Amanda Hollis
Tampa
Summary
Mission-driven, knowledgeable, and engaged leader with a strong background in communications and strategic approaches to donor engagement. Collaborative motivator and consistent high performer, who successfully partners with institutional leaders. People-focused manager fostering team growth and professional development, with a proven history of leading high-performing teams of development officers.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Institutional & Membership Giving
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida
2022 - Current
- Oversee strategic operations of corporate and foundation giving programs, focused on increasing financial resources for leadership priorities
- Lead a team of frontline fundraisers ensuring we meet/exceed annual financial goals (average ~$10M/year)
- Led my team to develop a corporate partner program, strategically cultivating and stewarding companies with a shared mission to maximize their support.
- Recruit national corporate and foundation philanthropic organizations, collaborating closely with Moffitt’s C-suite leaders to implement strategic engagement
- Served as Moffitt Foundation representative on strategic planning workgroup at the direction of senior leaders to diversify funding in response to changing financial landscape for healthcare and research organizations
- Developed and implemented future leaders training program with National Association of Cancer Center Development Offices designed to cultivate a pipeline of skilled development professionals
Director of Foundation Giving
Moffitt Cancer Center
2020 - 2022
- Guide foundation fundraising strategy for institution; Manage team of direct fundraisers
- Work with Moffitt leadership to identify funding priorities that align with Impact 2028 Strategic Plan and build pipeline of foundation prospects
- Supported community outreach team in development of outcomes-based health education and cancer prevention programs, ensuring grant applications were competitive
- Managed ~75 donor prospects, building relationships/cultivating new gifts
- Collaborate with research development and research administration to identify and coordinate multi-investigator/multi-sector research projects to compete for transformational/multi-million foundation grants
- Served on Outreach Integration Workgroup to maximize impact of community outreach and engagement with the underserved/under-represented
Senior Director, Foundation Relations
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
2017 - 01.2020
- Guided foundation fundraising strategy for the enterprise and oversee daily operations program
- Manage foundation gift officers, submitting over 150 proposals and raising over $10 million
- Worked with colleagues to identify funding priorities and strategically position funding needs to philanthropic foundations with the goal of maximizing financial opportunities; Closed multiple $1M+ gifts
- Managed philanthropy strategy for Cleveland Clinic Community Care, a new administrative unit overseeing all community-facing/public health/population health initiatives
- Served on the Cleveland Clinic Infant Mortality Task Force, addressing disparities in underserved communities
- Managed ~75 donor prospects, building relationships/cultivating new gifts meeting enterprise priorities
- Completion of Leadership Training Curriculum centered on servant leadership; Completion of Harvard Manage Mentor courses: Team Management, Coaching, Leading People, and Developing Employees
- Guest lecturer at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, co-leading grant writing seminar for second-year medical students specializing in internal medicine and health disparities
Director of Foundation Relations
Cleveland Clinic
2014 - 2017
- Managed portfolio of prospects, consistently exceeded fundraising and moves management annual goals
- Identified, cultivated, and stewarded new and established foundation prospects, strategically focused on mission fulfillment, Closed multiple six-figure gifts
- Served as liaison for Institute Development Officers to proactively identify new grant opportunities that meet priorities as identified by physician leadership and program staff
- Coordinated process to bring all cancer patient outreach and navigation fundraising under Director of Cancer Community Outreach so grant process would be more strategic, collaborative, and cohesive across enterprise
- Mentored junior colleagues and trained new hires; Managed interns
Director of Development- Major Gifts
Cleveland Clinic
2011 - 2014
- Managed relationships with major gift prospects for Taussig Cancer Institute and the Women's Health Institute
- Developed strategies to maximize giving potential; Proposal development for individuals and corporate giving; Consistently closed five- and six-figure gifts
- Worked closely with physician leadership to develop philanthropic priorities and build a culture of philanthropy among caregivers; Served as liaison and managed institutional relations Women’s Health (120+ physicians)
- Supported Cancer Institute Leadership Council; Worked closely with Senior Director on development strategy for $100M+ capital campaign to build new, patient-centered cancer center
Development Communications & Events Coordinator
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Communications, including donor stewardship and digital media
- Public relations and government relations
- Event planning including sponsorship solicitations
Administrative & Student Services Support
University of Michigan
01.2005 - 01.2009
- Tenure/promotion project management
- Administrative and marketing support
- Student services coordination
Development Intern
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
06.2004 - 08.2004
Coordinator of Publications & Programs
Portrait Society of America
01.2003 - 01.2004
Education
Master of Public Health - Concentration in Public Health Programming
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GLOBAL CAMPUS
Master of Arts - Arts Administration; Concentration: Marketing and Development/Certificate- Museum Studies
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Tallahassee, FloridaBachelor of Arts - Classical Archaeology; Summa Cum Laude, With Honors
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Tallahassee, FloridaSkills
- Strategic Planning
- Stakeholder Relationship Building
- Foundation & Corporate Relations
- Major Gifts
- Team Management
- Mentoring & Leadership Development
- Project Management
- Grant Writing
- Internal & External Communications
- Donor Relations
Timeline
Development Communications & Events Coordinator
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland
01.2009 - 01.2011
Administrative & Student Services Support
University of Michigan
01.2005 - 01.2009
Development Intern
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
06.2004 - 08.2004
Coordinator of Publications & Programs
Portrait Society of America
01.2003 - 01.2004
Master of Arts - Arts Administration; Concentration: Marketing and Development/Certificate- Museum Studies
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts - Classical Archaeology; Summa Cum Laude, With Honors
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Director of Institutional & Membership Giving
Moffitt Cancer Center
2022 - Current
Director of Foundation Giving
Moffitt Cancer Center
2020 - 2022
Senior Director, Foundation Relations
Cleveland Clinic
2017 - 01.2020
Director of Foundation Relations
Cleveland Clinic
2014 - 2017
Director of Development- Major Gifts
Cleveland Clinic
2011 - 2014
Master of Public Health - Concentration in Public Health Programming
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GLOBAL CAMPUS
Accomplishments
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CANCER CENTER DEVELOPMENT OFFICES
Lisa Considine Service Award Winner
MOFFITT CANCER CENTER
Health Equity Train the Trainer Champion
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, Florida
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate