Christian Gehrke

Specialist, Board Engagement @Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Atlanta, GA, US

Supports BGCA’s national boards (Board of Governors, Trustees & Ambassadors) through communications, stewardship, stakeholder relations and administrative efforts. •Actively plans and carries out more than 22 tailored stewardship strategies across the Individual & Regional Development team, including donor recognition campaigns, executive assistant stewardship, national donor giving societies and more. •Manages various workstreams within the National Board recruitment process for over 55 members and the offboarding process for over 30 members to date including the creation of graphics, social media toolkits, personalized letters, emails and branded gifts.•Oversees and implements content strategy for the Trustee and Ambassador LinkedIn group, coordinating over 90 posts annually reaching more than 120 professionals, most of which are C-Suite members.•Mentors and provides day-to-day management for the team’s intern including content creation, copy editing and more.•With keen attention to detail and storytelling capabilities, develops and copy edits weekly content and executive communications for internal and external audiences such as the Trustee newsletter, quarterly articles, onboarding and offboarding communications for new national board members and more.

Kennesaw State University

Bachelor's degree