Prairie View A&M University

Texas Southern University

Vice President for Advancement & President/CEO of UNTD Foundation at UNT Dallas

Texas Woman's University

Houston Campus President

Establish the mission, vision, values, and overarching goals for the development of a successful, results-oriented advancement program; Lead and dirt the University's philanthropic efforts including major gifts, planned giving, annual giving, stewardship, and advancement services; Lead and direct the University's marketing and communication efforts; Provide leadership in advancing the University's legislative agenda at the state and federal levels; Build the UNT Dallas Foundation Board of Directors and mobilize them to further advance the University's mission and goals.

UNT Dallas

Vice President for Advancement & President/CEO of UNTD Foundation

Major gift fundraiser for daily operations of the regional office including supervising staff, managing public inquiries and budgets for Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.  Secure major gifts and develop strategies for portfolio of 200+ donors, including board members, individuals, foundations, family foundations and corporations, in this seven state region. Build organizational capacity by raising visibility, expanding the board and maximizing the board’s involvement in meeting the assigned annual goals. Develop and implement plans to meet annual major gifts and special event goals. Working in collaboration with New York Headquarters, create strategies that build upon and reinforce national development strategies. Increase awareness around the plight of children living in impoverished nations by communicating UNICEF’s mission and having a public presence.

U.S. Fund for UNICEF

Managing Director

Directs human resource staff and oversees divisions of labor such as recruiting, benefits and compensation, development, disciplinary action, position definition, and appraisal systems. 
Active participation formulating and administering company policies and developing long-range goals and objectives for employee performance.  Successfully developed a comprehensive and integrated resource development strategic plan focused on donor cultivation and solicitation, awareness activities, annual gift campaign, stewardship plan, planned giving program and donor database development using current staff as development ambassadors.

HoustonWorks USA

Director of Administration

Planned, organized, and managed the development of major gift support system for university fundraising priorities focusing on qualification, identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major donor prospects. Prepared collateral material and literature to be used by the President, senior level volunteers and other senior campus administrators.

Rice University

Director of Development

Served as Chief Development Officer who planned and strategized the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of major gift prospects and donors/contributors.  Developed various University publications including the annual report and other publications that encouraged gifting opportunities.  Worked effectively and cooperatively with University President, Vice Presidents and Deans to cultivate gifts and date to date operations related to donor participation.

Associate Vice President for Development

Developed and refined the base of donors and prospective donors to TSU.  Designed and executed the annual fund campaign while overseeing the standardized campus-wide systems for prospect identification and review, donor and prospect management (cultivation and stewardship), and major gift proposal development.  Assisted in donor research, major gift prospective donor identification and recordkeeping.  Drafted written proposals for major gift solicitations in connection with the Vice President for Development and the campus fundraising staff.

Associate Director of Development

Provided instruction in the area of Business and Professional Communication and Human Performance in an effort to teach students how to develop an awareness of basic communication theory, the communication process, and organizational communication models through integration of effective leadership styles, skills and public speaking.

Monica Williams