Wesley Brown

Major Gift Officer @University Of South Carolina Aiken

Aiken, SC, US

I develop and implement strategies for identifying, cultivating, solicitating and stewarding major donors to support and grow the university\'s mission of transforming undergraduate and graduate students into engaged global citizens. Accomplishments include:• Helping manage the 2023 Family Fund — the university\'s internal giving campaign — to achieve consecutive years of more than 90 percent participation.• Co-chairing \"The Mane Event,\" a celebration of USC Aiken\'s championship equestrian teams, which raised more than for the program.• Securing a gift to establish an endowed program fund for USC Aiken’s equestrian teams.• Recruiting a chair to establish a Fundraising Committee for the university\'s partnership board. • Streamlining university communications through the increased use of direct marketing efforts through Blackbaud CRM.• Creating a new text messaging system to send donors monthly updates on key developments at the university.• Building relationships with key industry partners in the region to grow support for the university\'s colleges and schools.• Helping grow a sponsorship into a gift to the School of Business Administration.• Approaching 120 visits and $1 million in funds raised in my first year in major giving.

Georgia College and State University

Bachelor

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Intern

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High School Diploma