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Vice President for Development

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Vice President for Development

Climate Central

Princeton, New Jersey

Climate Central is a non-advocacy organization of leading scientists and communicators dedicated to researching and reporting on climate change and its impacts and solutions. Founded by top scientists and a generous philanthropist in 2008 to be a central, authoritative source for climate change information, the organization surveys, conducts, and communicates about scientific research regarding climate science, sea level rise, energy solutions, wildfires, drought, and other topics. Climate Central is exceptional in reaching large audiences with local information delivered through trusted local channels at scale, including in areas with below-average levels of climate understanding and concern.

The Opportunity

Climate Central seeks a senior leader to be Vice President of Development (VP), its chief development officer and a critical member of the senior-staff leadership team. The VP will be responsible for all fundraising and development activities, from planning and soliciting to stewardship and reporting of accomplishments to staff, board, funders, and prospects. Emphasis will be on major and principal philanthropic giving from individuals and foundations but will also include exploration of other pathways to diversify and increase revenue streams over time.

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About the Author:

Terri Rutter brings a wide array of nonprofit, advancement, and communications and marketing expertise to Lindauer, excelling in placing top leaders and executing team builds in multiple sectors.

Having served in various senior advancement and management roles, Terri is well-versed in the responsibilities of leadership. One of the firm’s most senior consultants, she is experienced in recruiting CEOs and Executive Directors, SVPs and VPs, National Directors, and high-level frontline fundraising, operations, and marketing and communications professionals for a broad range of world-class educational and medical institutions and national nonprofits. Past and current clients include AI2 (the Allen Institute for AI), JDRF, Boston Children’s Hospital, City of Hope, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Geisel School of Medicine, Moffitt Cancer Center, Fenway Health, George Washington University, George Washington University Medical and Health Sciences, Lehigh Valley Health Network, North Carolina State University, The Kaiser Family Foundation, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY, The Moth, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), The John F. Kennedy Library, Solar One, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Climate Central, Chautauqua Institution, Conservation Law Foundation, Institute for Advanced Study, King School, Phillips Academy, Colby College, Lyric Opera of the Chicago, Rhode Island School of Design, and The Washington State University Foundation.

Early career positions at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health honed Terri’s experience working effectively with leading researchers, physicians, and academic medical administrators. She built and led creative integrated advancement communications and donor relations teams within major academic medical centers including Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and NYU Langone Medical Center. Each of these roles included developing and managing complex charity brands and models. Terri has also served as Editor of the Harvard Medical Alumni Magazine; Senior Editor at The Dana Foundation in Washington, DC; and Managing Editor at the consumer website Scientific Learning in Oakland, CA.

As a consultant, Terri has directed multi-faceted, integrated marketing, communications, donor cultivation, and stewardship strategies for various Institutes and units at MIT, Alzheimer’s Association, UMass Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Boston, Tufts Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, and the Betsy Lehman Center. She has a broad freelance writing portfolio for numerous publications, including Associated Press, Boston Herald, New Physician Magazine, and the British Medical Journal, as well as for digital channels.

Terri holds a BA from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree from Northeastern University.