Shelly Goldman Black

Senior Director of Donor Relations @Russell Sage College

I oversee special events and donor relations and in-house fundraising. As a donor relations professional my activities generate between $100k and $200k in new revenue annually and have personally brought in gifts of Previously responsible for Advancement Services, Research and budget management. Specific responsibilities: endowment fund management - reporting - fundraising, event development and oversight, administering donor relations programs, donor correspondence, annual donor recognition dinners, VIP gallery exhibition opening receptions, regional donor receptions, presidential appearances. Writing scripts for database reporting. Quality control of data lists generated by the Colleague Advancement (the new Benefactor) database for presidential and other college use, point person for the department’s website, coordinate and administer training for departmental personnel on software. PowerPoint presentations. Hiring, training and management of personnel. Oversee all daily operational duties for the department. Accomplishments – Promoted 4 times in 5 years. Chosen to participate on the “Process Mapping” Cycle Time Reduction Team on 2 occasions.