Increased annual contributed revenue by 40% to $14M after $10M flat for previous 10 years; developed comprehensive case for support, strategic plans, and feasibility study for $225M capital campaign; led top three fundraising galas in organization’s history ($5M-$6M gross); established planned giving program to regularly forecast 7-figure deferred revenue; created new Board recruitment methodology to increase membership diversity by 20%; restructured staff of 20 and reimagined volunteer auxiliary groups.

Provided change/transition management to lead department of 15-20+ staff members and reach annual fundraising goals of $13M+ plus a capital campaign; formalized major giving team to secure transformative and special project giving; implemented annual gala fundraiser grossing over $1.3M and exceeding goal by 30%; supervised 5-7 direct reports and 15+ indirect reports; managed Institutional Advancement and Governance Committees of Board.

Cultivated, solicited, and closed multiple $1M+ gifts from individual donors; successfully closed multiple five- and six-figure gifts and multi-year pledges from both renewal and prospect portfolios; planned and led efforts to accomplish $50M capital campaign; planned and executed 15+ special events each year, including assistance on $3M+ Gala; increased annual fund individual giving revenue by over 25% since hired, totaling $7M+ yearly. Total annual fund revenue: $16M+

Led multi-faceted fundraising efforts from individual, corporate, government, and foundation sources; increased individual giving revenue by 20% through direct mail, telefunding, e-mail, and personal solicitation; revamped Development Committee and created sub-committee to assist with annual fund solicitations and prospecting; solicited corporate sponsorship gifts; increased success rate for government and foundation grants.

Developed new research tools to create profiles on prospective/current donors and strategies to reach them; assisted with conversion and implementation of Tessitura database; researched and drafted grant proposals for prospective foundations.

Assisted scheduling 1000+ concerts and recitals each academic year, developed all event programs with Adobe In-Design software; created and maintained advertising screens throughout the school; assisted preparing calendars and schedules for academic classes and six performance halls each quarter.

Assisted with membership renewal and acquisition for Patron Program, spearheaded research efforts among interns to organize donor bios, managed all Patron’s Lounge inventory and attendants at all theaters.

Assisted managing all company members, including actors, designers, directors, for incoming productions; arranged housing and travel; planned and executed special events.