Heather Dempsey

Experience

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  Bucknell University

  Sept 2005 - Jun 2007

  Student Caller

  • Fundraising for the annual fund by contacting alumni, parents, and friends of the University. • Maintaining and/or creating constituent connections to Bucknell and updating them on the state of the University, while also soliciting a donation. • Serving as an official representative of the University. • Specially selected to call leadership level annual fund prospects. • Personally raised over $30,000.

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  Georgetown University Law Center

  Oct 2007 - May 2011

  • Preparing and implementing the direct communications plan including mail, e-mail and phonathon efforts. • Spearheading all 5th Reunion fundraising efforts. • Continuing to grow the success of the Graduating Class Gift program. • Increasing support for the annual fund especially for the dual priorities of financial aid and public interest.• Serving as the liaison for internal law center groups to support their specific annual fundraising efforts. • Planning and implementing a new online auction in support of public interest work at the Law Center. • Attended CASE conference in persuasive development writing. Show less • Running the Graduating Class Gift program. Increasing participation in the program by over 10% in two years by implementing successful volunteer management, event planning and marketing. • Maintaining employment records of over 2,000 alumni participating in the Law Firm Challenge. • Implementing stewardship plan to thank all donors of over $5 to the Law Center. Previously only donors of over $1,000 were thanked with anything more than a gift receipt. • Maintaining accurate and up-to-date information on Law Development web pages. • Assisting in the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors.• Accepting donations to the Law Center over the phone.• Attended the CASE summer institute in educational fundraising. Show less

  • Assistant Director

    Oct 2008 - May 2011

  • Development Assistant

    Oct 2007 - Oct 2008
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  Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

  Jul 2011 - Jul 2021

  Director of Annual Giving

  Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic, independent college preparatory school for girls, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12, with a co-ed Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and Early Childhood Program.

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  Capital Area Food Bank

  Aug 2021 - May 2023

  Major Gifts Officer