 Devin T. Mathias has spent over ten years in the development field
and currently serves as Lead Consultant for More Donors Consulting.
He provides consultative services on annual giving programs, young
alumni efforts, donor relations and the integration of social media
into comprehensive fundraising plans. Before embarking on his
consulting work, Devin served as vice president of benchmarking,
philanthropic analytics with Grenzebach Glier and Associates. In
this role, he developed and refined benchmarking products and
services. He also worked to reconstruct the firm's outlook on
broad-based development and annual giving efforts, relative to
report generation, program analysis and benchmarking opportunities. Clients with which he was directly engaged included the University
of Chicago, Cornell University, Duke University, the University of
Florida, Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University.
Before joining GG+A, Devin spent three years as director of annual
giving at the University of Michigan. He oversaw the central annual
giving team, providing service to over 20 schools, colleges,
campuses and units. At Michigan, Devin reorganized the annual
giving department to improve gift revenue, donor engagement, unit
service, overall strategy and planning, and quality controls. He
led broad-based solicitations for the conclusion of the $3.2B
campaign, The Michigan Difference, and proposed and led the
Provost-funded Recent Graduate Initiative. This initiative –
focused on researching, tracking, and soliciting undergraduate
alumni of the previous five years – was awarded 2009 CASE Circle of
Excellence Bronze Award for Fundraising. While at Michigan, he also
worked to develop social-networking strategies relative to
philanthropic efforts.
Prior to Michigan, Devin spent over five years with the University
of Florida Foundation, most recently as the director of The Florida
Fund, UF's annual giving programs. He has also worked with Penn
State's Office of Annual Giving and the Stewart Howe Alumni Service,
a private alumni relations firm. His first leadership role in
philanthropy was as an undergraduate student with Penn State's Dance
Marathon, the largest student-run philanthropy in the world.
Devin founded the Southeastern Student Development Forum, the SEC
Annual Fund Conference, and the SEC Challenge. He contributed a
chapter entitled "Recognition and Stewardship of Young Alumni -
Transitioning from Educating Potential Donors to Securing Lifelong
Donors" for the upcoming CASE book Fundraising for Young Constituent
Groups. He has presented at various CASE, Association of Fundraising
Professionals (AFP), and other development conferences and
workshops.
Devin received a bachelor's degree in communications from Penn State
University and a master's degree in business administration from the
University of Florida. He currently lives outside of Ann Arbor,
Michigan with his wife, son and two daughters.
Consecutive Giving.
Implementation of a consecutive giving recognition program.
Developing Strong Student Supervisors.
Effective and Professional Email Use
Job Description -
Phone Program Coordinator.
Leadership
Skills - for young advancement professionals.
Motivating Callers - Interesting study by Adam Grant, PHD
and Devin Mathias on improving caller performance.
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Rivalry & Fundraising. How rivalry in fundraising
can be used to help increase results.
Stewardship.
Building a foundation for stewardship.
The Evolution of Telefunding and Technology
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