JODI L. JACOBSON
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Entrepreneurial and mission-driven nonprofit leader, donor advisor, and fundraiser devoted to advancing social, racial, and economic justice in human rights and public health domestically and internationally.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Donor Advisor/Senior Director, Foundations
Movement Voter Project/Fund
Northampton, Massachusetts
11.2019 - Current
- Manage department cultivating and raising funds from more than 200 major institutional and family foundations for annual budget exceeding $55 million.
- Solicit, secure, and steward c3, c4, and PAC investments in grassroots organizations from individual donors ranging from $5,000 to $1,000,000 and above with goal of $10 million per cycle.
- Raised $11 million between April 2020 and December 2020.
- Work with and manage fundraising external partnerships.
President and Editor in Chief
Rewire.News
Bethesda, MD
01.2011 - 10.2019
- Led Rewire.News from startup phase to award-winning publication nationally recognized as leading evidence-based online publication on reproductive and sexual justice.
- Raised over $26 million over six years; hired/managed staff of 30 professional journalists, editors, financial and development staff.
- Increased readership from less than 500,000 per year to well over eight million per year; dramatically diversified staff at all levels and built highly diverse readership in terms of race, ethnicity, education, income, and geography.
Senior Consultant
United Nations Foundation
Washington, DC
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Provided strategic planning, grant-making, and advocacy advice to 25 international programs and worked with 10 staff to put plans into practice.
Director of Advocacy
American Jewish World Services
NEW YORK, NY
04.2007 - 12.2009
- Inaugural Director of Advocacy; opened first AJWS office in DC.
- Oversaw development and execution of first strategic plan for advocacy, policy, and lobbying, including work on global HIV and AIDS, poverty, refugees, and Sudan policy.
- Managed five staff and collaborated with six other departments.
- Supported more than 40 international grantees to ensure their priorities and voices were included in development of U.S international policy.
- Drafted and lobbied for legislation on priority issues.
- Managed AJWS relations with members of Congress.
Founder and Executive Director
Center for Health and Gender Equity
Takoma Park , MD
03.1994 - 03.2007
- Founded organization focused on monitoring effects of U.S international policies on public health and human rights in 12 countries; opened offices in Washington, D.C., India, and Peru.
- Raised $35 million to support staff of policy analysts, researchers, and advocates focused on critiquing and changing outcomes of U.S. international policy and funding.
- Researched and lobbied extensively on HIV and AIDS (PEPFAR), international family planning, abortion, violence against women, and related issues, advising key congressional offices on legislation.
- Elected to lead coalition of 80+ organizations working to promote evidence- and rights-based U.S. global HIV and AIDS policies.
- Monitored U.S. investments in HIV and AIDS, reproductive and sexual health, maternal and infant health in relation to international agreements.
Consultant
Ford And MacArthur Foundations
NEW YORK, NY
01.1992 - 12.1995
- Consultant to Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and to numerous international organizations.
- Drafted U.S. NGO platform for International Conference on Population and Development and Vienna Human Rights Convention.
- Served on WHO advisory committees on reproductive health and on United Nations Expert Committee on Population, Migration, and Refugees.
- Built and supported several international coalitions.
Education
Harvard Public Leadership Program, HKS
Massachusetts 02.2021 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - Economics, Environmental Science, Poli Sci
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI05.1983
Skills
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Self-Motivated
- Collaboration
- Conflict Resolution
- Active Listening
- Decision Making
- Team-building
Timeline
Harvard Public Leadership Program, HKS
02.2021 - Current
Senior Donor Advisor/Senior Director, Foundations
Movement Voter Project/Fund
11.2019 - Current
President and Editor in Chief
Rewire.News
01.2011 - 10.2019
Senior Consultant
United Nations Foundation
01.2009 - 01.2011
Director of Advocacy
American Jewish World Services
04.2007 - 12.2009
Founder and Executive Director
Center for Health and Gender Equity
03.1994 - 03.2007
Consultant
Ford And MacArthur Foundations
01.1992 - 12.1995
Bachelor of Arts - Economics, Environmental Science, Poli Sci
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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