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A highly creative and results driven, non-profit executive and resource development, fundraising, communications and marketing professional with entrepreneurial passion, drive and vision. More than years’ leadership experience and generating revenue and increasing visibility for international and non profit organizations.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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· Executive Leadership
· National and Global Health Care
· Women and Children’s Rights National/international
· Aging/Long-Term Care
· Strategic Planning
· Fundraising/Non Profit Training, Board Development
· Communications/Brand Management, Public Relations, Marketing
· Capital Campaigns
· Major Donor/Lapsed Donor Programs
· Planned Giving
· Direct Response
· Annual Fund
· Foundation/ Corporate Grants, Sponsorship
· Resource Development
· Donor Relations
· Chapter, Affiliate, Coalition Creation/Management
· High End Event Planning
· Multimillion Dollar Budget, Finance Administration
· Infrastructure Design
· Program Development
· Coalition Building
· International Operations/Programs
· International Conferences
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
Fundraising: Secured $ million dollars for multiyear campaign through effective major gift solicitation, creative sponsorship opportunities, and effective donor relations and cultivation events.
Partnership Development and Management: Built strong partnership with leading fortune medical technology corporations (global headquarters and in-country filed operations); their grant recipients; ministries of education, health and welfare; multilateral service organizations, and NGOs to establish quality teaching program in rural Mozambique.
Resource Development: Played key role in Last Acts Partnership’s growth from $ million to $ million during first year of employment, % increase. Growth resulted from revitalizing and expanding major donor program and diversifying revenue streams. Resulting explosion in demand for volunteers and staff: % growth in program staff and a % increase in volunteer recruitment.
HIGHLIGHTED EXPERIENCE
Washington, DC
Consulting and Interim Positions -Current
Oldest Comprehensive Social service Agency in Washington, DC
Interim Chief Development Officer
. Developed organizational strategic operational and integrated fund development plan
. Built infrastructure for first functional development , marketing and communications department
. Leading efforts to raise annual revenue goal of $ million dollars, moving agency from Washington DC government funding reliance towards diversified revenue:
a) Individual Major Gifts/Planned Giving
b) Corporation sand Foundations
c) Earned Income
d) Endowment
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Saint Martin’s Home for the Aged, Little Sisters of the Poor
Interim Executive Director of Development
A facility for continuum of care for financially needy elderly, ranging from independent living to hospice care, operated by religious order, Little Sisters of the Poor.
Selected for expertise in long-term care for the elderly and vast fundraising and communications experience. Assumed responsibilities for first professional development office in the order’s year service history in Baltimore County; establishing infrastructure (database development, record keeping, financial tracking); reinvigorating $ million dollar capital campaign; ensuring general operating support.
. Created/ implemented strategic capital campaign plan; secured $ million dollars ( month period) through donor acquisition; foundation grant; “Adopt Saint Martin’s” Baltimore Archdioceses campaign; establishment of “Clergy Council” to formally solicit funds from parishes
. Replaced individual “soft asks” (newsletters, blogs, e-blasts) with first formal appeal to donors(generated % increase over previous year’s total funds raised)
. Implemented - year lapsed donor program exceeding standard return by %
. Brought to fruition bequests of real estate and securities
. Successfully carried out all public relations activities, secured repeat coverage by Baltimore television/radio affiliates, newspapers, Catholic publications
. Vastly increased visibility, brand: representative to chambers of commerce, non-profit associations, aging network; conducted “radio-thon” on estate planning; charitable activities with Baltimore Ravens
. Recruited/staffed development department; revamped reporting structure and responsibilities
. Implemented donor stewardship program
. Prepared all organization collateral
Humana People to People
Interim Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Program Development
International NGO in the frontline of community development that works shoulder with the poor in the fight for change. Worldwide projects address rural health care; child immunization and maternal health; poverty; conflict resolution; environmental sustainability; economic and community development; primary school education; women’s empowerment, economic and civic participation; and HIV/AIDS at the community level.
Recruited as international development specialist to establish strategies for private sector revenue generation, program collaborations; design of program/service initiatives. Territories: Sub-Saharan Africa, rural India, western China.
