Director of Donor Engagment

• Nov 2005 - Present

Development Manager

• Nov 2006 - Present

Donor Stewardship, Donor Cultivation and Database Management:• Manage the DonorPath database• Manage the Abila database• Maintain and keep hard copy files of correspondence, materials, receipts and other related development matters.• Track and process needs to assist in building effective donor relations, including requests for materials or information.• Coordinate projects within budget, and strategically assist the organization achieve designated return on investments from fundraising events • Expand the number of corporate donors and level of support• Prepare reports and correspondence• Maintain department files and development contacts for the express use by and benefit of the organization• Manage and Track all Capital Campaign pledges, payments and correspondence• Gift Acceptance, Processing and Receipting• Coordinate bulk mailings for fundraising purposes• Development Event Coordination such as Captain’s Ball/Fall Festival• Acknowledgment of all gifts and in-kind gifts to the organization• Meticulously process gifts and gift tax receipts on a daily basis • Diligently create thank you correspondence for all donations • Manage and track annual fund campaigns • Introduce new ideas for reaching annual fund goals • Work directly with the Development Director to execute direct mail campaigns through list pulls and segmentation• Manage and track donor communication in donor software system • Keep all donor records up-to-date with recent actions, appeals, and donations • Provide reports on campaign trends and effectiveness • Provide ongoing donor stewardship and cultivation • Suggest donors who are ready to move to major gift level • Help Create and send email communications via Wordfly • Show less

Development Coordinator

• Nov 2005 - Present

Recruit & Retain volunteers. Recruit & Retain all Work Study/Interns and coordinator of community service. Assist in all fundraising campaigns, events and mailers.

Senior Manager of Development

• Nov 2005 - Nov 2022