Courtney Roberts, JD

Leads statewide fundraising strategies to benefit our students, our communities, and our state, through major gifts, planned giving, annual giving, and grant development. Notable accomplishments include:

• $21.9M grant the Lilly Endowment to strengthen Indiana’s pipeline of Early Child professionals across the state and provide childcare options for Ivy Tech students
• $15M grant from Eli Lilly and Company to – this is Ivy Tech Foundation’s largest corporate grant to date
• $22M+ raised in support of Ivy Tech’s nursing expansion, including major gifts from IU Health, Community Health Network, and multiple health systems across the state
• First-ever annual day of giving (Ivy Tech Day) resulting in statewide engagement and increased unrestricted resources for campuses and students.

Statewide campaign leadership and development. Notable accomplishments include:

• Ivy Tech Foundation's first-ever statewide campaign, raising a record-breaking $340M (19% over goal)
• Conducting a comprehensive evaluation upon campaign conclusion to identify strengths and weaknesses, and implemented a plan to address organizational and operational gaps
• Leading development of upcoming campaign aligned with the College's strategic plan, with feasibility study anticipated for Q3 and Q4 of 2025.

Serves as a senior leader of Ivy Tech Community College. Notable accomplishments include:

• Member of President's senior cabinet and executive council
• Co-authoring Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) Op-Ed in partnership with College President
• External representative of College, serving as public spokesperson in various news interviews (TV and articles)

Leads a team of 55+ responsible for statewide and local campus fundraising, stewardship, and operations. Notable accomplishments include:

• Enhanced Foundation performance by establishing a culture of operational excellence and accountability
• Assessed organizational gaps and re-structured organization to elevate emphasis on operational excellence
• Set clear expectations and metrics at the campus level to increase emphasis on private giving
• Increased employee engagement and satisfaction resulting in increased Gallup scores on an annual basis
• Development and implementation of Foundation's strategic plan, aligned with College's strategic plan
• Enhanced donor stewardship through statewide dashboard and campus toolkits
• Elevated Foundation's brand through refreshed vision, mission, and social media presence

Manage a statewide board of 55+ people, with seven committees. Notable accomplishments include:

• Increased annual board giving every year, for three years straight
• Enhanced governance and strengthened processes
• In collaboration with board chair, building a leadership succession plan and pipeline of future board leaders

• Led Eli Lilly and Company’s philanthropic global health portfolio, which included: Philanthropic Global Health Partnerships, Disaster Relief Response, and Product Donations.
• Led a $90M philanthropic grant-making portfolio to strengthen health systems and expand access to care for millions of people living in resource-limited settings, including: China, India, Mexico, multiple countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the City of Indianapolis.
• Led a global team, and set vision, mission, and strategy to implement high-impact partnerships and develop scalable solutions to pressing global health challenges.
• Led Lilly's response to natural disasters and humanitarian crisis by making strategic decisions to deploy the company's resources (financial and product) to meet the needs in impacted areas. These efforts included the company's global covid relief efforts.

• Led development and implementation of state legislative strategies for company’s business units and was responsible for analysis of state and federal healthcare legislation to determine impact on business, and make recommendations on company positioning
• Testified in front of committee in support/opposition of various bills

• Identified and analyzed policy issues, and developed legislative strategies and executed tactics for a portfolio of clients in both the public and private sectors.
• Built relationships with members of Indiana's legislative and executive branches to advocate for clients' legislation.
• Testified in front of committee in support/opposition of various bills