Tylor S. Loest, CFRE

Experience

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  Brandon Public Library

  Jun 2004 - Dec 2009

  • Administrative duties included budgeting, collection development, and management of library programs and staff in collaboration with the library board • Steered 4-month $15,000 fundraising campaign in gifts and services to renovate library interior• Completed all course work toward State of Wisconsin Librarian Level II Licensure • Coordinated professional performers, designed and implemented advertising material, oversaw children’s reading records, written and performed original storytime activities and lessons for ages 1-16• Planned and executed fundraisers, totaling over $6,000 to support library programs and distinctions including a complete exterior historic restoration • Initiated process listing the library as a State Historic Place (2007) and National Historic Place (2008)• Implemented new marketing resulting in a 40% increase in library circulation (FDL County High 2007)• Planned and hosted educational events for children and adults (Example: An Author Carnival, event hosting 4 local authors who presented within community establishments, homes, and schools)

  • Library Director

    Aug 2008 - Dec 2009

  • Summer Reading Coordinator

    Dec 2005 - Dec 2009

  • Assistant Librarian

    Jun 2004 - Jun 2008
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  Ripon School District

  Nov 2009 - Feb 2018

  Ripon High School Theatre Director

  Highlights of the Ripon High School Drama Program:• Directed 10 seasons of one-acts, full length plays and main stage musicals, collaborating with over 60 student cast, crew, band and staff members• Established a mentor program with professional light designers, sound designers, and local community members to enhance both rural education and 21-century technical theatre skills• Actively sought out professional volunteers to offset graphic design, printing, and other budget costs • Increased community awareness of the program through Drama Club community presentations• Tripled the Drama Club fundraising account to support 30% of annual production costs • Initiated facility research and strategic planning toward equipment upgrades and auditorium space enhancements for the Ripon School District’s referendum• Secured $30,000 in private donations for lighting upgrades • Initiated facility research and strategic planning towards equipment upgrades and auditorium space enhancements for the Ripon School District referendum Pre-Production Duties for Fall One Acts and Main Stage Winter Musicals: • Selected shows of artistic and educational value within budget, collaborating with chorus and band teacher • Developed and led “Cold Reading” and “Musical Auditioning” workshops prior to each shows auditions • Oversaw and created fall set with students Production Duties: • Organized team meetings with designers to establish set, costume, and lighting design conception• Coordinated weekly cast workshops to enhance cast bonding and develop analytical thought of material • Guided professional graphic designer in marketing material creation and program • Drafted press release and established a social media marketing strategy• Worked with the student stage manager and house manager to organize and prepare the stage• Reached out to parent representative(s) to help oversee and manage Drama Club fundraisers • Used Garage band to create sound design and effects Show less

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  Ripon College

  Jan 2010 - Feb 2018

  • Managed a portfolio of 200+ alumni within the Midwest, Southwest, and Pacific Coast with presidential travel • Member of team that launched Revitalize, a bricks-and-mortar campaign to expand health and wellness center, personally raising $525,000 of the $4 million USDA loan cash requirements, post-comprehensive campaign • Secured $275,000 in additional documented gifts and closed trustee gifts during leadership transition • Fostered a partnership between annual fund and major gifts through increased multi-year reunion pledges • Coordinated student career visits with Office of Constituent Engagement with key prospects in the Twin Cities and Washington D.C. as part of the CASE V award-winning Career Discovery Tours • Planned with Office of Constituent Engagement stewardship gala for the new Wilmore Center for health and wellness Show less • Team concluded $67 million Imagine Tomorrow comprehensive campaign, the first in twenty years, personally raising $4.5 million towards student aid, faculty support, infrastructure, and annual fund • Stewarded large portfolio of 200+ alumni during the transition from comprehensive campaign to Revitalize, a brick and mortar health and wellness facility campaign • Identified and developed strategies for naming rights and gift levels for the health and wellness facility renovation• Team drafted the Revitalize case statement book to articulate the goals for the health and wellness campaign • Created templates of renderings for tailored named spaces for streamlined and increased donor solicitations Management Responsibilities: • Collaborated with Advancement leadership and Advancement Services to develop major giving program initiatives and track ongoing development team benchmarks and metrics • Mentored three Development Associates for Major and Planned Giving with contact reports, travel plans, solicitation goals, and donor endowed agreements, as well as oversaw their time use and performed end of year performance reviews• Organized a collaborative training plan for new Development Associates Show less • Managed a portfolio of 200+ alumni within the Midwest, and Central Southern Plains to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donor participation with the College’s Imagine Tomorrow comprehensive campaign through “triple asks” of documented restricted pledges, annual fund gifts, and deferred gifts • Drafted letters of intent and tailored endowed fund agreements • Identified and strategized to fruition four new alumni board members and two college trustees to join boards • Identified and documented with Vice President of Advancement $2.5+ million in planned gifts Friends of the Arts Liaison • Liaison between Advancement Office and Art Department faculty and staff• Collaborated with College marketing to re-envision master art calendar to coincide with the restricted Friends of the Arts Endowment Fund marketing materials and master mailing list for segmented appeals • Restructured giving levels and policy to be 100% endowment growth driven • Teamed with Office of Constituent Engagement and faculty to coordinate three-yearly art donor stewardship events Show less

  • Director of Development

    Jan 2016 - Feb 2018

  • Assistant Director of Development

    Mar 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Development Associate for Major and Planned Giving

    Jan 2010 - Mar 2014
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  John Michael Kohler Arts Center

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2021

  Corporate Relations Coordinator

  • Managed a pool of small businesses and large corporations for in-kind and mid-to-major support • Increased corporate support by 30% since 2018 to $225,000+ for established events, gala, and performances while securing in-kind gifts of $35,000+ annually • Created new corporate partnership program and collateral to incorporate a Moves Management System for annual sponsorship appeals, gift documentation, and stewardship engagement • Instituted and maintained sponsorship crediting documents for marketing collateral and social media recognition • Led efforts to update underutilized corporation database information and contacts• Secured a 40% increase in 2020 Gala corporate table sponsorships through new sponsor packages • Inaugural HR Staff Steering Committee member that instituted all-staff Gallop engagement survey, online HR portal for employee information, electronic time cards, and new employee handbook Show less

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  Lakeland University

  Apr 2021 - Oct 2023

  Associate Vice President of Advancement

  • Implemented segmented fund development to meet and exceed annual fund goal of $1.3 million in unrestricted and budget underwriting gifts • Collaborated with President and Advancement team to build a stream of restricted giving between $700,000 to $1 million annually from corporate and foundation gifts• Partnered with President and campus leadership on special projects, prospect identification and research, visits, gift agreements, and database documentation • Functioned as chief advancement officer with a pool of 135 alumni, friends, and corporations to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward participation in annual, major, and planned gifts • Relaunched leadership mid-level and planned giving program (1862 Society and Founders’) through rebranding and strategy • Wrote copy for planned and common tax saving gift vehicles Management Responsibilities: • Managed all aspects of the advancement program, including staff of three: Director of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, and Advancement Operations Coordinator • Led advancement staff by industry standards around dashboard reporting, MGO moves management, metric reporting, gift receipting, and donor endowment stewardship • Monitored best practices of endowed fund processes with financial aid and business office to clarify fund use, availability, and donor stewardship • Maintained new advancement operational calendar with multi-channel marketing approach for engagement, outreach, and events • Designed and oversaw advancement operational budget with team consensus Show less

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  University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

  Oct 2023 - now

  Director of Major Giving

  Director of Major Giving and Special Assistant to the deans of the College of Health, Education and Social Welfare, and the College of Art, Humanities, and Social Sciences