Director Development

ANNE W. GARNETT

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Telephone & Fax: 401-***-**** Cell: 401-***-**** *********@***.***

CONSULTANT & INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR (2005 - Present), sample clients

Land Trust Alliance (Washington, DC) Awarded multiple contracts in areas of federal policy and

Congressional relations; communications and grassroots outreach; grants management; and fund

development (2005 present). Served as acting Foundation Director; then acting Director of Development

(2008-2009); enlisted Congressional support for conservation tax incentive legislation and executed national

media & outreach campaign to promote its permanence, especially to agriculture community (ongoing since

2006); engaged nation s land trusts in outreach & media campaign to fight Congressional assault on non-

profits and land trusts (2005-2006); produced 2005 National Land Trust Census Executive Summary and 2005

Annual Report; designed program and conducted major gift prospect research (2005). (2009 Present)

Piedmont Environmental Council (Warrenton, VA) As a member of the coalition led by the Land

Trust Alliance, conduct grassroots outreach and provide direct Congressional office contact on three issues

of concern: threat of utility infrastructure siting on conserved lands, estate tax reform that benefits conserved

and working lands, and making the federal conservation easement tax incentive permanent. (2009 - Present)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum (Newport, RI) Provide fund development counsel. Conduct Board

and organizational readiness assessment; plan & help execute the FY2010 Annual Fund, and prepare

organization to hire new Director of Development. (2009 - Present)

Cause & Effect (Providence, RI) Serve as fund development and communications sub-contractor.

Projects include communications plan for social service agency (PICA); major gifts program development

(Westerly Land Trust). (2009 Present)

Preservation Society of Newport County (Newport, RI) Provide counsel for major gift program

(2006 2007); orchestrated FY07 ($537,000) & FY06 ($535,000) Annual Funds. (2006-2007); researched

potential national leadership council; served as Interim Director of Development (2005).

Taunton River Watershed Alliance & Taunton River Watershed Campaign (Taunton, MA)

Conducted prospect research and crafted foundation grant plan for the Alliance; provided strategic planning.

organizational development and grants management counsel to the Campaign, a coalition of ten

environmental organizations, including Save The Bay, The Trustees of Reservations, Massachusetts

Audubon Society and the Taunton River Watershed Alliance. (2006-2008)

AQUIDNECK LAND TRUST (2000 - 2005)

Executive Director. Designed & managed comprehensive five-year strategic planning process. Served as

chief spokesperson. Extensive public speaking. Managed organization and budget; 25 member Board; 6

staff and various consultants. During my tenure, preserved acres tripled (from 500 to over 1,600), general

operating reserve fund doubled to $468,000. Designed and launched $20 million capital campaign and

secured $9 million in first year. Established 3 endowments. Managed (and renewed) an $8.15 million

collaborative grant with three foundations. Served on Campaign Executive Committee for two Rhode Island

statewide open space bonds ($34 million in 2000; $70 million in 2004), both of which passed

overwhelmingly.

RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (1997 - 2000)

Senior Managing Director, Development. Responsible for acquisition of major individual, foundation, and

corporate capital, program and endowment gifts; identification, cultivation, and solicitation of prospects; and

creation/ management of high-level fundraising and stewardship events. Member, senior management

team. Designed and implemented comprehensive strategic fundraising plan and budget. Directed installation

of inaugural WAN computer network over 40-acre Zoo campus. Supervised 5-person staff.

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SAVE THE BAY, Providence, RI (1985 - 1997)

Director of Development. Responsible for comprehensive major gifts program (individuals, corporate and

foundation) for annual and capital support. Created and managed high-level special events, including

recruitment of celebrities and leadership volunteers. Staffed Board Governance, Fund Development and

Strategic Planning Committees. Increased audited revenues 531%: $236,406 to $1,255,920. Member,

senior management team. Managed philanthropic, community and volunteer response to two massive oil

spills in Narragansett Bay (World Prodigy, 1989; North Cape & Scandia, 1996). Created department in 1985;

produced annual fundraising plans and budgets. Supervised staff of 4.

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNSEL (NRDC), Washington, DC (1980 - 1982)

Assistant to International Program. Researched and helped to edit white papers on endangered plant

conservation and tropical ecology; assisted US Whaling Commissioner and served on American delegation

to 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission meeting (Brighton, UK 1982).

OCEAN RESEARCH & EDUCATION SOCIETY, Boston, MA (1976-1980)

Deputy Director. Managed marine mammal ecology program on board r/v Regina Maris, 180 barkentine.

Worked with internationally recognized biologists, including Dr. Roger Payne, Katherine Payne, Dr. Howard

Winn, Dr. Steven Katona, Dr. Oliver Brazier and Dr. Judith Perkins, to record humpback whale acoustics,

identify individual whales, and document migratory behavior. Recruited up to 50 college and post-graduate

students per semester. Travelled extensively, at sea.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

o interim executive leadership o grants + project management o Congressional relations and advocacy

o strategic planning o public and media relations o environmental policy and advocacy

o Board and donor development o capital campaign design & execution o public speaking

o computers: MS Office; internet savvy; familiarity with Blackbaud RE, IMIS, Peachtree

AFFILIATIONS & EDUCATION

Board Service: Current: Aquidneck Land Trust (Advisor); Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental

Reporting (Director); Conservation Law Foundation - Rhode Island Advisory Board (Director); Former: Potter

League for Animals (Director); Rhode Island Land Trust Council (Director); Association of Fundraising

Professionals (AFP) RI Chapter (Director)

Public Speaking

Presenter: 2009 Land Trust Alliance National Land Conservation Conference (Portland, OR); 2007 Essex

County (VA) Conservation Alliance Annual Meeting Speaker; 2006 & 2007 RI Land & Water Summit; 2005

Watch Hill Conservancy Keynote Annual Meeting Speaker; 2004 Land Trust Alliance National Conference;

1999 Association of Zoological Parks & Aquariums (AZA) Annual Conference; Aquidneck Land Trust Annual

Meeting Keynote Speaker (2000-2005); Trip Leader & guest naturalist, Glacier Bay Cruise Lines; Science

Museum of Virginia; Boston Center for Adult Education (as invited; over many years)

Awards: AFP-Rhode Island Chapter, "Fundraising Executive of the Year"

Education: Masters in Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island.

B.A., Russian Studies, Wheaton College, Norton, MA.

The Collegiate Schools, with honors, Richmond, Virginia.

References Available Upon Request.

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