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Regional Director of Development – Western Region

Natural Resources Defense Council

Los Angeles/San Francisco, California

Launched in 1970 at the forefront of the environmental movement, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation’s most effective environmental advocacy and action organization. It is guided by the understanding that protecting the planet is about protecting people—our health, our communities, and our economy. At the core of its mission is a commitment to the belief that a healthy environment should be a basic right for all of us—regardless of where we live, what we look like, or how we vote. And it is relentless in its commitment to defend that right.

NRDC has established three “north star” goals to ensure that the organization meets the challenges of the moment and builds the future it wants: (1) Achieve a climate-positive future; (2) ensure that all generations benefit from the vitality of nature; and (3) protect and promote the health of people and communities.

The Opportunity

NRDC is seeking a Regional Director of Development to lead its Major Gifts team for the Western region, which comprises the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California, the Pacific Northwest and Southwest. Working closely with the National Director, Principal and Major Gifts, the Regional Director will plan, direct, and execute a major gifts strategy for the region in partnership with Donor Relations, Special Events, Membership, and all other development colleagues. This includes the effective deployment of the Western fundraising team, leveraging senior leadership to accelerate giving in the region and personally managing a targeted high-value portfolio of donors.

There has never been a more critical time to build support for an organization that helps create a world where all people have equal access to clean air, clean water, and thriving communities.

The salary range for this position is $175,000-$190,000.

Natural Resources Defense Council

Past searches and placements for Natural Resources Defense Council

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  • Major Gifts Officer, San Francisco
  • Major Gifts Officer, Chicago
  • Major Gifts Officer, New York City
  • Director of Development, Northern California
  • Major Gifts Officer, Santa Monica
  • National Director of Major Gifts
  • Administrative Director, Development
  • Major Gifts Officer, Washington D.C.
  • Natural Resources Defense Council Director, Donor Relations
  • Director of Development, Midwest
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    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.

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    Andrew Machado brings to Lindauer over 10 years of frontline fundraising and philanthropic consulting experience.

    Andrew joined Lindauer after several years at the University of Chicago Law School where he managed a donor portfolio primarily in the New York region, raising more than $3.4 million Prior to his work at the University of Chicago, Andrew spent several years at Grenzebach Glier and Associates (GG+A) in a consulting role where he provided fundraising counsel to more than 60 leading national and international institutions of higher education, academic medicine, visual and performing arts, and independent schools. His clients included American University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Barack Obama Foundation, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Cornell University, Duke University Health System, Kings College London, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia Museum of Art, University of Queensland, Smithsonian Institution, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Yale University. Prior to GG+A, Andrew worked in alumni relations at Northeastern Illinois University.

    Andrew has served on the Associate Board for AIDS Foundation Chicago and volunteered as a class agent at the University of California, Berkeley.

    Andrew studied sociology, education, and Portuguese at the University of California, Berkeley, and received his master’s degree in higher education and student affairs from The Ohio State University.

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