WCA Development Specialist with CFRE and MBA
Resume:
WCA Development Specialist
William C. Andreas, MBA. CFRE
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Fort Wayne, IN 46835
Education: Business/Operations Production Management
2025 Current: Doctorate Studies in Non-Profit Business at Liberty University
2020: NIPR: Life, Health, and Medicare Life Insurance Licensees
2006: Certified Fundraising Executive, CFRE
2006: Taylor University, Master of Business MBA
2005: Karen Osborn: Major Gifts Move Management Classes
2000: 8 fundraising courses at Indiana University of Indianapolis
2000: Al Lyons Development System
1988: Marshall Swift Appraiser
1986: Troyer Real Estate
1984: Taylor University, Bachelor of Arts in Business
Part-Time Work: 20–30 hours or Full-Time 30-40 hours up to 5 days a week, any shift or days
1984-90 Initial Industrial/Machine Operation/Factory Line/Welder/Shipping/Fabrication
Meridian File High Cabinets, MI: 1990: Shipping and loading cabinets for shipment to the end buyer. Welder filing cabinets on the production line.
Fort Wayne Foundry, IN: 1989: Lead maintenance fabricator. Completing preventive maintenance and repairs on machines.
Triad, Utrad, IN: 1985: Welding on a factory line, building transformers for microwaves.
North American Van Lines, IN: 1984: Trailer Refabrication
Alcoils, IN: 1983: Factory Forklift Driver
Prior Positions
Substitute Teacher: 03/01/24 – 03/01/26
Delivery Driver:
Pizza Hut, New Haven, IN: 02-01-2024-04/30/24
Pizza King, Columbia City, IN: 01-01-2023 to 02/01/24
Husson’s Pizza, Charleston, WV: 01-01-2022 to 01-01-2023
Pepperoni Pizza on the Beach, Oak Island, NC 01-01-2021 – 01-01-2022
Amerilife Insurance 2019-2023
I am licensed in North Carolina, Indiana, and West Virginia for health, Life, and Medicare insurance. Research databases, set up one-on-one meetings, and sell insurance to families to mitigate financial risk.
Based on prior fundraising experience, I work best in person in a one-on-one setting. Also, I can work remotely via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Duo. I build long-term relationships to improve sales or donations.
Collaborate with people aged 60+ to discuss Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Supplement plans. In addition, Specialty plans include Short-Term Home Health Care, Dental, Hearing, and Eye plans.
Collaborate with people at any age about Mortgage Protection or Term Insurance, Accidental Death, Whole Life, Smart Universal Life, or other specialties.
Created LLC WCA Development System: Set up a contracted service to work with non-profits. When COVID began, only a few organizations wanted to pursue new fundraising relationships.
Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha & Putman: 2015-2019
Development Director
Report to the Executive level of staff, the board of directors, and other similar authoritative groups. Serve at the executive level, reporting to the President or CEO.
Create and implement development operations policies, donor database, staffing plan, position descriptions, and accounting procedures.
Create a development strategic plan, development budgets, and post to fund accounting and donor database systems. Worked with the annual CPA Auditing service to prepare 990 forms.
Create and maintain a stewardship plan to appropriately thank donors.
Establish community-based development committees to design and manage fundraising projects within their respective areas. Invite community members to align their prospective purpose with the committee's. Examples: Annual Gifts, Major Gifts, Faith, Planned Gifts, Grant, and Special Event committees. Host monthly committee meetings.
Create and implement Annual Gift projects such as mass mailings, employee giving clubs, volunteer giving clubs, telephone programs, and other community initiatives.
Create and implement Major Gift Clubs for corporate, faith, and individual donors at +$1,000. Build lists to +125 Major donor lists and meet annually. Major Gift donors usually designate their gifts toward facilities, equipment, and supplies needed to improve organizations' services.
Research area foundations and load them into the donor database. Interview organizational staff to determine the Vision Brochure, which outlines the organization's needs to improve departmental functions. Write and submit grants to private and public foundations that match the Vision Brochure and their mission of service to the community.
Create and implement all policies and procedures for a Planned Gifts Donor Club. Complete a wealth screening of the database and identify donors with significant wealth. Meet with donors and present Major and Planned Gift opportunities.
Create and implement 2 to 3 Special Events annually that align with the organization's mission and the donor community. Match area corporations to sponsorship levels.
increase gift revenues from $150,000 to $500,000.
Manage all Marketing, Advertising, Communication, and Volunteer functions.
Managed the volunteers needed every day to build houses.
Easter Seals Arc of Northeast Indiana: 1999-2015
The Vice President and Executive Director of the separate and supporting foundation. Implemented all functions to form a dormant, separate supporting foundation to an active corporation.
Similar duties as above in Habitats.
I increased Development Revenue from $150,000 to $1,000,000 annually.
I completed a $3,100,000 capital campaign.
Manage all Marketing, Advertising, Communication, and Volunteer functions.
Executive Director of the Parkview Whitley Hospital Foundation: 1988-1999.
CEO of Whitley Innovation, a for-profit wing of the hospital: 1988-1999.
(Managed the Pharmacy, 3 Doctors' Offices, Exercise Facility, and Rental Facilities.)
I implemented all functions to form a dormant, separate supporting foundation to an active corporation.
Similar duties as above in Habitats & Easter Seals Arc
I increased developmental gift revenues from $0 to $150,000 annually.
I completed a $1,000,000 capital campaign.
Manage all Marketing, Advertising, Communication, and Volunteer functions.
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