Hi, I’m
Erika Schember
Lowell,MI
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Aristotle
Summary
Dynamic prospect development professional with a proven track record at Parkinson's Foundation, enhancing donor pipelines and managing databases with expertise in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT. Spearheaded an automated midlevel pipeline communication track, demonstrating advanced database management and strategic planning skills. Excelled in creating efficient fundraising tools and processes, significantly supporting midlevel and major gift acquisition.
Overview
5
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Parkinson's Foundation
Prospect Development Coordinator
11.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Gathered and organized materials to support individual giving team and major gift officers
- Entered data, generated reports, and produced tracking documents to measure team success
- Assisted gift officers in portfolio management, with total team portfolio total of over 600 donors
- Mined database of 1.5 million donors for prospects
- Researched and managed prospect pool to support donor pipeline
- Built highly-efficient prospect development tools and procedures
- Hired, managed, and trained interns, established and monitored goals for each intern cohort
John Ball Zoo
Database Coordinator
01.2022 - 11.2022
Job overview
- Administered, supported, and monitored databases by proactively resolving database issues and maintaining data integrity
- Created custom KPI reports for internal and external use
- Managed donor prospects and custom donor prospect reports for major gift pipeline with goal of $3M
- Created and tracked online event and donation forms
Martin Luther Chapel
Fundraising Manager
05.2019 - 02.2022
Job overview
- Managed planned gift pipeline
- Executed $100K capital campaign
- Planned, designed, and executed yearly annual fund appeal
- Regularly met with board to strategize fundraising goals
- Maintained CRM database
- Managed all donor communications and stewardship
Education
Indiana University - Lily School of PhilanthropyBloomington, IN
Certification from Fundraising Management
04.2021
Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI
Bachelor of Arts from English
05.2020
Skills
- Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT
- Blackbaud ResearchPoint
- Salesforce CRM
- DonorSearch
- MarketSmart
- Database Management
- MS Excel
- MS Publisher
- MS Power BI
- MS Power Automate
- SQL
Certification
- Certified Raiser's Edge Professional, Blackbaud - 2022
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
RemoteOn-SiteHybridImportant To Me
Work-life balanceCareer advancementPersonal development programsTimeline
Prospect Development Coordinator
Parkinson's Foundation
11.2022 - Current
Database Coordinator
John Ball Zoo
01.2022 - 11.2022
Fundraising Manager
Martin Luther Chapel
05.2019 - 02.2022
Indiana University - Lily School of Philanthropy
Certification from Fundraising Management
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Arts from English
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