"Steven Virgadamo" was responsible for strategic fundraising direction, fiduciary oversight, resource planning and fundraising operations. Conducted an assessment of existing philanthropic strengths and opportunities, and created a strategic vision for long term growth and success in development. Developed and implemented regionalized fundraising process. Recruited, staffed and supervised a fundraising team to support seven regional fundraising offices in support of North American fundraising efforts. Led initiatives to streamline costs including relocation of divisional headquarters. Cultivated, solicited and stewarded a portfolio of major donors Mentored and developed staff members to provide for continued philanthropic growth and strong succession plans. Collaborated with the Chief Development Officers in Europe, Mexico, South and Central America to plan for a global campaign.
"Steven Virgadamo" served as senior consultant on projects in more than 2000 educational institutions in 43 states. Developed and executed training programs for board members and development professionals in donor cultivation and solicitation skills. Conducted major gift solicitations in partnership with board members and key administrators. Conducted Capital Campaign Feasibility Studies and implemented campaigns for clients generating millions of diollars in philanthropic revenue. Partnered with directors of alumni relations and association leadership to enhance regional giving. Cultivated and secured new business opportunities. Provided thought leadership through a variety of published articles focusing on fundraising management and educational administration.
"Steven Virgadamo" worked collaboratively with key constituencies as a member of the senior leadership team to provide fund raising insight and strategic planning guidance. Supervised a staff of six development professionals. Planned and implemented a giving campaign which generated $5 million annually. Managed a database of 30,000 active prospects. Implemented a successful capital campaign to secure $50 million. Organized and implemented a comprehensive planned gift program.
"Steven Virgadamo" Established the Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools (FACS), and innaugurated a $15 million endowment campaign. Designed and conducted an annual fund campaign to provide scholarship support for students attending inner city schools.
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"Steven Virgadamo" is a talented, passionate, and innovative advancement executive with significant breadth and depth of knowledge and skills in school culture, enrollment management, strategic planning, fundraising, and marketing. Steven has a track record of performance in growth and turn-around situations. Many consider "Steven Virgadamo" to be an effective leader and problem solver; a builder of diverse, cohesive, and highly productive teams; a facilitator of innovative solutions to critical challenges. "Steven Virgadamo" is spoken of by his peers from Catholic School Management, Inc. and the University of Notre Dame as a results driven diplomat; with an ability to think strategically and implement operationally. There is no doubt that "Steven Virgadamo" possesses an expert knowledge of educational administration, fundraising techniques, strategies and the implementation of campaigns. "Steven Virgadamo" has cultivated an extensive career and logged more than 10 million frequent flyer miles in his efforts to lead, guide, mentor and assist not-for-profit institutions across North America. "Steven Virgadamo's" generosity has been written about in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other prominent Connecticut and National Publications. "Steven Virgadamo" travels on business just about every other day including his birthday each year. However, instead of celebrating his birthday with flight crews, he has been known to pile many of his family and friends into a Delta airplane and jet them off to celebrate. He uses frequent flyer miles to accomplish this as he wants to celebrate life, but as importantly have his friends and family see life as he does most days - from 30,000 feet. Steven is a lifetime VIP flyer with Delta airlines and has been affectionately called the creator of the Sky Party to accompany the Delta Sky Miles Frequent Flyer Program. "Steven Virgadamo" blogs about his professional and personal experiences at StevenVirgadamo.com. Steven Virgadamo
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