Leslie Tuomi

Background

About Leslie Tuomi

Senior nonprofit executive with a reputation for integrity, fundraising by building and stewarding lasting donor relations, and motivating staff to work together as a team to exceed goals. Successful in all aspects of fundraising, including:* Major gifts * Annual fund * Foundation * Corporate * Government * Grant writing and management * Capital campaigns * Planned giving * EndowmentExcellent written and oral communication skills, strategic planning, budget and fiscal management, public relations and organizational skills.Leadership * Inspired diverse boards of directors and volunteers to actively participate in fundraising.* Built and motivated high-performing staff teams at each place of employment.* Led long-range planning process, incorporating high level of stakeholder involvement; created benchmarks, timelines and tracked metrics to measure success.* Experienced chief financial officer; developed, analyzed, tracked metrics and reported on budgets.Fundraising * Raised over $50 million for not for profit organizations in the past ten years.* Increased non-governmental fundraising by 17% in each of the past two years.* Created and managed Annual Fund, Major Individual, Corporate, Government, Foundation, Special Project, Capital, Endowment and Planned Giving fundraising campaigns.* Researched, identified and qualified prospective donors and created individual strategies that led to securing major gifts.* Created stewardship programs to build and maintain donor loyalty.Communications * Edited and produced newsletters, annual reports, brochures, program guides, website and social media.* Engaging public speaker: chief spokesperson for public agency.* Presenter for Rotary, United Way, OR Women in Communications, Lane County, Philanthropy NW, Portland State University.