Renee Colombo
Brooklyn
Summary
Veteran fundraiser, strategic thinker, articulate spokesperson and results-driven team leader.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Development Officer
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
03.2022 - Current
- The Center is one of the oldest and most respected LGBT direct service and advocacy organizations in the nation
- Currently leading a ten person Development team, raising $11M in FY25 and on track to do so in FY26 - a high water mark for private revenue.
- Private support raised equals 65% of the organization’s $17M operating budget.
- Launched and completed a $4M campaign to stand up the first LGBTQ affirming mental health clinic on the East Coast in a non-clinical setting, raising several 6- and 7-figure commitments.
- Successfully rebranded and relaunched a nationally recognized tri-state peer-to-peer endurance cycling event that raises more than $2.3M annually.
Senior Vice President for Development and Communications
Junior Achievement of New York
07.2014 - 02.2022
- Junior Achievement of New York is an organization providing economic empowerment and education to 100,000 K-12 students across NYC, Lower Hudson Valley and Long Island
- Led six person Development and Comms team, raising nearly $5M annually. Increased corp/found support by 52% over 6 years; directed events strategy (40 peer to peer and special events annually, including annual $800K gala)
- Launched and directed Government Relations program to raise profile, lobbying NYC and NYS legislators, resulting in support of more than $400K annually
Vice President for Development
Council for Economic Education
09.2003 - 01.2011
- The Council for Economic Education is the national headquarters of an affiliated network of educators dedicated to delivering personal finance and economics content and training to K-12 teachers and schools
- Raised more than $40 million dollars in private and government funding, increasing revenues from $4 million in FY03 to nearly $9 million in FY10. Developed large multi-‐year funding relationships with Fortune 500 companies.
- Supported the fundraising efforts of 220 state and local affiliates through technical assistance, training and pass-‐through grants secured at the national level
Bailey House, Inc.
01.1997 - 01.2001
New Mexico AIDS Services, Inc.
01.1993 - 01.1997
God's Love We Deliver, Inc.
01.1991 - 01.1993
Education
B.A. - Government
Smith College
Northampton, MASkills
- Leadership
- Major Gift Campaigns
- Strategic Planning
- Foundation Partnerships
- Cause Marketing
- Direct Response Marketing
- Board Relations
- Corporate Sponsorships
- Government Relations
- Grants
- Entrepreneurial Social Profit Ventures
- Public Speaking
- Advocacy
- Change Management
Timeline
Chief Development Officer
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
03.2022 - Current
Senior Vice President for Development and Communications
Junior Achievement of New York
07.2014 - 02.2022
Vice President for Development
Council for Economic Education
09.2003 - 01.2011
Bailey House, Inc.
01.1997 - 01.2001
New Mexico AIDS Services, Inc.
01.1993 - 01.1997
God's Love We Deliver, Inc.
01.1991 - 01.1993
B.A. - Government
Smith College