Ronnie Burton
Director of Development - W P Carey School of Business @ASU Foundation for a New American University
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WORK HISTORY
Director of Development - W P Carey School of Business @ASU Foundation for a New American University
Alongside the Executive Director of Development manages the day-to-day operations of the 14 person W.P. Carey Office of Advancement.• Lead fundraising team that brought in new gifts and commitments totaling $33.4 million in FY24. • Manages a team consisting of four direct reports with moderate oversight; provides leadership, determines, and evaluates individual goals, develops, and implements training and mentoring, monitors coverage of primary areas of focus ensuring that goals and objectives are attained. • Contributes to creation and leadership of coordinated program of fundraising and engagement activities designed to increase the number and level of annual, major and/or principal gift donors for the W. P. Carey School of Business and as the primary fundraiser for the Department of Finance.• Designs and executes strategies to involve campus leaders, alumni, friends, and volunteers to identify and cultivate new individual, corporate, institutional and/or foundation prospects.• Recruits, motivates, develops, and retains a high-performance team.• High level of collaboration with both internal departments and broader University partners to identify common goals and develop, execute, and advance prospect and donor strategies and increase participation among high profile volunteers and donors.• Manages a personal major gift donor/prospect portfolio with a primary focus on securing gifts at or above level and a personal fundraising goal between $2M -$7M in accordance with performance metrics.• Guides the direction of written proposals, white papers, and other collateral materials as needed for securing significant ($100k+) philanthropic investments.• Ensures the proper stewardship and recognition of donors in portfolio.• Participates, as a member of the ASUF Management team and University Management Team.
EDUCATION
Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Doctor of Education - EdD, Leadership and Innovation
University of the Pacific
Sport Management
Southern Utah University
Communication, General
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Master of Legal Studies (M.L.S.), Sports Law and Business
Mission College
Associate of Arts (A.A.), Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
California Lutheran University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Communication, General
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Management
ABOUT RONNIE BURTON
Ronnie Burton is currently the Director of Development for the W.P. Carey School of Business the largest public business school by enrollment in the country. In this role he works alongside the Executive Director, Dean and faculty chairs leading a comprehensive development program in support of the college\'s philanthropic priorities. Prior to his time at ASU Burton was the Director of Development for the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno.Before his time at ASU and UNR Burton spent three years as a Regional Development Director for the US Air Force Academy Foundation. There he led major gift fundraising efforts in the southeastern US during the foundation’s most recent $270 million campaign. Ronnie has held previous fundraising roles as the Director of Development for Air Force Athletics and as an Assistant Director of Development for the University of Nevada Athletics.Prior to transitioning into higher education Ronnie worked for the Commissioner’s Office of Major League Baseball as a baseball operations supervisor overseeing the administrative portion of the First Year Player Draft and operations of the Arizona Fall League. In addition, Ronnie is currently an adjunct professor within the department of management at the University of Nevada, Reno college of business where he teaches strategic management and policy, and he is also an adjunct professor at California Lutheran University’s School of Management where he teaches Sports Analytics. Academically, Burton earned a Masters of Legal Studies with and emphasis in sports law and business from Arizona State\'s Sandra Day O\'Connor College of Law and a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in management from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He is also currently pursuing his Doctorate in Education with an emphasis in leadership and innovation from the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. A former student athlete Burton graduated from California Lutheran University with a BA in communications.
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