Senior Development Associate
Dana Hall School

Audacious since 1881, Dana Hall School has always been dedicated to providing the vigorous education that every girl deserves—one that’s academically ambitious, rich with opportunity, and fiercely empowering.

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Betsy Rigby
Director of Development

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Betsy Rigby has worked in the field of fundraising in the Boston area for over 30 years for both small nonprofits and for the largest healthcare system in the state, both as a staff member and as a consultant, and in both frontline and managerial roles.  For the Partners HealthCare system, she created the first talent management program in healthcare in the area.  As a consultant, she worked with clients as diverse as St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, California State University Long Beach, and the Salvation Army.  At Dana Hall, she is working with parent and alumnae donors to complete the school's largest campaign and teaches a class on philanthropy to seniors.  She has been active in professional organizations her whole career, having served on the boards of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Women in Development of Greater Boston and as the Development Chair for the Group for Institutional Advancement of the AAMC. She currently serves on the distribution committees of three grant-making organizations. She holds a Bachelor's from Tufts University and a Master's from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Betsy will assume the role of Chief Advancement Officer March 1, 2027.

• Managing a portfolio of alumnae and parent donors and prospects with an emphasis on individual donor relationships, solicitations, and stewardship; conducting regular prospect meetings (4-6 per month) with the goal of qualifying and soliciting leadership gifts (up to $10,000) for the Dana Fund, in order to increase donations from the portfolio at least 10% annually.
   
• Meeting with 10-12 new families to introduce them to the work of the department at the start of the school year.
   
• Implementing the annual Young Alumnae Challenge, creating its giving page and outreach strategies, resulting in increased participation annually and supporting other outreach to young alumnae.
   
• Contacting donors who work for matching gift companies to follow up on their donations in order to secure a matching gift.
   
• Collaborating with the Director of Alumnae Relations and the Associate Director of the Annual Fund to support reunion committees in their fundraising efforts, by coordinating class-specific solicitations, supporting volunteers in their outreach to classmates, scheduling committee meetings, creating giving pages (GiveCampus), and helping to keep committees motivated and on track.
   
• With the Associate Director of the Annual Fund, working closely with parent volunteers on the Dana Fund Parent Committee and the Senior Parent Legacy Gift Fund Committee to support their outreach to other parents, managing their volunteer assignments, informing them when donations are received, scheduling meetings, and helping to keep committee members motivated and on track.
   
• Within the STAR club, managing the club for seniors each year, achieving at least 90% participation by seniors in their class gift.
   
• Participating in follow-up solicitations at the end of the calendar year and the end of the fiscal year to LYBUNTs and SYBUNTs.
   
• Supporting the annual fund by coordinating logistics with the mail house, including sending and updating files and managing production timelines.
   
• Drafting monthly articles for Parents’ Association and Alumnae newsletters, as well as creating annual endowment fund stewardship letters.
   
• Participating and contributing with colleagues on new programs and initiatives within Advancement.
   
• Developing timely and relevant institutional knowledge to create and implement solicitation and stewardship strategies for prospects.
   
• Entering activity in Raiser’s Edge/NXT and generating reports as needed.
   
• Working collaboratively with the entire Advancement team and especially with other front-line fundraisers as well as the Director of Alumnae Relations.
   
• Attending relevant Dana Hall events, which may include limited travel, as well as evenings and weekends, as necessary.
   
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
   
• 1-2 years of fundraising experience required.
   
• Prior experience in the nonprofit sector required.
   
• Knowledge of data management systems and processes preferred.
   
• Experience with relevant Blackbaud solutions preferred.
   
• Demonstrated orientation toward data-informed decision-making preferred.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Excellent customer service skills.
   
• Strong team orientation and proven ability to collaborate effectively.
   
• Superior time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and maintaining high-quality work.
   
• Excellent organizational skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to develop effective action plans to achieve goals.
   
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
   
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with the utmost discretion.

Dana Hall seeks candidates who will contribute to and are committed to diversity and  multicultural educational practices.