Changing Our World, Inc.Director
Oct. 2007 - Jan. 2011Changing Our World is a full service philanthropic consulting firm which provides counsel to nonprofits around the world to strengthen business operations and the fundraising that fuels their programs. We provide counsel to corporations, philanthropies, and high net worth individuals to structure their philanthropy and design their grant making programs. As a member of Omnicom Group [NYSE: OMC], the world's largest and most diversified communications company, Changing Our World can access communications, public relations, and branding expertise to assist its clients in taking their fundraising and philanthropic initiatives successfully into broader public realms. My responsibilities included:
• Providing high level counsel to variety of clients across a broad spectrum of focus areas, such as: the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation, Rainforest Alliance, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Points of Light Institute, Aid for Africa, Brookhaven Hospital, NuHealth Foundation, Green Templeton College of Oxford University, World Heart Federation, National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction, Pepsico and United Way Worldwide
• Managing capital and traditional fundraising campaigns raising over $30 million in philanthropic support for clients
• Developing strategic corporate partnerships for branding and program support
• Designing cultivation events for high-net wealth donors and prospects
• Creating multi-generation legacy support for programs
• Conducted and analyzed wealth screenings, prospect research and donor profiling
• Overseeing financial and human resource development for organizations
• Developing cases for support for large campaigns and specific program driven funds
• Assisting clients with organizational marketing and positioning for support
• Creating strategic plans for client including transition planning and organizational development