Hillary Weiss

Experience

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  Boston University

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Senior Staff Associate
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  Delaware North

  Nov 2004 - May 2008

  Sports Museum of New England Events & Auction Specialist

  Part TimeAssisted with hospitality dinners and the Annual Awards dinner for professional athletes for Boston sports teams.Wrote grants for Children's learning programs and excelling in school campaigns

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  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2010

  Managed, planned, executed and coordinated all follow-up for top revenue grossing events - $50K to $1million with 50 to over 1000 people in attendance.Managed portfolio of 36 events annually – raising over $3.4 million total on an annual basisCoordinated all tours and recognition events at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for Golf donorsManaged portfolio of over 1,000+ donors and volunteersManaged all outgoing marketing collateral and publications for Golf ProgramCompiled Grant proposals for fundraising initiatives and donor focused accountsDeveloped and managed email newsletter campaign to over 25,000 donors Show less

  • Development Officer, Events

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  • Development Assistant

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
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  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2011

  Advancement Officer

  Created outreach strategies to lapsed alumni and donors.Developed data tracking system to ensure donors are classified by specific ROI.Met with over 20 alumni individually per month to engage or solicit in RPI fundraising, events or campaigns.

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  American Cancer Society

  Sept 2011 - Oct 2015

  Create, build and maintain long term healthy relationships with individual donors companies and C level executives to meet income and mission goals.Directly accountable for the achievement of income performance targets for a 2.1 million+ portfolio of community-based and urban-based events within an assigned region.Develop and manage a large team of event execution staff, including 4 (four) direct reports.Create engagement, stewardship, sponsorship and event production strategies through the study of data points collected through email campaigns, constituent feedback, stakeholder surveys and relationship building.Develop, implement and manage annual budgeting and forecasting activities.Serve as National Brand Ambassador, as selected by American Cancer Society executive leadership, to assist colleagues with messaging, public speaking and community awareness and preparedness. Show less

  • Senior Manager, Community Events

    Aug 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Director, Special Events

    Sept 2011 - Aug 2013
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  Autotask Corporation

  Nov 2015 - Jul 2016

  Manager, Marketing & Communications
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  Albany Medical Center

  Jul 2016 - now

  • Assistant Vice President, Development Operations and Philanthropic Impact and Engagement

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Executive Director

    Oct 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Director, Stewardship & Donor Relations

    Jul 2016 - Oct 2021