2C | ADRP New Professionals Cohort

Tuesday, Sept. 26
12:30 - 2:00 PM

Sector
Suitable for all sectors

Experience Level
Newcomer (0 - 3 years)

Shop Size
Suitable for any size shop

Category
Leadership, management

This session is now full. Please contact the ADRP Office to be added to the wait list.

The ADRP New Professionals Cohort will provide a group of 25 ADRP members, who have been in the donor relations and stewardship profession for less than three years, with a unique and exceptional conference experience. In this session, you will connect with others new to the field before being immersed into the conference experience. In addition, during this master class, you will receive a robust introduction to donor relations and stewardship including topics such as characteristics of successful stewardship professionals, trends in the profession, where to find resources and best practices, tips for collaborating across your organization, and more. Following the conference, cohort members will have access to 10 weeks of facilitated learning. Each week, you will participate in a one-hour webinar with a leading ADRP practitioner. This is the on-boarding to the profession that we wish we'd received early in our careers!

Eliza McNulty

Eliza McNulty is Stewardship Manager at YMCA of the USA, the national resource office for the network of 2,700 local YMCAs. In this role, she manages a portfolio of corporate and foundation national partners, monitoring program progress toward deliverables in grant agreements, monitoring spending, writing reports, assisting with re-grant processes and recognizing donors. Eliza has more than 18 years fundraising experience in health care, university and national membership offices, including positions at Loyola University Health System and the Elks National Foundation. She is president-elect of the ADRP. Eliza holds a master’s  degree in nonprofit management from North Park University and a BS in Biology from Indiana University.

Jen McGrath

Jen McGrath, is Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship at MIT. Her team of nine is responsible for fostering the relationship between the Institute and its donors through activities that acknowledge, recognize, and report on gifts to MIT, engaging donors in the life of the Institute in support of MIT’s $5 billion Campaign for a Better World. Prior to joining MIT in February 2017, she served as Boston University’s Director of Stewardship & Donor Relations.

As a past conference presenter and a Hub newsletter contributor, Jen has addressed giving society launches, online donor recognition, ideas for productivity, comprehensive reporting programs, and other topics of particular interest to seasoned professionals. Jen joined ADRP in 2010, and has been honored to serve as a session host and presenters’ coach for several International Conferences, a past member of the Archives Project and Nominations Committee, and as a member of the Board of Directors since 2015.

Michal Shaw

Michal Shaw is Assistant Vice President of Donor Relations and Director of Women for OSU at Oklahoma State University Foundation. She has over twelve years of experience in higher education fundraising that includes research, prospect management, scholarship administration, gift administration, compliance, stewardship, donor relations and special events. In her current role, she oversees donor relations, stewardship, and special events. Other responsibilities include the oversight of Oklahoma State’s women’s philanthropy program.

Michal currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP) and is a member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Prior speaking engagements include, but are not limited to CASE, ADRP, Academic Impressions, and Big 12 Development Conferences.

Michal holds a B.S. and M.S. in Geography from Oklahoma State University.