[Foundation-l] New WMF Staff announcements

[Jon]

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Jay Walsh wrote:
> Hi folks, two exciting announcements below from our CFOO here in San Francisco.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [WMF Staff] Announcement , New Head of Major Gifts: Rebecca Handler
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:46:02 -0700
> From: Veronique Kessler <vkessler at wikimedia.org>
> 
> I am pleased to welcome Rebecca Handler as Wikimedia Foundation's Major
> Gifts Officer, and Rand Montoya as Head of Community Giving. Rebecca will start
> officially on August 4. Rand will start officially on July 7.
> 
> Rebecca most recently consulted with the Branson School providing
> fundraising recommendations, training Alumni in donation solicitation
> aand writing fundraising materials.  Prior to the Branson School,
> Rebecca worked for the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco where
> she implemented a comprehensive fundraising plan for the new $83MM
> community center, managed a portfolio of Major Donor relationships and
> directed an Annual Plan for the Center's preschools. Her previous
> experience included work for the Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually
> Impaired and Project Bread, a program raising money for emergency food
> programs. Rebecca has an M.B.A from the University of San Francisco and
> a B.A. in Anthropology from Brandeis University.
> 
> Rebecca will report to me and will be responsible for face-to-face
> solicitations of donations from major donors.  Rebecca will be working
> for us 20 hours per week.
> 
> Rand has over 10 years experience working in the non-profit sector and
> is an experienced development professional.  He comes to us from the
> American Red Cross (Bay Area Chapter) where he served as the Development
> Services Manager.  In that role, he directed a $3MM per year fundraising
> program.  Prior to that, Rand was with the Alta Bates Foundation as the
> Information Systems Coordinator. Rand also spent 5 years with Hospice of
> Marin where he worked in various database and fundraising capacities.
> Rand holds a degree in Social Welfare from the University of California
> at Berkeley.
> 
> Rand will report to me and will work immediately on this year's Online
> Fundraising campaign.
> 
> Rebecca and Rand are thrilled to be joining us and garnering further support for
> the Foundation's mission.
> 

Welcome!  Looking forward to see the great works in fund raising! :)

Best,
Jon
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