Sue Sirkus

Philanthropy Consultant

Role
Consultant Serving as Vice President for Development at Tucson Botanical Gardens
Location
Tucson, AZ, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Sue Sirkus

Accomplished executive in non-profit institutional advancement, capital development…

Experience

  1. Consultant Serving as Vice President for Development

    Tucson Botanical Gardens

    Sep 2015 — Present · Tucson, AZ, US

    Past President of the Board, Shelly Ann Abbott, MLA said,\"Sue Sirkus, with her own brand of clarity, energy and momentum, has developed a well-thought out leadership development program for our gardens. Her program, following a successful 8 year capital campaign, is continually uncovering and acquiring new and innovative sources of funding, increasing major gift-giving and driving the annual support campaign to unprecedented levels. During my time as President of the Board of Trustees for the Tucson Botanical Gardens, I have been so pleased with the results of having Sue on our management team!\"Michelle Conklin, Executive Director, wrote,\"It really is an honor to work alongside Sue - her professionalism and knowledge base has helped the Gardens tremendously.\"

Education

  • Claremont Graduate University

    MFA, Fine Art - Sculpture

    1977 — 1979

  • Syracuse University

    BFA, Fine Art - Textiles

    1973 — 1977

  • CFRE International

    Certified Fund Raising Executive

    1996 — 2020

Skills

  • Coaching
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Board Relations
  • Fundraisers
  • Volunteer Management
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • International Philanthropy
  • Fundraising
  • Planned Giving
  • Major Donors
  • Alumni Relations
  • Charities
  • Philanthropy
  • Organizational Development
  • Non-Profit Leadership
  • Public Relations
  • Partnerships
  • Grants
  • Prospect Research
  • Community Organizing
  • Resource Development
  • Program Development
  • Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Donor Recognition
  • Strategy
  • Leadership
  • Grant Writing
  • Stewardship
  • Community Outreach
  • Community Development
  • Proposal Writing
  • Non-Profit Board Development
  • Capital Campaigns
  • Major Gift Development
  • Environmental Awareness
  • Non-Profits
  • Strategic Communications
  • Annual Giving
  • Donor Engagement

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