Stephanie Nygard

• Raised up to $1 million as part of a 3 person regional team, gifts ranging from $1,000+-$100,000.
• Largest gift secured: 50k.
• Managed a portfolio of 120 key donors giving $5k+, and lead relationship manager for 600 individual relationships primarily in the LA market but also including Bay Area and other Western Region locations. Responsible for fundraising and overseeing of major donors and cultivating new ones in Los Angeles, Bay Area and various locations across the Western Regions.
• Meet with, engage, cultivate and solicit up to 10 major donors per month.
• Networking engagements to cultivate new donors in the Los Angeles community.
• Responsible for 20 outbound solicitation calls per week to major donors and donors of various levels on our wealth engine program.
• Event planning and expulsion of large, small, virtual, and parlor home events for community and outreach fundraising purposes.
• Oversee multiple working ORT chapters in various areas, cultivating lay leaders, providing resources, and public speaking at events.
• Oversee all social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
• Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents
• Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere
• Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic
• Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment
• Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
• Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork

• NA’AMAT USA-Non-Profit for Women & Children in need in Israel. Biggest fundraising organization for Social Welfare needs to Israel’s Women and Children.
• Raised up to $750-1 million as a 2 person and board regional team, gifts ranging from $500-$100,000
• Largest Gift Secured: 25k
• Accomplishment: Planned Gift $6M.
• Managed a portfolio of 140 key donors giving $5k+, and lead relationship manager for over 700 individual donor relationships in which 75% were based out of Los Angeles and Southern California regions and the other 25% from NV and AZ. Responsible for fundraising and overseeing of major donors and other various donor levels.
• Responsible for financial bookkeeping, filing and managing of multiple bank accounts with QuickBooks, monthly reconciling, oversee regular bank activity, write checks, remit money to National Office, and make all deposits.
• Oversaw all of the Western Area Chapters spanning from Nevada, Arizona and all over California.
• Event Planning- Oversaw, facilitated and expulsion of Community Fundraising Events.
• Responsible for monthly Expense Reports, Outreach Reports, Gas Mileage Reimbursement Reports, and quarterly Area Reports to our National NA’AMAT office.
• Maintained and managed office for Western Area and Los Angeles Council-Paying bills, writing checks, tracking major donations, scholarships, and remitting all funds to our National NA’AMAT Office.
• Created donor certificates and maintain all major appeal mailings from the Western Area and LA Council.
• Visited and spoke at Western Area chapter events and luncheons.
• Provided material resources to all Western Area chapters, help with strategic fundraising, and assistance with event planning, set up speakers, logistics, event expulsion, social networking and outreach assistance.
• Published monthly bulletins in Microsoft Publisher to outreach for Western Area and local chapters.
• Updated, managed and maintained Facebook accounts for NA’AMAT USA, Western area NA’AMAT and local LA Council Chapter groups.
• Sent out and collected all annual and lifetime membership dues, manage and update membership database called Donor Perfect.

• Executive Assistant (09/06-09/10) Mandel Family, Heir to Wells Fargo Banks and his family
• In charge of the family philanthropic giving.
• Represented family in establishing/maintaining nonprofit relationships.
• Bookkeeping and Accounting (Quickens).
• Event planning, logistics and expulsion of many fundraising events at their private estate.
• Management of household and organization of files for personal affairs and philanthropy.
• Nanny to their only child when needed.

o Volunteer Home Outreach Chair, The Guardians- Jewish Home for the Aging. LA, CA 02/2010-presently

o Volunteer for C.A.T.S. (Center for Assault Treatment Services) -12/08-11/10

o Volunteer for Rape and Suicide Hotline-12/08-11/10

o Israel Chair for Hillel – University of MN Jewish Student Service Center.

• Responsible for all Israel related campus activity such as speakers on Israel related topics, fundraising money for JNF, Israel advocacy, Chanukah celebration, Yom Ha Atzmaut celebration, drum circles, picnic, Shabbat celebrations, etc.& was on Executive Board– Friends of Israel both elected positions (9/00-6/03).

Mission Trips/Israel Advocacy Trips/Israel Experiences –

o LAJ (Los Angeles Jews) –mission trip to Israel, (07/12).

o Project OTZMA Ashkelon, Jerusalem & Tiberius, Israel, 08/03 – 06/04

• Worked for Magen David Adom Ambulances, 80 hour Certified EMT trained Medic with one year of experience volunteering in Ashkelon, Tiberius and Jerusalem, Israel.
• Taught English to Israeli children ages 5 to 13 in elementary and middle school settings in Tiberius, Israel.
• Provided assistance to mentally handicapped adults in a work facility for mentally handicapped adults in Tiberius, Israel.
• Interned at Joint Distribution Center in the Int’l Relations Department that was responsible for logistical work and travel arrangements for mission trips to Israel and the former Soviet for American Jews in Jerusalem, Israel.

Hillel Mission trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spring Break (03/03).

o United Jewish Community Student Mission Trip to Ukraine & Israel. Winter Break (12/02-1/03).

o Israel Advocacy Conference. U of WI Madison (11/02).

o Hillel Student Leadership Israel Advocacy Mission Trip to Israel. (5/02-6/02).

o General Assembly Conferences: Washington D.C. (11/01), Philadelphia (11/02), Jerusalem (11/03).

• Project Manager: Kefiada Summer Camp, Givat Olga, Israel. American Culture Day Camp, 70 Israeli children. Together with three others, we were in charge of creating a three week English club camp curriculum and together with Israeli coordinators ran a three week camp in Israel for children ages 9-13 yrs – requiring systematic planning, staff interaction skills and applied psychology, Summer (06/99-08/99)

• Paid Internship at the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Greater Dakotas; Responsible for logistics on an Israel Campaign CD Presentation to educate non-Jews through a church presentation initiative throughout the Twin Cities. This presentation provided a historical background on the Israeli – Palestinian conflict. (9/02-8/03)