Megan Arlow
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Danielle Brumfitt
Megan was a talented and skilled professional and a highly valued member of my External Affairs team. She is a strong collaborator and approaches projects and initiatives with practical yet creative strategic ideas. She is a strong leader within her own team, across functions, and with external partners. Her superior communications and interpersonal skills enable her to create buy-in and loyalty for our mission-driven work from volunteers, donors, and other stakeholders. She is a dynamic speaker and presenter and is skilled at planning events. Megan is highly capable of managing details and logistics of projects and I can rely on her to work hard to make a success out of any project on her plate. She has the cultural agility to work well with various levels of leadership and work styles, ultimately driving effective outcomes. Megan displays a level of commitment and passion to everything she does that was personally inspiriting. She held a long tenure with our organization that was only cut short due to COVID and difficult budget decisions. She’s a valuable asset to any team!
Steve Hurvitz
It was a real pleasure working with Megan over the past 4 years. We would collaborate on identifying donors in Chicago and in the Twin Cities to attend scholarship events as well as individual donor meetings. She has a natural ability to connect with people and show them that they are truly being heard, which is an essential skill for a fundraiser to possess. The more donor lunches we'd attend together the more I recognized her strong skills as a relationship builder. I involved Megan in the cultivation and stewardship touches of mid and major gifts level donors and she was a key partner on the local level, in Chicago and MSP, and looked forward to continuing our work together, but unfortunately we are living in very difficult and unpredictable times. I've always thought she'd be a terrific fundraiser, due to her keen attention to detail and as an active listener, and natural ability to connect with people from all walks of life. I would strongly recommend Megan for a role on your fundraising team!
Danielle Brumfitt
Megan was a talented and skilled professional and a highly valued member of my External Affairs team. She is a strong collaborator and approaches projects and initiatives with practical yet creative strategic ideas. She is a strong leader within her own team, across functions, and with external partners. Her superior communications and interpersonal skills enable her to create buy-in and loyalty for our mission-driven work from volunteers, donors, and other stakeholders. She is a dynamic speaker and presenter and is skilled at planning events. Megan is highly capable of managing details and logistics of projects and I can rely on her to work hard to make a success out of any project on her plate. She has the cultural agility to work well with various levels of leadership and work styles, ultimately driving effective outcomes. Megan displays a level of commitment and passion to everything she does that was personally inspiriting. She held a long tenure with our organization that was only cut short due to COVID and difficult budget decisions. She’s a valuable asset to any team!
Steve Hurvitz
It was a real pleasure working with Megan over the past 4 years. We would collaborate on identifying donors in Chicago and in the Twin Cities to attend scholarship events as well as individual donor meetings. She has a natural ability to connect with people and show them that they are truly being heard, which is an essential skill for a fundraiser to possess. The more donor lunches we'd attend together the more I recognized her strong skills as a relationship builder. I involved Megan in the cultivation and stewardship touches of mid and major gifts level donors and she was a key partner on the local level, in Chicago and MSP, and looked forward to continuing our work together, but unfortunately we are living in very difficult and unpredictable times. I've always thought she'd be a terrific fundraiser, due to her keen attention to detail and as an active listener, and natural ability to connect with people from all walks of life. I would strongly recommend Megan for a role on your fundraising team!
Danielle Brumfitt
Megan was a talented and skilled professional and a highly valued member of my External Affairs team. She is a strong collaborator and approaches projects and initiatives with practical yet creative strategic ideas. She is a strong leader within her own team, across functions, and with external partners. Her superior communications and interpersonal skills enable her to create buy-in and loyalty for our mission-driven work from volunteers, donors, and other stakeholders. She is a dynamic speaker and presenter and is skilled at planning events. Megan is highly capable of managing details and logistics of projects and I can rely on her to work hard to make a success out of any project on her plate. She has the cultural agility to work well with various levels of leadership and work styles, ultimately driving effective outcomes. Megan displays a level of commitment and passion to everything she does that was personally inspiriting. She held a long tenure with our organization that was only cut short due to COVID and difficult budget decisions. She’s a valuable asset to any team!
