Leslie Tamburello Ari
Development Director at Granite State Independent Living (GSIL)- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Management Certificate
Concord Community College (NHTI)Jan, 2014- Nov, 2024 -
Leadership Class
Concord (NH) Chamber of Commerce -
Technical Proficiency
Fundraising System: Blackbaud, The Raiser’s Edge, and others Design Software: Aldus Pagemaker and Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Office 07+, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook -
Training
Speech Crafters
Experience
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Granite State Independent Living (GSIL)
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United States
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Individual and Family Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Development Director
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Jan 2010 - Present
I was hired to integrate and advance philanthropy at GSIL by building productive internal and partner relationships that would lead to transformative fundraising solutions through winning collaborations. Much of my day-to-day work involves creating and managing the annual development plan. I also leverage current contributors and engage new participants with a particular emphasis on a donor-centered philosophy (donor centricity) that has led to quadrupling total annual support. I lead the Board of Directors and Executive Leadership in fundraising efforts and judiciously administer the annual departmental budget, coming in under budget each year. Also I serve as the internal voice for needs of donors, private corporate supporters, and grantors. Additionally I conceptualize novel and refine old processes for various development functions, i.e. donation tracking, success story collection, and donor communication. I have achieved the following milestones: • Conceived and launched an innovative fundraising event (wheelchair basketball tournament) that generated $63K in new funds and hundreds of annual donor prospects. • Enlist the staff in philanthropic understanding and engagement. Participation in the Employee Campaign has grown from 35% to 83% and dollars raised has doubled. • Spearhead multiple high impact program enhancements and development through strategic utilization of existing local resources, thereby extending the organization’s reach and effectiveness. • Envisioned and creatively assembled a cost-saving plan to finance major facility improvements. • Have served or volunteered on 12 committees unrelated to fundraising. • Initiated cost saving measures that brought almost all material design and printing in house. Show less
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New Hampshire ACLU
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Concord, NH
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Development Director
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2001 - 2009
I was brought on to establish a comprehensive development program, to lead internal and external stakeholders in a team environment, and to implement all fundraising activities. I was responsible for the design and execution of all donor-centered fundraising training for the Board and Executive staff. In addition I maintained a strict donor focus and increased the number of major donors 3-fold, which tripled annual giving. Further I devised a strategy that linked the national ACLU donors with the local NHCLU initiatives, leading to 300%+ growth. I introduced innovative outreach efforts, such as house parties, donor surveys, e-mail action alerts, quarterly newsletters, and major donor roundtables. Another achievement of mine was to establish a much needed creative workaround to an existing inefficient data collection process. Show less
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New Hampshire Family Planning Council
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Concord, NH
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Executive Director
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1998 - 2001
Here I orchestrated all office activities in a solo environment. This involved creating and managing the agency budget, preparing all financial statements from General Ledger through Trial Balance, and organizing all aspects of 3 annual dinners and award presentations. Among my other responsibilities I responded to unmet needs in the family planning community by producing a new 3–5 year program and boosting the number of involved stakeholders. I also actively participated in the Reproductive Rights Coalition that included lobbying in the NH Legislature. I engineered a strong collaboration with the State Office of Family Planning and increased the agency's funds by 80%. Show less
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United Way of Merrimack County
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Concord, NH
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Campaign Director
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1994 - 1998
My primary objectives were to manage the volunteer campaign structure of 700+ individuals annually to ensure receipts of $2M+ and to devise a winning strategy to help campaign workers better understand the goals and strategies of the organization, which resulted in scaling the campaign upwards by 15%. I also trained, supervised, and evaluated 5–7 full time campaign volunteers annually and worked closely with the high profile Volunteer Campaign Chairs. My primary objectives were to manage the volunteer campaign structure of 700+ individuals annually to ensure receipts of $2M+ and to devise a winning strategy to help campaign workers better understand the goals and strategies of the organization, which resulted in scaling the campaign upwards by 15%. I also trained, supervised, and evaluated 5–7 full time campaign volunteers annually and worked closely with the high profile Volunteer Campaign Chairs.
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Education
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Baldwin-Wallace College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Psychology -
Leonia High School, Leonia, NJ
Baldwin-Wallace University, Berea, OH
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