Senior Philanthropy Officer

• Jan 2023 - Present

Position Responsibilities Identify, assess, cultivate, solicit, and close major gifts from individuals, using customized cultivation and solicitation strategies. Move major gift prospects through the development cycle from qualification to cultivation to solicitation to closing to stewardship. Identify prospects for major and legacy gifts for further cultivation from VP, CEO, and board. Ensure prompt, creative, and engaging donor acknowledgment and stewardship. Travel within service area to visit with individual donors or conduct remote visits where appropriate. Develop in-person or virtual donor engagement events consistent with donors’ interests and Habitat’s brand. Keep current on fundraising research, best practice and giving trends. Serve as spokesperson for corporate events and other speaking engagements (shared responsibility among Development and leadership teams). Develop stewardship, recognition, and retention strategies, including documented moves management, to sustain a growing portfolio of active partners. Coordinate scheduling and work closely with Volunteer Services staff to ensure donors are informed about volunteer opportunities and enjoy their on-site experience. Organize, plan, emcee, and attend house celebrations and other events, in collaboration with the Development and leadership team.

International Motivational Speaker and Author

• May 2012 - Present

Ashton L. Wilson is an international motivational speaker, author and youth intervention coach that will meet the needs of your congregation, men’s ministry, youth program and student outreach. Ashton “Mr. Real Talk” is real, raw and relevant! Thousands of people have witnessed his interactive, engaging, raw message that has stunned the world. Ashton will help you renew your ideas and help cultivate passion, purpose, will power and destiny. As the author of the world renowned book “The Making of a Man: Become the Man You are Destined to Be,” Ashton specializes in building men and youth in the inner city. Ashton will empower men to confront their issues and rise to a higher level of manhood.

Director Of Corporate Relations

• Aug 2021 - Jan 2023

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: · Develop and execute a strategic approach to increase Corporate membership into the RPO within the public and private sectors · Serve as liaison with the Corporate Engagement Committee and WBENC to monitor and report on Corporate membership growth and involvement · Develop and execute pricing model that results in increased revenue from sponsorship and financial involvement from Corporate partners · Identify, coordinate, and participate in promotional activities, events or trade shows to market WBEC ORV products or services · Nurture relationships and build collaborative strategies within WBEC ORV, WBENC, corporate members and women business enterprises (WBE) · Prepare and present status reports on corporate engagement and revenue results · Serve as first point of contact for relationship management with new and existing corporate clients · Prepare and present corporate benefits to potential corporate member or onboarding of new corporate members · Assist with program and events to ensure corporate clients needs are met

Director Of Annual Giving

• Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

Works with the development team to create a written master plan and calendar for all phases of annual giving, including, but not limited to, mail and phone segmentation, unrestricted leadership annual giving, parents, and staff solicitations. Works with the VP of Development to establish goals for membership and dollars raised through the Leadership Annual Giving Society. Works closely with the database administrator Assist with functions such as: development and programmatic events, presidential briefings, committee meetings and volunteer activities. Prepares, with the assistance of the entire development staff written communications including letters, brochures and other materials necessary for all annual giving programs. Works closely with the Database Administrator to monitor and track timely corporate matching gifts for all annual giving programs. Provides support to capital campaign initiatives through the qualification of campaign prospects. It is a principal goal of the Annual Giving program to work with the Major Gifts Officer to identify major gift prospects and to begin to introduce major and planned giving concepts. Researches and incorporate annual fund “best practices” into the Urban League’s annual giving strategies.

Development Executive

• Jun 2018 - Mar 2019

GigSmart, using smartphone technology, connects businesses and charities with a pool of on-demand workers and volunteers who can be available to start working remotely or on-site within minutes. GigSmart, using smartphone technology, connects businesses and charities with a pool of on-demand workers and volunteers who can be available to start working remotely or on-site within minutes.

Marketing and Development Manager

• Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

My purpose is to expand the brand and visibility of Wesley Community Services, including Meals on Wheels, Specialized Transportation, and Independent Living Assistance, along with supporting fundraising and friend-raising for the organization. My purpose is to expand the brand and visibility of Wesley Community Services, including Meals on Wheels, Specialized Transportation, and Independent Living Assistance, along with supporting fundraising and friend-raising for the organization.

District Executive/ Sales

• Jun 2014 - Oct 2017

Work with a volunteer board of directors and other community and business leaders to identify, recruit, train, guide, and inspire them to become involved in youth programs. ◾ Achieve progress towards specific goals and objectives which include: program development through collaborative relationships, volunteer recruitment and training, fundraising, membership recruitment and retention. ◾ Responsible for extending programs to religious, civic, fraternal, educational, and other community-based organizations through volunteers. ◾ Secure adequate financial support for programs in assigned area. Achieve net income and participation objectives for assigned camps and activities. ◾ Recruit leadership for finance campaign efforts to meet the financial needs of the organization. ◾ Ensure that all program sites are served through volunteers, regular leader meetings, training events and activities. ◾ Collaborate with adult volunteers and oversee achievement of training for their respective role ◾ I Provide quality service through timely communication, regular meetings, training events and activities. During my time as a DE I have been successful at fundraising and selling our program to donors. I went over our financial goal and now stand at 122%. I drove membership and I provided more opportunities for youth to join the Scouting program. I have been successful in volunteer recruitment/ cultivation and my district board went from 6 volunteers to 22 volunteers in one year. My networking, sales and leadership experience has turned our district around.

PH Therapeutic Support Specialist

• Jul 2010 - May 2012

PH Therapeutic Support Specialist

• Jul 2010 - May 2012

Sales/ Marketing Director of a small business

• Nov 2007 - Nov 2009