Courtney Villa

• Support the Development team in fundraising $12.6 million this year by managing gift processing and the donor database and coordinating communications and marketing

• Invoice and track payment of Public Service Agreements with school partners amounting to over $900,000, with over 95% received by a new deadline placed earlier in the year

• Manage the team budget, drive monthly forecasting, and promote fiscal responsibility

• Collaborate with programming teams to run the "Sponsor-A-Teacher" program both to cultivate and steward donors with over 50 current corps members and alumni teachers

• Create lesson plans and lead class on a weekly basis for a fifth grade class of 15 students

• Prepare communication updates to keep parents informed to support student progress

• Mastered Raiser's Edge for giving history, key constituent details, solicitor relationships, and related data to support both the annual and capital campaigns

• Solicited gifts for annual fund and capital campaign ranging from $20 to $25,000 which resulted in the capital campaign reaching over $9.75 million out of a $10 million goal

• Redesigned financial record procedures to increase efficiency of financial reporting by 300%

• Supported the Events Coordinator on a record-breaking Gala with over 500 attendees, which fundraised over $300,000 for the school's operating budget

• Established an alumni group including tours of new campus and annual alumni picnic with graduating seniors

• Discovered multiple individual and foundation prospects and compiled LOIs totaling $70K

• Assisted in planning $250,000 project and coordinating communications between funders

• Aided in registration and logistics for Gala with over 1,000 attendees, raising over $4.5 million

• Co-led a group of 30 children, trained mentors and planned weekly activities to promote higher education, nutrition, and discourage substance abuse

• Raised $5,000 through concession sales and targeted solicitations senior year

• Organized 50% of existing donor database and added new fields to ensure efficient data entry

• Assisted on donor recruiting brunch that raised over $50,000 and added 35% new donors

University of Notre Dame August 2009 - May 2013

Bachelor of Arts Majors: History and Theology

• Awarded DeSalvo and Prinster Family Scholarships cumulating in $50,000 a year

• Admitted into Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society and MSPS Scholars