Blinn College

Major Gifts Officer at Mountain States Legal Foundation

● Maintains working knowledge of the Trust’s priority funding areas; remain abreast of
related research and grantee activities.
● Manages all daily activities; reports weekly to the President on progress of annual
goals and Trust updates.
● Organizes and manages all events hosted for grantee organizations, totaling seven for
2021.
● Monitors grants for compliance while ensuring all activities are correctly documented
in Raiser’s Edge.
● Creates workflow monitors and records grant making workflow processes, forms, and
reports to assure full compliance with internal controls.
● Generates quarterly reports for Board of Directors meetings; prepares, prints, and
mails all documents for board books with financials, grantee updates, and results.
● Develops, cultivates, and maintains all grantee and partner relationships to ensure
grant requirements are achieved.

Hinton Wall Family Trust

Strategic Gift Advisor

MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION

Major Gifts Officer

● Built and managed the Development department under the direction of the Chief
Executive Officer, including hiring, managing, and leading a team of five staff
members.
● Developed and managed all department planning and strategies, including individual
and corporate donors, fundraising campaigns, monthly giving, and planned giving.
● Facilitated an average of $6.8 million annually in qualified asks, $2.2 million awarded
from individuals, corporations, and foundations by maintaining a portfolio of 225
donors with the capacity and inclination to make annual gifts of $25,000 or more.
● Organized and managed all donor events including the VIP Experience at LibertyCon
2018 and 2019.
● Cultivated and stewarded donors to increase their connection, involvement, and
giving, by establishing and maintaining strong personal relationships.
● Automated daily tasks in Salesforce, eliminating the need for two full-time IT
positions resulting in a payroll decrease of $45,000.
● Developed and implemented moves management automation in Salesforce and
retained accurate records from all donor interactions in Salesforce.

Students For Liberty

Liberland

Vice Consul

● Coordinated organizational strategy with the Chief Executive Officer to address all
donor relations, including major gifts, annual and planned giving, corporate and
foundation proposals, donor retention, and donor upgrades.
● Ensured proper recognition and stewardship through ongoing relations with donors
including; grant reporting, acknowledgements, handwritten thank you notes, etc.
● Planned, organized, and managed all donor events including The Atlas Summit at
FreedomFest, donor events, and all board meetings.
● Maintained accurate records of activities and future events in Salesforce,
coordinating movements of staff.
● Met weekly with the Chief Executive Officer to review, discuss, and direct the
organization's activities and events to align with the annual plan and budget.
● Developed and managed content for the organizational website and social media.
● Responsible for recording all donations in Salesforce, creating acknowledgements,
thank you calls, and handwritten thank you notes.

The Atlas Society

Director of Student Programs

Assisted with the development and implementation of office procedures.

Maintained records on individual students and student groups; provided
weekly status updates to the supervisor.

Recruited, guided, mentored and trained students on starting a campus
chapter, tabling, holding meetings, and furthering their involvement in the
liberty movement.

The Leadership Institute

Field Representative

Coordinated volunteers for community phone banking and block walking.

Supervised volunteers for Day Of Action events.

Americans for Prosperity

Field Associate

● Conducted all sales presentations for individual businesses and trade shows, refilled
inventories at individual businesses, and managed all customer relationships.
● Oversaw project management of current and new products.
● Provided overall office management, including but not limited to: incoming calls,
responded to all emails, managed inventory of products and supplies, and ordered
supplies and materials as needed.
● Created, managed, and directed short-term and long-term planning, budget
development to support strategic goals, ensuring operations stayed on target and
directed company operations to meet annual goals.
● Established and monitored performance goals for Chief Executive Officer and staff.
● Responsible for managing accounts payables and receivables.
● Investigated customer satisfaction and handled all customer relationships.
● Ensured safety regulations are followed by all staff.

Nicole Sanders