Experience

The Green Chair Project

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

• Chief Advancement Officer

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  The Green Chair Project reuses essential furnishings donated by our community to help neighbors in need facing the challenges of homelessness, crisis or disaster. Lives change when families and individuals are nurtured and sustained in well-equipped homes.

• Director Of Development

  • Feb 2020 - Present



Mainstreet Collection

• United States
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Marketing

  • Nov 2015 - Feb 2020



Communities In Schools of Wake County

• Vice President of Development

  • Jul 2014 - Nov 2015

  As the Vice President of Development, Rae Marie serves as a key member of CIS Wake’s leadership team and is responsible for implementing and managing an aggressive development program through a variety of revenue streams. With an entrepreneurial spirit, Rae Marie is charged with developing new processes for accountability of a sustainable development plan, with a focus on the cultivation and expansion of new donors and the stewardship of existing investor relationships. Revenue projections are to include individual donors, foundations, corporate partnerships, grants and events. • Partner with the President and board members on all revenue generating strategies and major fundraising initiatives to set CIS Wake’s financial strategy• Collaborate with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) to develop and achieve revenue goals • Actively work with the President and senior staff to develop and implement a comprehensive development strategy to include corporate, foundation, government grants, and individuals. • Have primary responsibility for development and execution of all proposals; write and archive all proposals with a long-term relationship-management approach• Oversee research funding sources and trends, with foresight, to help position CIS Wake ahead of major funding changes or trends• Monitor all donor information; provide and present statistical analysis to board and senior leaders• Develop and implement a stewardship program aimed at cultivating deeper ties with donors• Monitor and report regularly on the progress of the development program• Works with the resource development committee of the Board of Directors



Artspace

• France
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Director

  • Sep 2010 - Jul 2014



The Montessori School of Raleigh

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Development and Alumni Affairs

  • Aug 2001 - Jun 2010



Wachovia Bank & Trust

• United States
• Investment Management

• Business Banker

  • 1987 - 1997