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Join our panel of small-shop fundraising experts to learn about how to successfully build a strong fundraising program and an excellent donor experience with a small staff by leveraging people and other resources well. Our panel of experts will share the real-life lessons, tactics, and go-to resources their teams use to do more with less and to cultivate, engage, steward, and recognize their donors.

Anticipated takeaways:

• Learn from 3 experienced small-shop development professionals
• Network with other local small shop professionals
• Leave with practical tips and resources to use in your own organization

Panelists:

• Marie Beam, Chief Development Officer, Discovery Museum
• Patti Keenan, Vice President of Advancement, Community & Equity at Ellis Early Learning
• Jesse Mattleman, former Executive Director, Hope & Comfort

Marie Beam
Marie has served as Chief Development Officer at the Discovery Museum since 2013. In this capacity, she led the Campaign for the Discovery Museum, the Museum’s first capital fundraising effort in nearly 30 years, which made possible a campus-wide renovation and reconstruction to expand the Museum, add Discovery Woods, and make both indoor and outdoor exhibits inclusive and accessible. Marie has served on the Museum’s Strategic Planning, Data, and Sustainability Task Forces; supports the Museum’s Development Committee, Corporate Task Force, and Council of Advocates; and is overseeing the year-long, organization-wide celebration of the Museum’s 40th Anniversary this year. Her team also organizes the Discovery Museum Speaker Series, entering its 11th year, which brings renowned experts on matters of importance to children and families to a national audience, free of charge. Under her leadership, the Museum’s unrestricted Annual Fund has nearly tripled since 2013.
A twenty-five-year veteran of non-profit development, Marie came to the Museum from the Fay School, where she was Director of Advancement. Prior to that she served as Director of Major Gifts and Campaigns at Simmons College, her alma mater (now Simmons University), and as Assistant Director of Alumni and Development at St. Sebastian’s School. Marie is a proud member of the Board of the MetroWest Nonprofit Network and an instructor in the Network’s Nonprofit Management Certificate Program for Practitioners.

 
Patti Keenan
Patricia Daniel Keenan is vice president for advancement, community and equity for Ellis Early Learning, a socioeconomically diverse early childhood education center in Boston’s South End and Jamaica Plain. Throughout her 35-year development career, Patti has held fundraising leadership positions with large organizations including Facing History and Ourselves, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and the WGBH Education Foundation. Patti started the development office at City Year in the 1990s and has led small development offices for YWCA Boston and Ellis. She is a graduate of Holy Cross College in Worcester, lives in Sharon and with her husband, Matt and is the parent of 3 grown children.

Jesse Mattleman
Jesse is a nonprofit executive and consultant located in Greater Boston, with expertise in strategy, fundraising, and marketing/communications. Jesse is passionate initiatives that address the nexus of public health and social change. In 2017, she joined Hope & Comfort as the organization’s first Executive Director. During her tenure at Hope & Comfort, she led the organization to more than triple its fundraising revenue, and scale to distribute nearly two million basic hygiene products annually to Greater Boston youth and families in need. Jesse has over 10 years of experience in the nonprofit and social entrepreneurship fields. Prior to Hope & Comfort, she worked as a fundraiser at YW Boston — an nonprofit with the mission to uplift gender, racial, and social justice in Boston — managing the organization’s foundation and corporate relations. She has also worked extensively as a nonprofit consultant. She started her professional nonprofit career at Seven Hills Global Outreach, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation (Worcester, MA and international). She holds a BA in International Development from Clark University, and an MBA from The Heller School at Brandeis University. Jesse lives in Arlington with her partner and toddler, and where they can be found on weekends at the nearest construction sites so her son can watch big trucks! Jesse strongly believes in the power of dialogue, movement-building, collective action, and networking; please reach out at [email protected] or www.linkedin.com/in/jessemattleman to start or continue the conversation about sustainable fundraising and nonprofit success.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

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