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ANN BRAUN
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Valley Center, CA 92082
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Specializing in recruiting, training, and managing teams responsible for raising $1 billion in philanthropic support for nonprofits from the University of Michigan to the University of Southern California. My career has focused on building high-performance teams in large and small organizations with a proven track record of impactful results. EXPERIENCE
Vice President of Development, Providence Tarzana Foundation - Tarzana, CA Responsibilities:
● Management of foundation board of directors, staff, and volunteers.
● Reporting to the CEO of Providence Tarzana Hospital
● Responsible for achieving a $75 million campaign goal Accomplishments:
● Achieved a 146% increase over the previous year
● Closed the foundation’s first $1 million gift
● Successfully developed the compelling case for a $50 million proposal
● Utilizing a shared resource Tarzana received a $16 million grant President and Chief Development Officer, Palomar Health Foundation - San Diego, CA Responsibilities:
● Member of the Executive Management Team of California’s largest public hospital district covering a 2,200 square mile trauma region with three hospitals, 900 affiliated physicians, 4,000 employees.
● Responsible for managing all aspects of an independent 501c 3 with the sole purpose of supporting patient programs, medical education, and facilities on three medical campuses.
● Reporting to the President and CEO of Palomar Health Hospital District and the Chair of the Palomar Health Foundation Board of Directors.
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ANN BRAUN
18218 Paradise Mountain Rd, #171
Valley Center, CA 92082
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Accomplishments:
● Recruited four distinguished board members.
● Increased Board giving by 200%.
● Instituted best practices in annual giving, fundraising, prospect management, stewardship, and performance metrics.
● Launched a Comprehensive Grateful Patient Program.
● Established a Physician Alumni Society.
● Employee giving campaign resulted in over $3 million in gifts and pledges. Senior Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Relations, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Responsibilities:
● Keck School of Medicine, USC Norris Cancer Center, Eli, and Edythe Broad Regenerative and Stem Cell Medicine Center, Zilkha Neurosciences Institute, and related programs.
● Reporting to the Dean of Medicine.
● Managing a staff of 35 development professionals.
● $100 million in private support annually.
● $1.5 Billion capital campaign.
Accomplishments:
● Recruited outstanding talent from the University of Michigan and the University of Florida while retaining USC development professionals.
● 115% increase in gifts, pledges and planned gifts
● Designed and implemented performance metrics resulting in a 200% increase in contacts and proposals.
● Increased online giving by over 100%
● Increased gifts from foundations by over 100%.
● Increased in planned gifts by 150%.
● Instituted a credit sharing program to create a collaborative culture among gift officers, dramatically shortening the time between identifying prospects to closing the gifts. ● Designed and launched a comprehensive alumni and donor annual fund program strategically targeting solicitations according to gift capacity.
● “Insights into Medical Philanthropy” Training.
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ANN BRAUN
18218 Paradise Mountain Rd, #171
Valley Center, CA 92082
**********@*****.***
Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Affairs, University of Florida College of Medicine Responsibilities:
● Two medical campuses serving 1,100 faculty members and 1,800 medical students, residents, fellows, and young scientists in training.
● Reporting to the Dean of the College of Medicine and Vice President for ● Development and Alumni Affairs of the University of Florida Foundation. ● Serving on the College of Medicine Executive Committee and as a member of the Dean’s Cabinet.
● $315 million capital campaign goal.
● Increased gifts by 600% between 2005 and 2010.
Accomplishments:
● Increased Giving
Increased giving 54% to $26 million in FY2005-2006.
$60 million in commitments in FY2008-2009, setting a record.
● Principal Gifts (partial list)
$5 million. Lillian S. Wells Foundation. Brain Tumor Center.
$4 million. McCabe Foundation.
$9.8 million. Nephrology.
$20 million. Davis Family Cancer Research Fund.
● Team Building
Increased the number of development officers serving two campuses from 1 to 10.
Built a Campaign Team from 4 in 8/05 to 35 in 4/09.
● Restructuring
Reorganized the development staff to cover two campuses creating new areas of growth.
Implemented a cost-sharing model allowing departments to partially fund dedicated gift officers, thereby, dramatically increasing the number of fundraising staff.
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ANN BRAUN
18218 Paradise Mountain Rd, #171
Valley Center, CA 92082
**********@*****.***
Major Gifts Officer, Office of Medical Development and Alumni Relations, University of Michigan
Responsibilities:
● Planned, initiated, and implemented gift solicitations of $100,000 and above. ● Created prospect strategies and worked with medical faculty, researchers, division chiefs, chairs, and hospital executives to solicit individual donors.
● Educated nurses, social workers, and other medical and administrative staff to help in the identification of grateful patients.
● Recruited, trained, mentored, and coordinated a team of development professionals, utilizing the strengths of each to achieve our fundraising goals. Accomplishments:
● Team Building
The first Major Gift Officer was assigned to unite the fundraising efforts of the Department of Pediatrics and U-M C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
Recruited, trained, and generated funding for three additional Gift Officers and a Development Assistant, thereby forming the Children’s Health Team.
Increased gifts, pledges, and bequests to Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital from approximately $1 million annually to $5 million in 24 months.
● Campaign Planning
Spearheaded the Champions for Children Campaign for the replacement of the University of Michigan’s C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
Established a philanthropy leadership committee co-chaired by Regent David Brandon and Head Football Coach, Lloyd Carr in the fall of 2004.
Coordinated the Champions for Children Campaign kick-off for the opening day of the University of Michigan’s $2.5 billion campaign. Over 400 attended the kickoff, making it the best-attended unit program across campus.
● Campaign Major and Principal Gifts
Secured a $25 million cornerstone gift from the C.S. Mott Foundation.
$4 million from the Carls Foundation of Detroit. 4
ANN BRAUN
18218 Paradise Mountain Rd, #171
Valley Center, CA 92082
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At the request of the Department of Pediatrics, established the Children’s Research Fund for the support of young investigators not yet qualified for NIH grants.
Initiated a grateful patient program in the spring of 2002 which resulted in a 363% increase of 1,100 donors to 4,000 by the fall of 2004. Scott Fetzer, Inc., Subsidiary: World Book Educational Products, Berkshire Hathaway Company
Responsibilities:
● Successive leadership positions led to the ownership of an exclusive distributorship in Michigan and Ohio.
Accomplishments:
● September 1987 hired as a sales trainee. Increased sales in Ann Arbor, MI from $32,000 to $275,000 in one year.
● January 1987 promoted to District Manager.
● September 1989 promoted to Division Manager responsible for Washtenaw and western Wayne Counties, 40 employees, and $680,000 in sales.
● September 1991 promoted to Branch Manager responsible for a twenty-county territory, 110 employees, and $2.1 million in sales.
● September 1996 awarded an exclusive distributorship for World Book Educational Products in Michigan and Ohio. As an owner/distributor, I was responsible for recruiting, training, sales management, purchasing, shipping, consumer financing, and customer service.
BOARD EXPERIENCE
● Medical Foundation of North Carolina
● Palomar Health Technology Board of Directors
● National Research Center Board of Directors
● Patouillet Consulting Advisory Board
● School Heart Advisory Board
EDUCATION
Eastern Michigan University BS, Cum Laude, and Masters of Arts 5
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