Staci Almager
Boerne
Summary
Dynamic executive with a proven track record at Hill Country Family Services, excelling in strategic planning and fundraising management. Successfully transformed a nonprofit into a sustainable organization, enhancing program development and financial management. Expert in grant writing and data analysis, fostering impactful partnerships to elevate community services.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Executive Officer
Hill Country Family Services (HCFS)
01.2018 - Current
- Focused leader developing the organizational framework to future-proof current and growing community needs of Kendall County, TX, through partnerships, collaborations, and forward-thinking strategies.
- Manage a professional staff of 19 employees, 1,424 volunteers, and 12 members of the Board of Directors.
- Updated a 39-year-old nonprofit organization with an annual $1.8M budget by developing a professional staff specializing in social work, counseling, trauma, crisis, food insecurity, and mental and behavioral health services.
- Raised all organization funding through grant writing, individual and major gifts, events, corporate relationships, and City, County, and State contracts.
- Established MOU partnerships with local leaders of school districts, local mental health authorities, law enforcement agencies, faith centers, and corporate, city, county, and civic organizations, with the purpose of connecting all current and future resources together into a strong safety net system, with the core focus of developing mental and behavioral health services for the county.
- Collaborated with all city and county leaders to develop the Kendall County Behavioral Health Advisory Coalition, with the purpose of building and staffing a mental and behavioral health center for the county.
- Developed a licensed staff of social workers, licensed professional counselors, and case managers working within the school district, city offices, and jail to maximize impacts for the most vulnerable citizens.
- Developed a structure to offer practicum student placements for Kendall County nonprofit organizations, offering more than 800 hours of free counseling for citizens unable to pay for mental health services.
- Coordinated a county-wide Behavioral Health Coalition with multiple workgroups focusing on core impact areas, including older citizens, schools, law enforcement, behavioral health, and substance use.
- Oversight of the earned revenue resale shop, staff, and volunteers generating $389,000 in annual revenue to support the overall mission of HCFS.
- Managed all organizational departments, fundraising, grant management, financial operations, and strategic direction of HCFS, with the Board of Directors.
- Strategic planning, major gift fundraising, innovative collaborations, and relationship building were core strengths brought to the position.
Regional Director of Philanthropy
The First Tee - PGA Tour Foundation
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Nonprofit major gift fundraiser for a $20 million dollar youth development organization serving over 11 million children globally.
- Worked with Fortune 100 CEO’s, philanthropists, and influencers.
- 50% business travel in two regions managing a remote office.
- Planned travel with President George W. Bush, PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem and major gift donors at PGA TOUR and stewardship events.
- Cultivate, solicit and steward more than two hundred major gift donors.
- I deliver an innovative, creative, and exceptional donor experience.
- Developed a metrics-driven strategy for my portfolio, analyzed supporter data to find new opportunities, drive efficiencies and maximize results.
- Developed a qualified prospect portfolio of new key relationships with the capacity to give $1M.
- Manage collaborative fundraising efforts with 28 chapters in the Central Plains and River regions.
- Major gift proposal development, corporate and foundation grant development, and individual major gift cultivation.
- Develop and facilitate professional development classes for CEO’s and board members at national network meetings and with the Sanford Philanthropy Institute.
- Raiser’s Edge donor management software, iWave and Relationship Science donor research software and Salesforce expertise.
Vice President of Development
San Antonio Sports
San Antonio
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Executive leader of a $2.8 million dollar San Antonio nonprofit serving 180,000 children in San Antonio and events that create $521 million dollars of economic impact in San Antonio including the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and NCAA Men’s Final Four.
- Manage a $500,000 corporate sponsorship department, manage an $880,000 grants budget and a $265,000 donor fundraising and major gifts budget.
- Responsible for managing three major annual special events totaling $500,000 in net revenue and increased corporate donor base by 25%.
- Managed the Director of Development and Grantwriter.
- Staff leadership for the Technology Committee and Development Committee and implemented Salesforce as an integrated database platform.
