Tresa Hightower

Responsible for achieving successful fundraising outcomes by providing strategic support to the School of Social Ecology fundraising team. Drove philanthropy through effective planning and coordination of special events, contributing to the university's $2-billion fundraising goal. Strengthened relationships through donor and alumni contact. Fostered collaboration with faculty and staff as development team liaison. Expanded community outreach efforts to engage external stakeholders. Improved data management and reporting efficiency.

• Provide comprehensive administrative, fundraising and meeting/event support for three Development Directors, 16 Centers of Excellence and the Dean at the College of Business and Economics. Duties include serving as primary point of contact for internal and external constituents, alumni, corporate and community donors. Maintain donor records and research using the Raisers Edge database. Manage daily gift processing, coordination of travel arrangements, expense claims and monthly Concur reconciliation. Provide support for the CSFPF Board of Governors, Dean’s Advisory Board and various committees.
• Executive Assistant, University Advancement Division
• Development Coordinator, Donor Relations & Stewardship
• Coordinated development initiatives to enhance student engagement and support university fundraising goals.

• Provide administrative and project support to the director in the areas of fundraising, marketing, communications, events and alumni/donor relations. Responsible for alumni/donor correspondence and outreach, prospective donor research using the Advance database, executive-in-residence program planning, co-advisor for student organizations, attend weekly URAD fundraising meetings, regional and national conferences.

• Successful completion of graduate level HTM coursework in organizational change/leadership, financial analysis, marketing, data analytics, environmental sustainability, etc. Ability to meet deadlines, manage competing priorities and follow through on tasks.
• Full-Time Homemaker
• July 2006 – July 2013

• Responsible for writing news stories on deadline for AM and noon newscasts. Organize story information and assign news stories to reporters and photographers. Worked with producers, reporters and other staff to coordinate daily news coverage plans.

• Responsible for managing night-side assignment desk for 24-hour local CBS affiliate. Organized story information and news crews to provide coverage for pm newscasts, Coordinate satellite feeds, wrote PM updates for WISH-TV online.

• Managed news assignment desk, with supervision of four assignment editors. Organized story information and coordinated news crews for daily assignments. Conducted morning and afternoon editorial meetings to determine coverage plans with news director, executive producers, writers and photographers.

• Responsible for planning and maintaining news desk futures files. Conducted daily beat checks, monitored emergency scanners, dispatched reporters, photographers and Air-11. Organized and communicated story information to the producers, writers and managers.