Steve Hurvitz
It was a real pleasure working with Megan over the past 4 years. We would collaborate on identifying donors in Chicago and in the Twin Cities to attend scholarship events as well as individual donor meetings. She has a natural ability to connect with people and show them that they are truly being heard, which is an essential skill for a fundraiser to possess. The more donor lunches we'd attend together the more I recognized her strong skills as a relationship builder. I involved Megan in the cultivation and stewardship touches of mid and major gifts level donors and she was a key partner on the local level, in Chicago and MSP, and looked forward to continuing our work together, but unfortunately we are living in very difficult and unpredictable times. I've always thought she'd be a terrific fundraiser, due to her keen attention to detail and as an active listener, and natural ability to connect with people from all walks of life. I would strongly recommend Megan for a role on your fundraising team!
Danielle Brumfitt
Megan was a talented and skilled professional and a highly valued member of my External Affairs team. She is a strong collaborator and approaches projects and initiatives with practical yet creative strategic ideas. She is a strong leader within her own team, across functions, and with external partners. Her superior communications and interpersonal skills enable her to create buy-in and loyalty for our mission-driven work from volunteers, donors, and other stakeholders. She is a dynamic speaker and presenter and is skilled at planning events. Megan is highly capable of managing details and logistics of projects and I can rely on her to work hard to make a success out of any project on her plate. She has the cultural agility to work well with various levels of leadership and work styles, ultimately driving effective outcomes. Megan displays a level of commitment and passion to everything she does that was personally inspiriting. She held a long tenure with our organization that was only cut short due to COVID and difficult budget decisions. She’s a valuable asset to any team!
Steve Hurvitz
It was a real pleasure working with Megan over the past 4 years. We would collaborate on identifying donors in Chicago and in the Twin Cities to attend scholarship events as well as individual donor meetings. She has a natural ability to connect with people and show them that they are truly being heard, which is an essential skill for a fundraiser to possess. The more donor lunches we'd attend together the more I recognized her strong skills as a relationship builder. I involved Megan in the cultivation and stewardship touches of mid and major gifts level donors and she was a key partner on the local level, in Chicago and MSP, and looked forward to continuing our work together, but unfortunately we are living in very difficult and unpredictable times. I've always thought she'd be a terrific fundraiser, due to her keen attention to detail and as an active listener, and natural ability to connect with people from all walks of life. I would strongly recommend Megan for a role on your fundraising team!
Experience
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Minnesota Orchestra
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United States
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Musicians
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1 - 100 Employee
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Community Giving Officer
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Feb 2023 - Present
Develop and execute an annual, multi-channel fundraising strategy to attract, retain and grow individual donors. Concept, write and produce compelling, donor-centric direct mail and email appeals and stewardship materials. Collaborate with the Marketing staff to design and implement a streamlined digital communications strategy within a CRM driven model, incorporating key development strategies and messaging. Support fundraising and stewardship events. Develop and execute an annual, multi-channel fundraising strategy to attract, retain and grow individual donors. Concept, write and produce compelling, donor-centric direct mail and email appeals and stewardship materials. Collaborate with the Marketing staff to design and implement a streamlined digital communications strategy within a CRM driven model, incorporating key development strategies and messaging. Support fundraising and stewardship events.
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St. Catherine University
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United States
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Higher Education
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400 - 500 Employee
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Donor Relations and Stewardship Manager
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Sep 2020 - Feb 2023
Created and led a comprehensive stewardship program and strengthened relationships with donors. Oversaw and executed annual donor reporting and tribute processes. Managed and tracked the establishment of donor named fund agreements and memorials. Oversaw all aspects of donor recognition. Collaborated across teams to plan donor events and campaign recognition programming. Created and led a comprehensive stewardship program and strengthened relationships with donors. Oversaw and executed annual donor reporting and tribute processes. Managed and tracked the establishment of donor named fund agreements and memorials. Oversaw all aspects of donor recognition. Collaborated across teams to plan donor events and campaign recognition programming.
