Sara A Hertz

Initially hired to lead the major gifts team, after just four months I was given responsibility for three additional teams: annual/online giving special events donor experience, and devel...

Managed overall operations at nation’s oldest natural history museum; 10 departments and 50 paid staff Previously: VP Strategic Initiatives, responsible for organizational planning, innova...

Rebuilt program, including increasing staff from 3 to 11 in year one; and implementing management systems and processes, from prospect pipelines to gift acknowledgement tracking Worked wit...

Responsible for the creation of major gifts program to raise funds for local and global conservation priorities; managed staff across three sites Significant Achievements Raised largest in...

Managed 15 staff in four offices in a challenging and decentralized development function Significant Achievements Increased gifts closed from US$4.25M to US$8M in one year; three gifts of ...

Recruited to create first major gifts program; created training opportunities for staff and trustees to build understanding of major gifts culture Significant Achievement Identified, solic...

Played a key role in establishing the organization’s first major gifts program Significant Achievement Secured an unrestricted gift of £1M, the largest contribution in NSPCC history and a ...

Created sustainable income stream from foundation and corporate donors for the world’s first and largest HIV/AIDS organization Significant Achievements Exceeded revenue goal by more than 4...

Worked for known chef and philanthropist Richard Grausman, while he developed At Home with the French Classics, published by Workman.