Janelle Wallace Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, Us

El Cajon, California, Us

• Donor Management: Responsible for planning, organizing, executing, and directing all of The Water Conservation Garden’s fundraising including: major gifts, annual fundraising, planned giving, special events, grants, capital campaigns, and membership duties.• Leadership: Supervise Development Coordinator, Grant Writer, and Communications Specialist. Encourage a culture of philanthropy throughout the organization. Establish policies, systems, and procedures to sustain and grow excellence. • Annual Giving: Direct the annual fund program, including mailings and annual fundraising drives. Implement year-end and spring appeals. Respond to and process planned giving inquiries.• Major Gifts: Grow a major gifts program including identification, cultivation, and solicitation for major donors.• Membership: Oversee all aspects of The Garden’s membership program including the President’s Club program. Promote renewals, upgrades, and acquisitions. • Grant Management: Responsible for all phases of proposal development including identification, cultivation, writing, stewardship, tracking, and reporting. • Sponsorships: Solicit and secure corporate sponsorships for programs and events. Develop and customize sponsorship packages.• Special Events: Support the planning and management of fundraising events in collaboration with the events team.• Strategic Planning: Create Membership & Development Plans. Active participant on the Strategic Planning Committee. Serve as a close strategic advisor to the CEO.• Capital Campaigns: Helped raise funds for larger projects including building construction, renovations, facility improvements, and exhibits. • Volunteer Management: Serve as a liaison to the Board of Directors and Development Committee in all areas related to development. • Marketing: Supervise a Communications Specialist, work with partner agencies, develop and implement marketing strategies to maximize brand exposure and fundraising opportunities.

El Cajon, California, Us

The Garden’s mission is to inspire positive change in the living environment through the conservation of water and other natural resources. The Development & Fundraising Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, executing and directing all of The Water Conservation Garden’s fundraising including, major gifts, annual fundraising, planned giving, special events, grants and capital campaigns. The Manager works closely with The Executive Director and the Board of Directors in all development and fund raising endeavors.

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Plan a year-long direct mail program and lead all components of that program including drafting letters, determining communication design, working with the mail house, pulling lists, preparing reports that accurately reflect the performance of the annual giving campaign, etc.• Identify, plan and execute special annual campaigns that contribute to Annual Giving goals such as board, alumni board, volunteers, etc.• Manage and grow a mid-tier individual donor portfolio through identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship efforts and seek to identify and grow major gift prospects.• Maintain a rigorous schedule of contacts with donors, creating relevant moves management plans, compelling presentations, and comprehensive fundraising proposals.• Create and steward donor giving circles.• Conduct tours with donors and prospects to increase awareness of Serving Seniors.• Perform detailed prospect research to support the CEO’s needs and the Chief Development and External Affairs Officer’s research needs.• In collaboration with the Director of Activities and Volunteers, develop and implement a volunteer cultivation plan with a goal of converting volunteers to donors.• Working with the Communications & Events Manager, take a leadership role in overseeing donor events including the annual gala.• Staff Board Committees• Prepare reports and analyses as requested

Chicago, Il, Us

• Through the guidance of the Statewide Director of Signature Events, implement Charter’s fundraising event best practices to achieve aggressive revenue goals.• Responsible for corporate sponsorship/partnership goal for all annual fundraising events in the local market.• Ensure revenue goals are attained by partnering with Development Director to identify, recruit, manage and steward volunteer committees for fundraising events.• Drive a comprehensive sponsorship program that bundles a myriad of opportunities, including multi-year and multi-event corporate partnerships.• Work in the field developing relationships with large retail store managers to participate in icon sales program.• Recruit, cultivate and lead campaign participants by implementing best practice strategies and relationship cultivation activities for successful participant fundraising, acknowledgement and retention.• Utilize creative market building strategies such as cold calling, networking, and the ability to leverage volunteers’ connections and spheres of influence to prospect, cultivate and manage new corporate accounts.• Solicit and increase corporate sponsorships in partnership with senior Development staff.• Engage corporate organizations to partner with ALA in face to face meetings and presentations to solicit sponsorship and participation in special events.• In concert with Development Director, manage special event budgets to keep expenses below 10-25%.• Plan and execute Corporate Recruitment Breakfast and/or Kickoff events to drive event participation and fundraising.• Plan event logistics, support logistics committee and serve as a staff manager on event day.• Work with in-kind sponsors to obtain cost-free resources (water, snacks, services, etc.)• Lead Turquoise Takeover and CVS campaign activities for local market.• Enter data into Convio and/or ROI to enhance and maintain accurate donor records.

Katoomba, Nsw, Au

• Stakeholder Management: build and maintain key relationships with councils, not-for-profits and community organizations nation-wide• Marketing: gain media coverage for Do Something Near You in collaboration with community and partner organizations• Website Management: maintain, update and create engaging web content• Customer Service: receive and monitor ongoing customer feedback and improve website usability• Communication: develop a broad range of communications collateral including fact sheets, briefings, reports, proposals and other documents• Social Media Marketing: build and manage a strong, positive social media presence to dramatically boost followers• Volunteer Management: recruit, train and retain internal volunteers and interns.

North Sydney, Nsw, Au

• EMS Development: design environmental management systems for clients focused on preventing adverse environmental impacts, implementing cost saving strategies, and improving environmental compliance• Clean Community Assessments: evaluate public spaces and provide recommendations to reduce litter, improve cleanliness, and manage infrastructure• Report Development: assist Managing Director with report preparation and review, data analysis, summary report presentations, and project delivery • Proposals & Tenders: prepare and submit tenders and business proposals• Event Management: company industry event representative and organizer • Marketing: strategize with Marketing Executive to implement widespread company promotions and social media campaigns • Customer Relations Management (CRM): establish and develop relations to support company services through lead generation and reporting• Conduct surveys and research: complete field surveys for data collection • Business Development: collaborate with upper management to identify business opportunities and development initiatives

Master Of Public Administration

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Option In Management