Swinter Resume July 2020
Swinter Resume July 2020
Swinter Resume July 2020
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EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIA
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART & ART MUSEUM (CAA & CAM), Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield
Hills, MI
2017 - 2015, Director of Development & Alumni Relations
Key Accomplishments
• Raised scholarship funding, including two endowed scholarships by Knoll, Inc., and coordinated annual distribution
and stewardship of more than 40 endowed scholarship funds.
• Coordinated staff and volunteers in managing stewardship, communications, events, and fundraising among 4,000
alumni worldwide, including an alumni survey and launch of national alumni “meet ups.”
• Participated in senior leadership initiatives shaping the future of the academy and museum including enrollment
challenges, the launch of an 11th artistic program (the first in 47 years).
• Served as board liaison for alumni, development, nominating, and executive committees and assisted in the
coordination of a national advisory council.
Key Accomplishments
• Coordinated all facets of donor and alumni engagement and stewardship.
• Expanded fundraising strategies, including Friends of CVA Gallery, CVA Opportunity Fund, and CVA Design Excellence
Fund.
• Co-organized “Your Face From Space” alumni fundraising effort
• Cultivated alumni and donor relationships through the annual Leaders of Design series, Holiday Art Sale and Auction,
receptions, small dinners, and talks.
ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Graduate School of Business and Technology, Minneapolis, MN
2014 - 2005, Guest Lecturer, Arts and Cultural Management Master’s Program
Key Accomplishments
• Planning successful event fundraising activities.
Key Accomplishments
• Planning successful event fundraising activities.
INDEPENDENT
S.WINTER.LEARNING.DESIGN, Southfield, MI
2020, Learning Designer
Client: Managing Director, Family Learning & Programming, Hawthorn PNC Family Wealth and author of Raising
Financially Fit Kids
Key Accomplishments
• Plan and execute transition from in-person conference sessions to online engagement for high wealth individuals and
families.
• Design and develop online financial education modules targeting 6-8 year olds and 9-10 year olds.
Key Accomplishments
• Managed budgets of $300,000 and supervised up to 4.5 staff, raising, on average, $2.5 million per year from the
annual fund and $300,000 from membership.
• Worked successfully across departments to launch and maintain major initiatives such as affinity groups, exhibition
preview parties, closing and grand reopening events, annual benefit, Walker After Hours, and Rock the Garden.
• Served as staff liaison to three board committees, working directly with trustees on individual giving, cultivation, and
the annual benefit. Created the first new acquisitions fund in 30 years, raising $62,000 during its first 4 years.
• Supervised front-line membership sales effort among Visitor Services, Box Office, and Walker Art Center Shop.
• Provided Capital Campaign support, working with trustees on securing gifts of $10,000 and above.
• Managed transition of Visitor Services from closing original onsite functions to maintaining services during 14 months
of construction to developing a new operations system for the expanded facility that doubled the size of the operation.
Oversaw the purchase and installation of a new ticketing system and implemented new customer service standards
and dress code for all frontline personnel.
• Served on Strategic Planning Committee focusing on funding the future and fostering organizational progress.
• Led countless facility and gallery tours for groups and individuals, including hard-hat and architecture tours for
donors, members, and the public during and after construction.
SOCIAL SERVICE
MINNESOTA AIDS PROJECT (MAP), Minneapolis, MN
1996 - 1993, Development Associate, Event Fundraising
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Key Accomplishments
• Produced annual Minnesota AIDS Walk, Minnesota’s oldest and largest single AIDS fundraising event
• Created and produced annual AIDS Dance-a-thon Minnesota
• Assisted in development and execution of annual MAP Invitational Golf Tournament
Key Accomplishments
• Planned and coordinated annual two-day educational expo for seniors, drawing more than 15,000 participants to the
Minneapolis Convention Center and St. Paul River Center.
• Increased corporate sponsorship opportunities; prepared and presented corporate sponsorship proposals;
maintained positive sponsor relations.
