Rebecca Weger

Rebecca Weger

Director, Prospect Development at Cornell University

Location
Ithaca, New York Area
Industry
Higher Education

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Rebecca Weger's Overview

Current
  • Director, Prospect Development at Cornell University
  • Member, Board of Directors at Planned Parenthood of the Southern Fingerlakes
Past
  • Assistant Director, Prospect Management, Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell University
  • Analyst/Trainer at Cornell University
  • Assistant Director Community Relations and Development at Challenge Industries
Education
  • New York University
  • Alfred University
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Rebecca Weger's Summary

Specialties

Pipeline development, prospect management, data tracking and analysis, technical and process training, process and technical documentation, community organizing, consensus training, personal development training and facilitation, data reporting

Rebecca Weger's Experience

Director, Prospect Development

Cornell University

Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industry

August 2011Present (7 months) Ithaca, New York Area

Responsible for building a sustainable pipeline of prospects to deliver a minimum of $300M in annual support for Cornell. Oversee prospect assignment and portfolio management. Develop a tiered segmentation model for Cornell constituents, incorporating data analysis and market research. Manage prospect management policy.

Member, Board of Directors

Planned Parenthood of the Southern Fingerlakes

January 2011Present (1 year 2 months)

Member of the board of directors of an affiliate serving several cities and counties in the finger lakes region of upstate NY. Member of the development committee.

Assistant Director, Prospect Management, Alumni Affairs and Development

Cornell University

Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industry

February 2009July 2011 (2 years 6 months)

Reporting to the Senior Associate Vice President for Development,I manage the prospect management functions of a 75-officer major gifts program with over 10,000 prospects under management. In my role, I choose which prospects will be managed by our university-wide major gifts program, and identify which part of the institution will do the management. I collaborate with executive leadership in the development of policies and procedures, and provide training as appropriate. I manage and report on individual portfolios, and provide additional reporting and analysis to executive leadership to maintain the health of our major gifts program.

Analyst/Trainer

Cornell University

Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industry

November 2004February 2009 (4 years 4 months)

In this role, I supported the director of Major Gifts through prospect management activities such as determination of best practices, reporting, and training. Additionally, I served as a division-wide trainer on data management best practices. Emphasis on Hyperion Brio reporting tool and PeopleSoft.

Assistant Director Community Relations and Development

Challenge Industries

20022002 (less than a year)

Responsibilities included maintaining donor database and gifts, editing and coordinating submission of grant proposals, designing agency ads and publications, assisting with special events.

Conference and Events Manager

Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches

20002001 (1 year)

Responsibilities included coordinating logistics for the Wedding Demonstration at the LGBT Millennium March on Washington, coordinating all program and logistical needs for MCC's 2000 Leadership Conference, working extensively on the 2001 World Jubilee and General Conference, serving as a member of the MCC Leadership Development Team.

Development Administrator

ACLU of Maryland

Nonprofit; 201-500 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry

19981999 (1 year)

Responsibilities included researching foundations, creating and submitting grant proposals, managing all organization income in several databases, managing funding correspondences, overseeing the Amicus Clus (a private lawyers club that develops financial participation in the ACLU), assisting in the planning and execution of special events, supervising student interns.

Graduate Assistant, Office of Drug and Alcohol Education

New York University

Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industry

August 1996August 1998 (2 years 1 month)

Responsibilities included redesigning and co-facilitating Peer Drug and Alcohol Educator training program, coordinating student programming grants, supervising student worker, designing office outreach materials (campaigns, brochures, website), designing and presenting workshops and outreach programs on request at NYU and in the community, creating surveys.

Graduate Assistant, Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Student Services

New York University

Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industry

May 1997August 1997 (4 months)

Responsibilities included creating and facilitating orientation programs on LGBT issues, designing office brochure, researching publications for inclusion in the office library, visioning and collecting information for a peer training program.

Intern, Office of Student Activities

Alfred University

Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry

January 1996May 1996 (5 months)

Responsibilities included coordinating the Emerging Leaders Leadership Conference, assisting in the coordination of a student awards event, creating first Student Activities website.

Resident Assistant

Alfred University

Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry

August 1994May 1996 (1 year 10 months)

Responsibilities included working with discipline, helping skills, and crisis intervention with residential freshmen; coordinating educational, service and social programs; developing and implementing four-day sexual awareness program; redesigning resident assistant staff training and job description; creating and facilitating training on working with lesbian, gay and bisexual students.

Rebecca Weger's Education

New York University

MA, Student Personnel Administration

19961998

3.8/4.0
Coursework in Higher Education and the Law, Ethnic Groups in Higher Education, health education. Independent study in Program Assessment.

Recipient of President's Service Award for educational programming.

Activities and Societies: Multiculturalism and Diversity Retreat facilitator, Community Standards Committee Member Completed Future Administrators Cultural Training Seminars program.

Alfred University

BFA, Art and Design

19921996

3.3/4.0
Concentration in figure painting.

Substantial amount of extracurricular time invested in student leadership and peer education. Presidential award for outstanding student leadership.

Activities and Societies: Resident Assistant, Orientation Guide, NYSCC Tour Guide, Women's Issues Coalition co-president, Student Activities Intern, Spectrum co-president

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