School search. Executed an eight-month multi-dimensional communication plan resulting in a smooth transition for the outgoing and incoming Head of School.
• Achieved annual fund goal each year.
• Created a five-year comprehensive development plan to attract maximum gift support.
• Facilitated a development audit and feasibility study to determine right resources needed for a long-term fundraising program.

Superior, Wisconsin

• Led implementation of the Annual Campaign, donor communications and stewardship. Project manager for all advancement events and donor database.
• Led execution of multiple events simultaneously during two alumni all school reunions (1,000 attendees each with 20 events in three days), campaign celebration (150 attendees), regional and local constituent events.
• Advancement staff lead for commencement and outgoing Chancellor retirement events. Collaborated with Board of Regents, major donors, staff and faculty. All events were implemented on-budget and all outcomes were.
• Led signature fundraising event in partnership with the University’s Alumni Board. In final year raised the highest amount in event history.
• Achieved $3M goal for the Annual Fund as part of the $17.5M campaign goal. Established and managed a 25-member student donor solicitation program.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Led Department of Family Services. Managed Family Education Program, the Annual Education Conference.
• Executed and grew annual conference to 800 attendees and 30+ workshops. Led vision and implementation for merging two conferences into one and added a teleconference element to broaden access. In final year, secured a.
• Negotiated and oversaw vendor contracts, sponsor relations and benefit implementation, speaker relations and travel consultant, collaborated with event committee, key problem-solver and logistic extraordinaire.
• Worked one-on-one with families by delivering workshops and care consultations.

Graduate Studies

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psychology Club Research Assistant