Rachel Siegal
Pikesville,MD
Summary
I am an organized leader and team player who can harness the vision of an organization into execution. I am a motivated professional well-versed in individual and foundation fundraising techniques. Excellent track record of managing donor relationships and identifying new partnerships to increase fundraising support.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Development Officer
Adamah
01.2022 - Current
- Lead major gifts campaign, working with national foundations and funders; raising over $7 million annually
- Key strategist in institutional advancement, working with the board, funders and partners
Managing Director
The Alvin & Lois Lapidus Center for Healing & Spirituality at Beth El Congregation
06.2016 - 01.2022
- Launched intrapreneurial start-up with founder Rabbi Dana Saroken
- Grew organization from scratch to provide over 1,500 programs, seeing nearly 38,000 visits from over 3,036 unique visitors
Development Director
Pearlstone Center
08.2010 - 06.2016
- Oversaw board development & grants program
- Worked on major strategic initiatives, including the process to “merge” the farm and retreat center under one banner (2011), the branding process to develop core values (2013) and campus master plan (2016)
Vice President, Campaign
The Associated: Jewish Community Federation
07.2005 - 06.2009
- Lead professional of the Annual Campaign, raising $30 million per year
- Oversaw a team of 15 professionals
Education
M.A. - Jewish Communal Service
Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts01.2003
B.A. - Judaic Studies, Africana Studies
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island01.2000
Skills
- Donor relations
- Nonprofit management
- Major gifts cultivation
- Annual campaign development
- Grant writing
- Budget management
- Leadership development
- Informal program design
Community Service
- Executive Committee Member, Pearlstone Center, 2016-2021
- Advisory Board Member, Mitsui Collective, 2019-2023
- Development Committee Member, Krieger Schechter Day School, 2018-2021
- Grants Committee Member, JPRIDE Baltimore, 2019- current
- Monthly meal prep & service group organizer, The Baltimore Station, 2021-2022
- Parent Advisory Council, Eden Village Camp, 2019-2021
Awards
Neely Snyder z”l Community Impact Award, 2016, Inaugural Recipient
Timeline
Chief Development Officer
Adamah
01.2022 - Current
Managing Director
The Alvin & Lois Lapidus Center for Healing & Spirituality at Beth El Congregation
06.2016 - 01.2022
Development Director
Pearlstone Center
08.2010 - 06.2016
Vice President, Campaign
The Associated: Jewish Community Federation
07.2005 - 06.2009
B.A. - Judaic Studies, Africana Studies
Brown University
M.A. - Jewish Communal Service
Brandeis University
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