Executive Director
Transplants for Children
San Antonio
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Executive leadership of a San Antonio Nonprofit serving 350 families per year, 62% who fall under the Federal Poverty Line and who are uninsured or under-insured serving Bexar County and a 44-county radius surrounding San Antonio.
- Successfully turned around a financially challenged nonprofit lacking sustainable funding and measurable programs into a financially sustainable organization with long term individual and corporate support, multi year grants, ongoing research, created innovative program curriculums that became licensed and trademarked, developed goals and measurable outcomes and proven evaluation metrics for replication of programs and agencies in other cities.
- Manager of highly skilled staff – success in reinventing staff, Board of Directors and Executive Committees through training, team building and leadership.
- Successfully lowered the Administrative Fundraising Percentage by over 30% in less than 1 year.
Global Accounts- Strategic Account Manager
Frost & Sullivan
01.2005 - 01.2010
- Managed 300 Healthcare Global Accounts and a staff of 20 global analysts and consultants.
- Responsible for building corporate relationships, matching their needs with strategic strategies, and facilitating the development of proprietary consulting projects for the Healthcare Division.
- Promoted to the Industrial Automation and Process Control Division to help manage C-Suite objectives of their strategic marketing plans and help develop initiatives to implement their plans to maximize productivity, efficiency, and diversification of corporate portfolios.
- Developed strong relationships with Corporate Executives who support nonprofit partnerships and initiatives.
Education
Theology And History -
Perspectives USA
05-2024
Bachelor of Science - Communications
Kansas State University
Nonprofit Management Program -
University of Texas - San Antonio
Executive Leadership Program -
Harvard University
Ordained Trauma and Grief Chaplain -
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Grant writing
- Fundraising management
- Program development
- Financial management
- Data analysis
Affiliations Memberships Community Recognition
- Board Member, Cibolo Center for Conservation, 2024
- Kendall County Leadership Advisory Board, 2024
- Nonprofit of the Year Award, Kendall County, 2023
- Businesswoman of the Year Award, Kendall County, TX, 2022
- Member, Association of Fundraising Professionals, 2010-2025
- Chairman, Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Council, 2020-2025
- Board Member, Science Mill, 2018-2024
- Board Member, Salvation Army, 2018-2024
- Howard A. Britton M. D. Memorial Award, University of Texas, 2016
- Batz Foundation, Healthcare Hero, 2016
- San Antonio Business Journal, Most Inspirational Business Leader, 2012
Awards And Professional Education
- Methodist Healthcare Ministries Leadership Development Program, 2024
- Women Leaders Association, 2024
- Baldridge Performance Excellent Institute Fellowship Program, 2024
- Holt Leadership Academy, San Antonio Area Foundation, 2024
- Leadership International, 2024
- Boerne ISD Community Leadership Academy, 2023-2024
- Leadership America, 2024
- Leadership Women, 2023-2024
- Social Venture Partners Leadership Fellowship, 2023-2024
- Leadership Women Leadership Encore, 2023
- Kendall County Citizen Law Enforcement Academy, 2023
- Leadership Texas, 2023
- Boerne Fire Citizens Academy, 2022
- Leadership Boerne, 2021
- Aspen Institute Fellowship, 2018-2024
Clifton Strengths
- Strategic
- Relator
- Ideation
- Input
- Adaptability
Disc Profile
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Affiliations
- Business Woman of the Year - Boerne Chamber
- Most Inspirational Leader - San Antonio Business Journal
Timeline
Chief Executive Officer
Hill Country Family Services (HCFS)
01.2018 - Current
Regional Director of Philanthropy
The First Tee - PGA Tour Foundation
01.2015 - 01.2018
Vice President of Development
San Antonio Sports
01.2014 - 01.2015
Executive Director
Transplants for Children
01.2010 - 01.2014
Global Accounts- Strategic Account Manager
Frost & Sullivan
01.2005 - 01.2010
Theology And History -
Perspectives USA
Bachelor of Science - Communications
Kansas State University
Nonprofit Management Program -
University of Texas - San Antonio
Executive Leadership Program -
Harvard University
Ordained Trauma and Grief Chaplain -
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