Kevin Triskett Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Unanimously selected by the Chicago State Foundation Board of Directors to assume the full duties and responsibilities of Executive Director until a permanent Executive Director is named.
• Accountable to the Chicago State Foundation Board of Directors for key performance indicators across all major bodies of work - board relations, individual giving, alumni relations, major giving, corporate/foundation.
• Supervise a cross-functional team of three employees to improve performance in fundraising, project management and operations

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Drive priority-setting, budgeting and project management activities for Chicago State Foundation across all fundraising disciplines – board relations, corporate/foundation giving, annual giving, and major giving – to.
• Ensure organizational alignment to all board-approved financial and business operations policies to reduce the Foundation’s audit risk and increase the donor base’s trust in the Foundation
• Provide key thought leadership and counsel to the Foundation’s Executive Director by connecting the day-to-day work of the Foundation to the strategic goals, mission and vision of the organization.
• Serve as a trusted source of information and decision-making related to Foundation activities for the Board of Directors, external partners, donors and vendors.
• Rated “Role Model” in Leadership, Compliance & Integrity, Communication and CollegialityAccomplishments: Increase in annual revenue from $2,500,000 in FY2020 to $3,500,000 in FY2021 despite challenges created by.

Chicago, Illinois

• In a start-up environment, created processes and procedures to establish operational efficiency including an annual operating plan, performance standards, budget tracking tools and business operations policies
• Strengthen the engagement of a newly empaneled Board of Directors by creating a job description, committee charters, contribution reports, agenda/meeting minute templates and recruiting/vetting/onboarding process.
• Project managed the RFP process to identify a new banking partner, including developing the call for applications, interview questions, and convening a selection panel, which resulted in lower annual fees and reduced.
• Established a content calendar and employed appropriate communication tools to consistently deliver quality content to alumni, donors, community champions, and prospects.Accomplishments: Achieved the ambitious goals of.

Greater Chicago Area

• Outcomes: A re-designed annual operating plan process and template tailored specifically to the organizational priorities outlined in the Ounce of Prevention Fund’s ambitious 2018-2023 Strategic Plan. Created a.
• Oversee the strategic operations of the Educare Learning Network division by constructing an annual work plan, planning division retreats, tracking progress towards goals, crafting a yearly budget narrative and.
• Employ Smartsheet to project manage multiple operations initiatives including project design, selecting and supervising an Education Pioneer Summer Graduate Fellow annually, hiring new staff and developing a job.
• Proactively advise and support the Executive Director of the Educare Learning Network in program and relationship management by preparing presentations, crafting division-wide, organization-wide, and external.
• Communicate the successes, challenges, and opportunities of the Educare Learning Network team in reports to the Ounce Board of Directors, and funders; including drafting language for successful grant applications.
• Co-lead the organization’s Advancing Racial Equity Task Force

Greater Chicago Area

• Outcomes: More focused grassroots advocacy work with a dramatic increase in email subscriptions, social media followers & engagement, and website views; Stronger network of state and national early learning leaders.
• Operationalized a social media strategy that increased our combined follower count from 1,800 to 6,600 between May, 2012 and October, 2013
• Managed Invest In US, an interactive advocacy campaign designed to illustrate the benefits of high quality early learning
• Drafted advocacy communications on Head Start, Early Head Start, and the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge

Chicago, IL

• Assessed Teach For America's support services for teaching alums through interviews and focus groups
• Created guidelines for modeling desired behavior on TFANet and in social media
• Wrote memos and a consulting report for the Teacher Leadership Initiative; presented to the National Alumni Affairs team in August 2011.
• Presented a final report to the National Alumni Affairs team in August 2011.
• Attended 5 project management and education policy workshops.

• Managed multiple programs including school open houses, 8th grade placement tests, Vikings Visitor Program, and new student registration.
• Developed a strategy for marketing to middle school students and their parents, which featured direct mailing, advertising, and public presentations
• Controlled a $7,500 budget
• Sat on the President's Staff, assisting in development and alumni office functions

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Public Affairs

-Education Coursework: Education, Social Justice & the Law; Social & Political Context of Education in America -Policy Coursework.

B.A., Communication, Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Forensics Team, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, WMCO-FM, Pi Kappa Delta Honorary, Summer Muskie Fellow Graduated Magna.