. Created strategic partnerships for program development, initial financial support programs
. Forged $ million partnership with “Fortune ” company, grant recipients, ministry of commerce to form sustainable agriculture programs (farmer's clubs, educational programs on "market chain,"sustainable environment, self-reliance on production of seeds; microfinance and participation of female farmers)
. Secured $ million dollar grant from alliance of agency partners; leading medical technology corporations; relevant country ministries to train quality teachers in rural Mozambique
. Initiated grant award, collaboration with PepsiCo, their safe water grant recipients, and government ministers to form safe water network for rural schools
. Successful solicitation of Nike, Levi Strauss, the Gap and NoVo Foundations to advance health, economic, education and participatory status of women factory workers in China
. Selected as member of Clinton Global Initiative, working groups on international entrepreneurial development , health care, and empowering girls and women
. Secured global organizational identity through my existing philanthropic network; member of Corporate Council on Africa
Staff Positions
Washington, DC
Joseph H. Kanter Family Foundation -
Executive Director
The e-Health Foundation
Strategic Adviser
First executive director of policy-making foundation with mission to elevate role of e-technology, create a global network to share “best treatments/outcomes” prevalent diseases
(Foundation transitioned to volunteer executive director)
. In the forefront of securing funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to advance Health
Information Technology; built and sustained working relationships with foundations and corporations, multilateral organizations, legislators, members of the administration, community leaders, and donors
a) Formed coalition with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Informatics; Dell; Oracle; Microsoft; Gates Foundation and National Institute on Health to raise awareness, lobby for allocated funds
b) Resulted in first-ever international Learning Health System Summit to effectuate health system, leverage the power of health information technology (HIT), and electronic health records (EHRs)
. Partnership with the Commonwealth Fund and the Institute of Medicine, resulting in international working meeting of healthcare providers, health information technology experts, health policy thought leaders
a) Spurred federal government agencies corporations, foundations, individuals, non–profit organizations to set precedent as first country to establish patient-centered learning/teaching health system
. Organized fundraising events, e-campaigns, advocacy activities
. Secured $ million dollars to support foundation activities from individuals, foundations, corporations (expanding base of support by %)
. Conducted branding/marketing campaign for e-Health foundation; % increase in membership realized
. Planned and raised funds to support Learning Health System Summit, participation top world experts, organizations, stakeholders
Last Acts Partnership
Acting CEO -
Executive Vice President -
Vice President of Development, Marketing and Public Relations
Premier national advocacy and public education organization dedicated to ensuring quality end-of-life care; raising public awareness for the need for advance directives; and long-term planning. Membership: , individual members, local coalitions, , national organizations.
(Organization closed and programs disbanded)
Hand–selected by board and quickly promoted to avoid deficit budgeting, diversify revenue stream. Re-energized and strengthened: planning; fundraising; branding/marketing, communications; membership recruitment strategies; infrastructure and efficiency of headquarters, community-based coalitions; board development, engagement.
. Year I, budget growth, $ million to $ million, (% increase), first period revenue growth in years
. Reversed membership, major donor program attrition:, renewed major donor contributors, , prospects
. Implemented Moves Management, metrics and measures to increase major gift efficiency; trained headquarters, coalition members, grassroots advocates.
. Secured multimillion dollar fundraising and branding campaign by Entertainment Industry Foundation
. Implemented high revenue producing planned giving program and society; chaired committee
. Produced/approved proposals
. Created high-impact presentations to communicate value, benefit of foundation/corporate support; established foundation and corporate advisory board (K+ supporters)
. Planned, implemented direct mail; cause-related marketing; e-commerce programs; social media
. Worked with board of directors, sponsors strategic/tactical planning; execution of initiatives; revision of policies and procedures
. Streamlined financial tracking, reporting, accounting methods; merged two existing organizations; maximized resource opportunities
American Kidney Fund -
Senior Director of Development
$ million non-profit national organization serving low-income kidney patients through provision of insurance premium payments, direct financial aid and professional development
(Senior Level Positions eliminated)
Selected for expertise in improving national comprehensive fundraising departments; customer/donor relations; grant development; financial and personnel management (reduced turnover rate to %).
. Exceeded expectations of revenue goal of $ million dollars in Year I (met projected growth of % annually); expanded national branding and financial growth
. Established/supervised New York, Atlanta satellite offices
. Established major gift and planned giving programs
. Introduced five year strategic business planning: mission specific; priorities development, operations; financial goal projection
. Development outreach program targeted to at-risk minority populations via nontraditional venues: prepared tailored messaging; fostered support of/engagement in partnership of local community leaders, clerics, foundation/corporate presidents
. Guided leadership in creation of $ million endowment fund
New York City
United States Fund for UNICEF (phone hidden)
National Director of Development
Working in countries, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's humanitarian relief work; providing children in post-conflict global countries with health care and immunizations; clean water, nutrition and food security, education and emergency relief. The Fund works for community and individual empowerment to support the potential of children and engages in fundraising, advocacy and education.
Initial responsibility for development department; quickly expanded to include direct and cause-related staff; $ million dollar revenue goal from revenue streams exceeded in first year. Collaboration with U.K. Fund resulted in still operative international airline foreign currency donation program.
. Interfaced with UN agencies, NGOs and multilateral organizations
. Successfully cultivated, solicited, stewarded ( $ million dollars +) from high-wealth individuals, local, national, international foundations and leading corporations in the financial, pharmaceutical, medical device, and oil and mining sectors
. Negotiated $ million dollar in-kind contributions
. Created individual major gift program (revenue Year I: $ million) at headquarters, affiliate offices
. Key player in Kiwanis International $ million dollar, multiyear maternal and neonatal tetanus abatement Sub-Saharan campaign; established value added-partnership with Shriver Foundation
. Developed marketing plan resulting in % increase in planned giving revenue
. Secured individual support, corporate sponsorship for th Anniversary Gala, net proceeds $ million dollars
. Assisted affiliate offices in: identifying and soliciting potential corporate and foundation grants and sponsorships; individual and planned giving donors; creating endowment funds; volunteer board formation and development of volunteer pools. Annual and capital campaigns, special events expanded
EDUCATION
Columbia University, Bachelor of Science, Social Work Magna Cum Laude
Columbia University Masters of Science Social Work Specialization: Program Planning
Gerontology
Dean's Appointee