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Hostelling International USA (HI USA)
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United States
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Hospitality
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100 - 200 Employee
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Community Affairs and Partnerships Manager
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Nov 2017 - Mar 2020
Cultivated community partnerships, grew brand awareness, secured gifts through donor cultivation, and led community programming. Facilitated awarding of 30K in scholarships by creating strategic partnerships and managing a committee of volunteers to contribute to the program's success. Executed mission-aligned events for travelers and the local community. Spearheaded a national partnership development strategy with a cross-functional team. Co-managed HI USA's signature international exchange program, including recruiting and training volunteer leaders, marketing and outreach, program development, budget management, and leading an international team of colleagues. Show less
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Regional Engagement Manager
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May 2012 - Nov 2017
Built brand awareness in 7 cities by recruiting and training volunteers who led events and educational programs and developing partnerships with businesses, community-based organizations and universities. Created opportunities for community engagement by leading trainings for staff and volunteers in cultural competency, volunteer management, partnership building and program development. Grew travel scholarship program from 3 scholarships in 1 city to 115 scholarships in 14 cities through successful management of pilot and providing program replication guidance across organization. Show less
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Education Coordinator
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Oct 2003 - May 2012
Increased high school students’ cultural awareness by creating and administering suite of award-winning service-learning programs in partnership with Chicago Public Schools. Expanded program reach from 50 student participants in 2002 to more than 1,300 annually by building lasting relationships with teachers and the community, raising funds, managing talented volunteers and continuously modifying programs based on evaluation of program outcomes. Expanded education programs nationwide by training staff to replicate Chicago programs. Show less
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GPI US, Inc.
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Facilitator
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Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
Supported organization’s mission to empower Japanese youth to thrive in a global world through education abroad experiences by developing lesson plans that improved students’ communication, critical thinking, problem-solving and cultural skills while improving global awareness. Supported organization’s mission to empower Japanese youth to thrive in a global world through education abroad experiences by developing lesson plans that improved students’ communication, critical thinking, problem-solving and cultural skills while improving global awareness.
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Au Pair Weekend
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Instructor
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Nov 2009 - Sep 2019
Ensured that au pairs satisfied US Department of State’s au pair education requirement by delivering accredited cultural awareness curricula to students from around the world. Facilitated large and small group discussions and led educational site visits and community service experiences. Ensured that au pairs satisfied US Department of State’s au pair education requirement by delivering accredited cultural awareness curricula to students from around the world. Facilitated large and small group discussions and led educational site visits and community service experiences.
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Japan Exchange and Teaching Program(me) (JET)
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International Affairs
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700 & Above Employee
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English Language Teacher
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Aug 2001 - Aug 2003
Taught English and American culture at elementary, junior high and adult levels. Developed curricula and led trainings for Japanese teachers and fellow JET participants. Taught English and American culture at elementary, junior high and adult levels. Developed curricula and led trainings for Japanese teachers and fellow JET participants.
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Verona Area School District
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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400 - 500 Employee
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High School English Teacher
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Sep 2000 - Jun 2001
Taught World Literature to 5 sections of diverse 10th-grade students. Partnered with History teacher to utilize cross-curricular instruction and supervised Writing Center. Taught World Literature to 5 sections of diverse 10th-grade students. Partnered with History teacher to utilize cross-curricular instruction and supervised Writing Center.
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Education
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2007 - 2009
DePaul University
Master's Degree, Multicultural and Organizational Communication -
1996 - 2000
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science, English Secondary Education -
1999 - 1999
Università per Stranieri di Perugia
Italian Language and Culture -
Mounds View Senior High School
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