Jennifer Walker

Jennifer Walker

Sales Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director @ ECIA | Fundraising Consultant, Nonprofits

  • Education

    • Arizona State University

      1987 - 1990
      MA Art History

      At ASU I studied under Betsy Fahlman, Nancy Serwint and other leading scholars. I was a TA and an RA and worked at the Phoenix Art Museum while a graduate student.

  • Experience

    • LexisNexis

      Sept 2000 - Jun 2002
      Sales Manager

      Managed key accounts and team of 6 consultants. Drove new business and managed Chicago-based territory. Member of lead sales team in 2010 with new and retained business. Worked in entertainment, banking & nonprofit industries such as world class museums, hospitals and foundtions.

    • Loras College

      Aug 2007 - May 2009
      Instructor Art History

      Taught wide variety of art history survey classes.

    • ECIA

      Mar 2009 - now

      Keep Iowa Beautiful/Hometown Pride Coach, and Manager of Special Programs for ECIA, including overseeing the Homeless Program for CSEI/ECIA. Part of the ECIA council of governments management team in eastern Iowa focusing on fund development (securing federal, state, and local grants and administration). Continue to work on DNR/REAP, DOT, FEMA/HSEMD/HMGP, HUD/IFA/IHTF, EDA/IEDA/CDBG/CAT/Great Places and dozens of regional and local funding streams for eastern Iowa counties, cities, and nonprofits. Continue to lead strategic planning guidance, plan development, and fundraising consulting to our clients. Show less Work as the only not-for-profit fundraising consultant in the area. In partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, I provide consulting services for a number of small to medium size nonprofits in the area. We have worked with groups raising capital for projects ranging from $1.6 million to $20 million and provide services that include feasibility studies, graphic design and copy for case books, grant and prospect research, fundraising coaching, cultivation and stewardship. We are local, affordable and successful in our practice. Jennifer is a member of AFP and FEMA's National HMAESWG Advisory Board. Show less

      • Manager of Special Programs

        Mar 2021 - now
      • Development Coordinator & Consultant

        Mar 2009 - Aug 2021
    • University of Dubuque

      Aug 2010 - Aug 2021
      Dubuque

      Instructor of Art History.

    • East Central Intergovernmental Association

      Jan 2023 - now
      Director of Special Programs
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Master Trainer

      Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP-IHQ)
      Nov 2018