Director Assistant

JANE HOPE MAPLES

OBJECTIVE

I am seeking a challenging job that utilizes my strong organizational and communication skills and my professional experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director of Strategic Stewardship October 2011-present

University of Virginia/College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia

Create and maintain a portfolio of individual stewardship plans for lead donors; design and implement unique donor experiences to engage donors with the College; staff the Unique Experiences Committee, a sub-committee of the College Foundation Board; plan and manage the logistics for stewardship events; plan and implement special projects for individual donors and groups of donors; ensure timely reporting on endowment gifts; assist with the logistics of the College Foundation Board meetings and associated events

Senior Donor Relations Coordinator January 2006-October 2010

University of Virginia/Office of Development of Public Affairs Charlottesville, Virginia

Board of Visitors: Coordinated collection of materials regarding the naming of new buildings and professorships to be presented to the Board of Visitors (BOV) from schools and units across Grounds; Sought appropriate approvals on all materials and invitation lists from the BOV office and the President's office; Constructed talking points for the University President to recognize major donors for professorship establishments and building namings at BOV meetings; Planned and coordinated BOV receptions inclusive of all logistics and staffing. Stewardship: Responsible for the creation of a new program to recognize first time donors; Conducted an audit of all stewardship activities across Grounds Event management: Designed, managed and implemented events to meet ongoing development and alumni objectives and to promote the positive image of the University; Developed and maintained budgets for individual events. Publications: Coordinated and produced annual publications, including Capital Projects piece, Endowment Honor Roll and Lawn Society Directory. Endowed Professorships website: Maintained and updated all information available on the website

Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Affairs July 2002-January 2006

University of Virginia/Virginia Engineering Foundation Charlottesville, Virginia

Developed annual giving goals and strategies; analyzed annual giving statistics and presented monthly metrics to the Board of Directors; managed and solicited leadership annual fund donors; established a multi-year strategy to identify, cultivate, and solicit alumni and friends for leadership annual gifts; coordinated leadership giving within reunion years; planned and managed all logistics of special events including: Reunions, Thornton Society Black Tie Dinner, VEF Board Meetings, and Homecoming Tailgate; planned, designed and implemented all direct mail and phone solicitation activities; directed annual giving donor cultivation and stewardship activities including acknowledgements and the honor roll of donors

Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Affairs May 2000 – July 2002

University of Virginia/Curry School of Education Foundation Charlottesville, Virginia

Visited top annual fund donors and potential donors; planned and managed logistics of special events associated with annual giving donor clubs; planned, budgeted, tracked and designed annual fund appeals; edited a newsletter including: formulating article topics, proofreading articles, overseeing production and budget, coordinating the annual honor roll of donors; planned and managed annual Homecoming reception for 300+ people; coordinated regional alumni receptions; coordinated the activities of the Centennial Celebration Committee and the Special Events Sub-Committee; planned all aspects of Education Awards Day including orchestrating speakers and award recipients, and organizing a reception

Director of the Annual Fund March 1998 – May 2000

Lynchburg College Lynchburg, Virginia

Planned and directed all aspects of the annual fund; trained and supervised assistant director and annual fund secretary; recruited, trained and managed reunion giving volunteers for 10 reunion classes; planned and conducted reunion volunteer training workshop; supervised the annual fund phonathon program and senior class gift campaign; developed all annual fund direct mail appeals

Assistant Director of Annual Giving September 1995 – March 1998

Mary Washington College Fredericksburg, Virginia

Planned and directed the annual fund phonathon program; administered the solicitation of recent graduates and the senior class by recruiting and managing volunteers, composing solicitation materials and coordinating direct mail efforts; recruited, scheduled, trained and managed over 300 volunteers for participation in fund raising and special events; planned annual fund related special events

EDUCATION

Mary Washington College

Fredericksburg, Virginia Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, 1995

University of Valencia

Valencia, Spain Hispanic Studies Abroad Program, 1994

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Association for Donor Relations Professionals, member and conference volunteer

CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) Conference on Special Events

CASE Major Gift Conference: Making the Ask

CASE District III Conference, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

CASE Summer Institute in Educational Fund Raising CASE Conference on Annual Giving

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