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LEIGH ANN RENZULLI

Washington,DC

Summary

Self-motivated development professional well-versed in major gifts, annual giving and alumni relations. Excellent track record of successfully managing donor relationships and identifying new partnerships to increase fundraising support.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of The PREP Fund

GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
10.2021 - Current

Charged with developing and implementing a strategy to secure over $2 million in current-use funding for Georgetown Prep by stewarding and acquiring leadership donors and running a direct mail and email marketing program.

  • Developed and ran a new 31-day marketing campaign consisting of email marketing, a video series featuring students, and peer-to-peer fundraising. This campaign targeted current parents of students, increasing parent participation by 15% in FY23 and an additional 4% in FY24
  • Created and oversaw a new alumni reunion marketing and peer-to-peer giving campaign, resulting in the acquisition of over 50 lapsed alumni donors.
  • Expanded PREP Fund team by hiring and managing a Development Associate who is primarily responsible for prospect research.

Associate Director of Development

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
08.2021 - 10.2021

Charged with raising $1 million annually in new commitments by discovering, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding donors.

  • Exceeded FY21 revenue goal by 150 percent, routinely soliciting five and six-figure gifts.
  • Identified and built corporate and firm partnerships through relationships with donors, resulting in increased revenue and programming opportunities for Georgetown Law Center.
  • Partnered with faculty members to produce compelling cases for support for Centers and Institutes at Georgetown Law.

Assistant Director of Development

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
10.2019 - 08.2021

Associate Director, Law Annual Fund

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
12.2018 - 10.2019

Oversaw all reunion fundraising efforts including setting fundraising goals for 10 reunion classes, co-leading reunion committee calls, advising alumni on peer-to-peer fundraising strategies and managing reunion marketing materials.

  • Solicited individual alumni to create matching gift opportunities and increase giving participation.
  • Developed and implemented a competition to increase reunion committee participation in giving.
  • Created a new reunion fundraising report system after Salesforce data transition.

Associate Director, Medical Center Engagement & Annual Giving

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT
10.2017 - 12.2018

Responsible for all annual giving marketing for Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). Charged with writing, editing, coordinating photography and project managing 25 direct mail solicitations and 50 email solicitations on tight deadlines.

  • Raised over $600 thousand annually for Georgetown University Medical Center including the School of Medicine, The School of Nursing & Health Studies and Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
  • Partnered with front-line fundraisers and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to identify grateful patients and other donors to feature in fundraising materials for Georgetown biomedical research.

Assistant Communications Director

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
10.2016 - 10.2017

Spearheaded content creation for the medical center websites, social media channels and email newsletter.

Communications Associate

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
03.2015 - 10.2016
  • Spearheaded content creation for the medical center websites, social media channels and email newsletter.

Communications Assistant

NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION
08.2013 - 03.2015
  • Organized Twitter training and created example tweets for NBCC supporters, resulting in increased digital advocacy for NBCC’s legislative and research initiatives.
  • Managed the organization’s social media and wrote blog posts to keep all channels up-to-date with regular content

Education

Master of Business Administration -

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, McDonough School of Business
Washington, DC
05.2019

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Women's Studies Minor -

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, Phillip Merrill College of Journalism
College Park, MD
05.2013

Skills

  • Major Gifts
  • Annual Giving
  • Prospect Research
  • Donor Relations
  • Stewardship
  • Alumni Engagement

Timeline

Director of The PREP Fund

GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
10.2021 - Current

Associate Director of Development

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
08.2021 - 10.2021

Assistant Director of Development

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
10.2019 - 08.2021

Associate Director, Law Annual Fund

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER
12.2018 - 10.2019

Associate Director, Medical Center Engagement & Annual Giving

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT
10.2017 - 12.2018

Assistant Communications Director

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
10.2016 - 10.2017

Communications Associate

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
03.2015 - 10.2016

Communications Assistant

NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION
08.2013 - 03.2015

Master of Business Administration -

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, McDonough School of Business

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Women's Studies Minor -

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, Phillip Merrill College of Journalism
LEIGH ANN RENZULLI