Ethan Clawson

Department Leader focusing on the financial health and account management of each department within the organization

• Account specialist on the donor relations team tasked with providing personalized stewardship to key prospects, ensuring continued engagement and support through sophisticated donor management techniques, resulting in a 5.7% increase of charitable contributions
• Conducted thorough account reconciliation using QuickBooks to proactively identify and rectify any errors or discrepancies related to expenses, revenue, and account management, ensuring the financial integrity of the organization
• Restructured the operational framework within the accounting department by introducing a comprehensive system of checks and balances, amortization schedules, and receivable to payable coding structures, creating efficiencies by 25%, through the adoption of a streamlined accounting system

The Willamette University Angel Fund is run by MBA students in Willamette's Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Students collaborate with angel investing groups up and down the west coast of the US to find new ventures

• Evaluated potential investment opportunities by utilizing key criteria, business acumen, and network connections, to select promising entrepreneurial ventures for Willamette Angel Fund to finance
• Lead a team in performing multiple business analyses and due diligence processes for selected companies to ensure the quality of each investment opportunity before moving forward with an investment

Project Leader working closely with executive and senior management, as well as the board of directors focusing on non-profit management, organizational analysis, finance, and systems enhancement

• Small team lead coordinating the organizational transition to a Salesforce system by organizing and analyzing data, structuring a cross-functional implementation plan to improve the accuracy reduction of manual error metrics ultimately increasing automation and streamline workflow
• Initiated a specialized project working closely with the CEO, creating a Power BI dashboard looking at school data relating to access resources, focusing on streamlining location data for Boys & Girls Clubs around the Marion Polk County area, to help predict population size for the new Epping Homestead Boys & Girls Club which opened in October of 2022