PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Free-Lance Consultant 1980-present
Provide fund development and other services to for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

• Funds development
• Prospect identification
• Feasibility studies
• Preparation of case statements and grant proposals
• Copywriting for direct mail and general publicity
• Field research and interviews
• Training in fundraising for board and staff
• Seminars on grantsmanship and fundraising
• Situational analyses for new product/market development

Development Director, The Management Center, San Francisco, CA 2001-2003
Directed all aspects of funds development for this nonprofit management services organization which serves Northern California nonprofit agencies.

• Maintenance of major donor relationships with foundations, corporations and individuals.
• Preparation of grant proposals.
• Corporate sponsorship management.
• General fundraising services to client nonprofit agencies.
• Training and seminars for nonprofit leaders.
• Writing for publications.

Development Director, Salem Lutheran Home, Oakland, CA 1990-1994
Directed all facets of funds development for full-service retirement community.

• Annual appeal
• Planned giving
• Special events
• Newsletter
• Capital campaign
• Donor cultivation and recognition
• Public relations

COMMUNITY SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association of Fundraising Professionals Board member of Golden Gate Chapter, 2003-2006; Vice President-Education 2004-2006; Certified Fund Raising Executive, 1995 - present. Co-chair of 2002 Fundraising Day Conference which attracted more than 1,000 attendees.

UC Berkeley Extension, Instructor, "Grant Writing and Strategic Fundraising", 1995-1996.

Media Alliance, Workshop leader, "Grant Research and Writing", 1996-2002.

CompassPoint, Instructor, "Writing Successful Grant Proposals" and "The Nuts and Bolts of Fundraising", 1998-present.

University of Montana, Instructor, "Achieving Success with Effective Fundraising", 1999.