Experience

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  The chicago community trust

  Aug 1998 - Apr 2008

  Donor services officer

  Managed donor accounts, charitable giving and group philanthropy; qualified, cultivated and solicited major and planned gifts; and managed various donor-focused grant making and award programs.

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  Roosevelt university

  Apr 2008 - Jun 2010

  Director of development

  Acted as development director for the College of Education, Evelyn T. Stone College of Education and founding development director for College of Pharmacy. Built resources and relationships with alumni and "friends" of the University.Represented the University in various communities, locally and nationally.Encourage giving to both colleges and the University, to help ensure that strategic goals were met.

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  Northwestern settlement

  Jun 2010 - Dec 2013

  Chief development officer

  Led revenue development, donor engagement, community outreach and professional partnership efforts for the Settlement House. This included securing public funds (eg. city and state grants), private grants from foundations and major gifts from individuals to support the arts/theatre; charter elementary school; food pantry; head start program; residential camp; miscellaneous capital projects; and more.

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  Sga youth & family services

  Dec 2013 - Aug 2015

  Director of development and marketing

  Collaborated closely with the President/CEO and Board of Directors to build resources, address short and long-term sustainability, and achieve programmatic. Utilized marketing and communications strategies to increase awareness of mission and impact, to better engage donors and volunteers and build a culture of private philanthropy.

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  University of illinois chicago

  Aug 2015 - Mar 2019

  Director of development - major gifts

  Qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward a regional (mid-west, southwest, west coast) portfolio of major gift prospects across colleges/units; meet set fundraising goals and metrics; collaborate with colleges, units, deans, faculty and administrators to build relationships with alumni, friends, former staff and faculty to support academic programs, capital projects, student achievement and more.

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  The salvation army

  Mar 2019 - Aug 2022

  Territorial director of major gifts

  As an internal consultant and key member of the Central Territory Major Gifts Program leadership team, provide coaching and leadership to MGOs and other front-line fundraisers to meet aggressive goals; collaborate with teams to remove barriers, track progress and ensure best practices; and consult with individual team members to manage portfolios, create custom strategies and increase giving outcomes.

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  Twb fundraising

  Jul 2020 - now

  Adjunct counsel

  Working as Adjunct Counsel, partner with TWB team members to extend reach and capabilities to better support nonprofit clients. Bringing more than 20 years of development experience, I provide coaching and mentoring services to development teams, create bold donor and program strategies, and instill paradigms for serving donors, solving problems, and adding value.I specialize in major gifts program start-up and management, major gift strategy, coaching of senior staff, mentoring frontline fundraisers, and board development. Show less

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  University of illinois chicago

  Aug 2022 - now

  Assistant vice chancellor for advancement

  In a senior leadership role in University Advancement, participate in setting and implementing strategic plans and goals for university-wide advancement efforts; manage advancement programs and teams in numerous colleges, units and/or functional areas; collaborate with deans and advancement officers; hold responsibility for setting and achieving goals for the respective colleges and units; and personally manage a portfolio of major and principal gift prospects.