With a proven track record of collaboration, innovation, and consensus building, I am known in the workplace and in the industry as a strategic thinker with excellent fundraising, analytical, and management skills. At Colby College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and UMass Dartmouth, I guided my division through a number of significant transformations ranging from system conversions to organizational structure changes.
As Interim Vice Chancellor for Advancement at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, in a span of 18 months, I worked with key campus partners to create a new organizational structure; hired 9 new staff including personally reaching out to the Advancement community to recruit three Assistant Vice Chancellors; created strategic and operational plans for every function in Advancement; improved morale by establishing transparency, frequent communication and clear metrics and goals; rebuilt the UMass Dartmouth Foundation; created collaborative partnerships around campus; and established a framework to build a solid infrastructure of data, analytics, and research.
For a 2 ½ year period while Rensselaer’s advancement division was without a Vice President, I was part of a three-member leadership team that led the division to double fundraising commitments in 2014 from $21M to $42M. In June of 2015, this management effort was recognized by CASE when Rensselaer was awarded the 2015 CASE Educational Fundraising Awards for Overall Performance and Overall Improvement for 2012, 2013 and 2014 results.
The clear strategic goals, team mentoring, and agile business practices I brought to the areas of annual giving, prospect research and management, analytics, data management, donor relations, and communications played a key role in increasing unrestricted annual giving revenue by $1M (26%) over two years, establishing 2014 as the best single year in the Institute’s history. Our RPi Day giving event set an Institute record for donors and dollars in a single day in 2014, and again in 2015, and won the 2015 National CASE Circle of Excellence Silver Medal for best uses of social media in fundraising.
Early in my career, I understood the importance of playing an active role in the evolution of technology platforms like Millennium and Advance. I listened carefully to managers, front-line fundraising officers, and other advancement colleagues as they described their frustrations, technology wish lists, and day-to-day needs. After successfully arriving at solutions that helped speed processes and increase agility through an array of tools, I made the pursuit of innovative approaches a top priority of my work. I founded user groups, co-chaired and presented at conferences, and served on boards that created an ongoing dialog with software vendors to continuously improve their fundraising solutions. As new tools and techniques emerge, I identify the technologies that can positively impact fundraising operations, implement custom solutions, and improve products through direct feedback with vendors.
As Interim Vice Chancellor for Advancement at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, in a span of 18 months, I worked with key campus partners to create a new organizational structure; hired 9 new staff including personally reaching out to the Advancement community to recruit three Assistant Vice Chancellors; created strategic and operational plans for every function in Advancement; improved morale by establishing transparency, frequent communication and clear metrics and goals; rebuilt the UMass Dartmouth Foundation; created collaborative partnerships around campus; and established a framework to build a solid infrastructure of data, analytics, and research.
For a 2 ½ year period while Rensselaer’s advancement division was without a Vice President, I was part of a three-member leadership team that led the division to double fundraising commitments in 2014 from $21M to $42M. In June of 2015, this management effort was recognized by CASE when Rensselaer was awarded the 2015 CASE Educational Fundraising Awards for Overall Performance and Overall Improvement for 2012, 2013 and 2014 results.
The clear strategic goals, team mentoring, and agile business practices I brought to the areas of annual giving, prospect research and management, analytics, data management, donor relations, and communications played a key role in increasing unrestricted annual giving revenue by $1M (26%) over two years, establishing 2014 as the best single year in the Institute’s history. Our RPi Day giving event set an Institute record for donors and dollars in a single day in 2014, and again in 2015, and won the 2015 National CASE Circle of Excellence Silver Medal for best uses of social media in fundraising.
Early in my career, I understood the importance of playing an active role in the evolution of technology platforms like Millennium and Advance. I listened carefully to managers, front-line fundraising officers, and other advancement colleagues as they described their frustrations, technology wish lists, and day-to-day needs. After successfully arriving at solutions that helped speed processes and increase agility through an array of tools, I made the pursuit of innovative approaches a top priority of my work. I founded user groups, co-chaired and presented at conferences, and served on boards that created an ongoing dialog with software vendors to continuously improve their fundraising solutions. As new tools and techniques emerge, I identify the technologies that can positively impact fundraising operations, implement custom solutions, and improve products through direct feedback with vendors.