• Identified and booked nationally known keynote speakers; developed seminar content and schedule; managed media
relations; wrote and coordinated promotional collateral, including editing 100-page event magazine
• Scheduled onsite entertainment and assisted with management of 350-booth exhibition hall and 300 volunteers.
CHRONOLOGY
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, MI
Winter Semester 2020 – Fall Semester 2019, Part-time Adjunct Instructor, Learning Design and Technology faculty
• Responsible for teaching:
Engaging Presentation & Facilitation Strategies (LDT 4135)
Instructional Design (LDT 3115)
Capstone Seminar (LDT 4995)
• Supported inaugural semester of City of Design: Exploring Creativity in Detroit (LDT 1000) during final year of
graduate studies.
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART & ART MUSEUM (CAA & CAM), Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield
Hills, MI
2017 - 2015, Director of Development
• Coordinated all facets of fundraising strategy and donor stewardship to secure more than $1.3 million in total gifts and
pledges annually for both the academy and museum.
• Following established and inventive fundraising protocols, raised $800,000 in scholarship funding, including $100,000
for two endowed scholarships by Knoll, Inc.
• Responsible for coordinating staff and volunteers in building and maintaining stewardship, communications, events,
and fundraising among 4,000 alumni worldwide.
• Coordinated annual distribution and stewardship of more than 40 endowed scholarship funds.
• Participated in senior leadership initiatives shaping the future of the academy and museum including enrollment
challenges, the launch of an 11th artistic program (the first in 47 years) and fundraising strategies to endow museum
programming and academy scholarships.
• Served as board liaison for alumni, development, nominating, and executive committees and assisted in the
coordination of a national advisory council.
• Researched, conceived, and launched Cranbrook Contemporaries, a young professional’s affinity group to increase
support and engagement from a new generation of advocates.
• Orchestrated staff and volunteers in executing three major fundraising events in support of Academy and Museum
programs.
• Supervised 2 fulltime development staff, and 2 part-time development support.
• Launched innovative programs to further engage and enhance relationships with donors including the Silver Circle
giving level; placing beehives on the museum rooftop; and encouraging long-term loan of a major artwork.
• Successfully crafted a $1.5 million proposal for a key donor to endow a staff position.
• Served on museum senior leadership team and supervised 1 associate development officer plus student workers.
• Served on strategic planning committee focusing on the future of fundraising.
• As chief development officer, maintained annual metrics established by the University of Minnesota Foundation.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Online Course Design Sprints (3), Office of Teaching & Learning, Wayne State University 2020
Highground Design Conversation - Denver 2019 - 2000
Advancement Resources Training:
Navigation Points & Tactics, University of Minnesota Foundation 2014
The Art & Science of Donor Development, University of Minnesota Foundation 2012
Guest Lecturer, Masters of Arts Administration program, University of St. Mary’s, Minneapolis 2014 - 2005
Panelist, The Business of the Arts, Arts & Culture Day, Leadership Twin Cities 2014
Advisory Committee, American Museum Membership Conference (AMMC): 2010 - 2007
Co-chair, Sponsorship Committee, New Orleans 2010
Co-chair, Sponsorship Committee, Los Angeles 2009
Co-chair, Program Committee and featured presenter, Santa Fe 2008
Featured presenter, San Francisco 2007
Featured presenter, Dallas/Ft. Worth 2006
Program Committee, Washington, D.C. 2003
Conference co-organizer, Minneapolis 2001
Member, Stewardship Task Force, Commission Gustavus 150, Gustavus Adolphus College 2009 - 2008
Annual Fund Consultant, Smithsonian Museums 2008
Panelist, Arts Administration, Private Colleges and Universities Arts Career Fair 2007
Volunteer Mentor, Career Mentor Program, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN 2010 - 2004
Guest Lecturer, Museum Studies class, Weisman Art Museum, U of M, Minneapolis 2015 - 2013, 2005, 2003, 2002
Volunteer Tour Guide, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 2010 - 1998
Volunteer Tour Guide, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis 1999 - 1996
Guest Lecturer, Development, Event Fundraising, University of St. Thomas 1995 - 1994
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
EDUCATION