Capital campaign management:  designed and executed $18 million in contributions toward a $21 million capital campaign, and completed the final $4 million of a $30 million capital campaign.

Managed a department that facilitated more than $8 million annually in donations from membership, capital campaign donations, government grants, private foundations, individuals, and corporate sponsorships.

Recruited, hired and trained a team of staff that oversaw membership revenue increases of more than 300% and improved event revenue and relationships with sponsors.

Using Raiser’s Edge, Tessitura, and other databases, developed tools for tracking funding and staff progress.

Completed the first ever successful federal grant from the Institute of Museums and Library Services, for $158,000.

Personally facilitated a more than $50 million in donations from individuals, corporations and foundations to a variety of institutions within the LDS Church system—BYU Provo, BYU-Idaho, LDS Business College, LDS Charities, Perpetual Education Fund.

Director of Development for a complex college of six buildings, 4,000 students in 36 degree programs, 238 full time faculty and staff, 230 part-time faculty, a daily newspaper and TV news broadcast, major fine arts museum, and more than 450 performances each year.

Managed the college budget for fundraising and coordinated efforts of other full-time fundraising staff in major and planned gifts, direct mail, student campaigns, special events, and public relations.

Facilitated strategic planning with academic leaders, including feasibility studies, developing cases for support and planning for institutional change.

Organized a new volunteer council of leadership donors with written job descriptions, and coordinated all aspects of volunteer involvement.

Extensive experience with gifts of all types of assets—cash, stock, real estate, planned gifts including numerous various types of charitable trusts, insurance, and bequests, tangible personal property—from all types of donors—individuals, corporations, and foundations.

More than doubled organizational income from foundation grants, solicited major gifts from individuals, corporations, and reviewed large-scale direct mail campaigns.

Managed development staff, including budgets, recruiting and hiring, and creating organizational policies.

Capstone course by a lifelong estate planning expert specializing in estates of $20 million to several billion.

Created advanced financial plans for estates of $20 million or more to drastically reduce tax, increase funds available for heirs, and support family values and philanthropic goals.

Plans utilized Family Limited Partnerships, LLCs, and various kinds of wealth preservation trusts.

In a two-semester capstone asset management course, actively managed a portfolio of $1 million, which consistently outperformed benchmark indexes.

Conducted fundamental analysis on 10 years of data and more than 200 financial indicators and recommended specific equity purchases and sales.

Created an excel tool to automatically collect data from the internet and analyze for undervalued companies.

Cumulative GPA 3.88.

Thesis: “Performance Based Compensation in Nonprofit Organizations: Major Donor Attitudes,” totaled 150 pages, 30 data tables, and included an original survey and extensive SPSS statistical analysis.

Andrew Carnegie Fellowship—one of six fellows selected from more than 80 applicants.

Indiana University Fellowship--one of 24 fellows from all of Indiana University.

Courses include philanthropy law and tax benefits, business financial management, ethics, financial resources, comparative philanthropy, history of philanthropy, and others.

Numerous professional visits with leaders in foundations, nonprofit organizations, and government.

Completed “Principles and Techniques of Fund Raising” from The Fund Raising School, Leadership Works board development training, and attended conferences on Nonprofit Social Enterprises, Fatherhood Initiatives, and National Society of Fund Raising Executives.

Valedictorian, College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, cumulative GPA 3.93.

Graduate Management Admissions Test 94^th percentile objective, 99^th percentile essay.

Edwin S. Hinckley Scholarship—the most prestigious one-year academic scholarship for BYU seniors.

Eagle Scout Scholarship

Elective courses emphasized sciences, statistics, data analysis, business, and organizational behavior.

Organized weekly activities, monthly campouts and a self-planned weeklong summer camp for 13 boys and two assistant adult leaders.

Organization with about 70 employees and a $3 million annual budget.

Advised and facilitated successful campaign to raise more than $2 million in less than 2 years for a new building.

Directly engaged in executive search and replacement of the founding CEO, creating an investment policy for a new endowment fund, standardized the CEO review process, and facilitated a 2^nd CEO search and replacement.

Evaluated and made decisions to award funding proposals, conducted site visits, designed fundraising training materials for local organizations, and coordinated with other funders in Utah.