Experience

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  Major Gifts Fundraiser

  • Chief Fundraising Coach

    • 2008 - Present

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  MajorGiftsFundraiser.com

  • Consultant

    • Jan 2008 - Present

  • Consultant

    • Jan 2008 - Present

    In my career as a professional fundraiser I have helped raise more than $100,000,000 for my non-profit clients. I've personally participated in 1,600 meetings with individual and corporate philanthropists.As a fundraising consultant, my primary work today is in training professional fundraising staff and participating in meetings with major donors.For more information visit MajorGiftsFundraiser.com

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  Author

  • Author, Content Creator, Thought Leader

    • Jan 2011 - Present

    In 2012 my wife Monica and I launched the blog Family Trek. Over the next few years we published more than 500 blog posts and developed a significant online following.A few years later, we launched a website focused on skiing and snowboarding and ski culture in the LAke Tahoe Region. This website created a large following and had more than a dozen bloggers writing for the site before we shut it down due to a lawsuit. Past blogger and content creator for Vail Resorts at Snow.comMy book unWorking was published in 2015. My second book, "Backdoor to the White House: The 2016 Election and the Crazy Story that may come True" was published in 2016. You can also read the Prologue, Introduction, and detailed chapter descriptions of my first book at unWorkingBook.com and you can find out more about my second book at BackdoorToTheWhiteHouse.com.Search for Clark Vandeventer on Amazon. Search for Clark Vandeventer on Medium.I have a long history of being a writer, blogger, thought leader and content creator, and plan to do more in this space in the future.

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  World Hope International

  • Director of Transformational Engagement

    • Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

    The Director of Transformational Engagement at World Hope International is appointed by and reports to the Chief Executive Officer. The purpose of this position is to support the development team by coordinating fundraising relationships, holding development team members accountable for performance targets, and supporting development strategy for Word Hope. Chief Cheerleader, Coach, and Accountability Partner.

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  Clark Vandeventer for Congress 2010

  • Candidate for Congress

    • Mar 2010 - Jun 2010

    Mounted Congressional Campaign that attracted hundreds of volunteers who contributed more than 3,500 hours. Raised $100,000 in support to raise profile through mail, telemarketing, radio, and television.

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  Indiana Wesleyan University

  • Chairman, President's Advisory Council for Excellence

    • 2008 - 2009

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  Reagan Ranch

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Deputy Director

    • May 2000 - Mar 2008

    Served Young America's Foundation first as a campus activist, then intern, then Director of Donor Relations, then Director of Reagan Ranch Development & Supporter Relations, and then Deputy Director.Played a key role in opening the $20 million Reagan Ranch Center in downtown Santa Barbara. Hosted over 500 private visits to Ronald Reagan's Western White House, his home Rancho del Cielo. Recruited, trained, and supervised key staff positions at the Reagan Ranch Center and worked closely with the Director of the Reagan Ranch and President of Young America's Foundation.

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    • 1999 - 2008