Julie L. Weitz
Kettering
Summary
Communications and Marketing Professional with 30 years proven results in fundraising, donor management, and event planning. Known for strong team collaboration, adaptability to changing needs, and staying on top of challenging schedules with multiple competing timelines. Skilled in logistics, vendor and volunteer coordination, relationship building, and budget management. Valued for work ethic, reliability, resourcefulness, and results-driven approach.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Alumni & Community Relations
Carroll High School
10.2005 - Current
- Rebuilt the Carroll Alumni Association to serve as an active advisory board; secured and sustained key volunteer alumni partnerships that improved school morale and contributed to a successful mission.
- Spearheaded multiple yearly events including the Carroll St. Pat's Fest, Alumni Golf Outing, Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame, Athletic Hall of Fame, Homecoming After-Party, Alumni Memorial Mass, and Class Reunions.
- Successfully solicited sponsors for annual fundraising events, surpassing event goals and managing donor recognition benefits.
- Implemented an alumni mentoring program for students to shadow various careers, attend monthly alumni speaker sessions, and receive guidance for their futures.
- Utilized exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills to produce engaging promotional emails, update alumni website content, and write Reflections newsletter articles.
- Managed Raiser’s Edge database to strengthen constituent relationships; oversaw data & gift entry accuracy; and analyzed fundraising data to create the annual report.
- Tailored Patriot Fund direct mail fundraising appeals to different segments of database, increasing relevance and response rates (2013-current).
- Initiated yearly Phonathon program, training students to seek support for tuition assistance and crucial ongoing programs (2013-2019).
- Developed compelling grant proposals, securing funding from various foundations and corporations (2005-2013).
Development Officer-Grant Management
Elizabeth’s New Life Center
03.2002 - 10.2005
- Oversaw grant writing efforts, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and compliance with funding requirements.
- Cultivated relationships with community partners to enhance collaborative outreach efforts and program visibility.
- Streamlined internal processes for improved efficiency in prospect research, donor management, and gift appreciation and stewardship.
- Assisted with Silent Auctions at annual banquet, wrote various direct mail pieces, and organized first phonathon.
Director of College Relations
College of Mount St. Joseph
04.1998 - 07.2001
- Managed and coordinated Fall & Spring Phonathon; recruited, trained, and supervised phonathon students, alumni reunion chairs and agents, and alumni annual fund campaign chairs.
- Oversaw alumni annual fund campaign, reunion giving program, senior class gift; designed, wrote, edited and segmented direct mail solicitation pieces; implemented new methods to reach young alumni in annual fund.
- Generated and analyzed statistical computer reports from CARS (computer database).
- Managed assigned portfolio of Major Gift prospects; identified new prospects/advanced donors and made personal discovery visits; solicited prospects for purposes of discovery, cultivation, stewardship, and solicitation.
- Organized senior focus group to discuss alumni giving and events.
- Planned and coordinated Reunion Weekend, Alumni Chapter Events, Alumni College, Homecoming Weekend, Senior Welcome to the Alumni Association, and other alumni events.
- Assisted in the coordination of the Alumni Board and 75th Anniversary of the College.
- Updated and corrected alumni database records, Alumni Web Page, and published Alumni Directory.
- Interviewed, hired and supervised the Alumni Services Secretary, Development Co-op student, and two additional student workers for the alumni office; monitored spending of budgets for Prospect Relations and Alumni Giving Program.
Coordinator of Special Events/Public Relations
American Lung Association of Ohio-Southwestern Branch
05.1997 - 04.1998
- Coordinated Great Halloween Aerosol Machine Clean-A-Thon; played key role in continuing Country Dance Jamboree; designed flyers, wrote press releases, contacted media, and participated in TV ads; wrote proposals to persuade participation of volunteers, sponsors, and merchants.
Annual Fund Assistant
College of Mount St. Joseph
08.1996 - 05.1997
- Recruited, promoted, managed and kept statistics for Fall & Spring Phonathon; solicited incentive prizes for callers from local restaurants; assisted with event planning of Spring Jubilee Scholarship Benefit; gained communication skills in requesting support from alumni, parents and friends of the Mount.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration, Communication Arts, concentration in Marketing
College of Mount St. Joseph
Cincinnati, Ohio05-1998
Skills
- Project Coordination
- Time Management
- Relationship Building
- Volunteer Recruitment
- Fundraising
- Donor Stewardship
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Website Content
- Data Analysis
- Team Leadership and Collaboration
- Microsoft Office and Google Suite
- Blackbaud Raiser's Edge
- I-Modules and FACTS
- Constant Contact and Flocknote
Timeline
Director of Alumni & Community Relations
Carroll High School
10.2005 - Current
Development Officer-Grant Management
Elizabeth’s New Life Center
03.2002 - 10.2005
Director of College Relations
College of Mount St. Joseph
04.1998 - 07.2001
Coordinator of Special Events/Public Relations
American Lung Association of Ohio-Southwestern Branch
05.1997 - 04.1998
Annual Fund Assistant
College of Mount St. Joseph
08.1996 - 05.1997
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration, Communication Arts, concentration in Marketing
College of Mount St. Joseph