Merrianne H. McGill has over 20 years of experience in advancement services and fundraising. She currently serves as the Associate Director of Advancement Services at Westminster College, where she oversees data and reporting for the advancement office. Prior to this role, she held several positions in the college's advancement department, including Assistant Director of the Westminster Fund. McGill also has experience managing the front office at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts. She has extensive training in databases, reporting tools, and fundraising best practices.

1. MERRIANNE H. MCGILL
Address: Phone:
2305 State Route 956 724-533-2700 (home)
Volant, PA 16157 724-944-2533 (cellphone)
mcgillmh@westminster.edu 724-946-7008 (work)
EDUCATION
B.A. Public Relations & Fine Art, Westminster College GPA: 3.64
CAREER HISTORY
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, New Wilmington PA February 1999 – current
Associate Director of Advancement Services / Modular Manager Development Module
Assistant Director of the Westminster Fund, July 2008 – June 2010 (Administrator)
Coordinator of the Westminster Fund, July 2005 – June 2008
Development Assistant, February 1999 – June 2005
Duties:
 Oversee the Data for the Office of Institutional Advancement via Jenzabar EX
 Write all reports for the Development Office via InfoMaker – Daily, Monthly & Annual
 Prepare the Honor Roll of Donors for the President’s Report
 Prepare all reports for the VSE/CAE College statistical report
 Research donors & prepare research reports for Major Gift Officers via Jenzabar EX / InfoMaker
 Prepare all Audit reports for the Business office
 Train staff on various functions of Jenzabar EX / InfoMaker
Past Duties (Annual Fund/Fundraising):
 Organized and managed zero-based budget for the Westminster Fund / Development Account
 Planned and prepared the Westminster Fund fundraising timeline
 Researched and prepared analytical reports for the Westminster Fund.
 Managed and oversaw 16 volunteer fundraisers to personally solicit fellow alumni to make gifts of
$500 and up
 Coordinated the Young Alumni Giving program – recruited and trained 15 volunteer class agents
 Managed the Westminster Fund Phonathon program – supervised the recruitment, hiring & training of
30 to 35 students to call alumni & parents
 Managed the implementation and progress of the Senior Class Giving program – recruited and
coordinated a committee of seniors to help educate and secure gifts from their classmates
 Maintained web pages for the Office of Institutional Advancement
 Coordinated the design, organization and mailing of all direct mail and email solicitations to various
constituents of the college
HOYT INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, New Castle PA March 1990 – Feb. 1999
Office Manager
Duties:
 Managed the front office, including bookkeeping and payroll for six employees and over 25 instructors
 Managed and created all financial and tax reports for the institution
 Served as a liaison between the Hoyt and Carbis-Walker, auditors
 Assisted with coordination of special events and membership drives
 Coordinated volunteers for special events, direct mail & the annual holiday sale
 Coordinated class schedules and student / teacher rosters
 Assisted with the coordination of the summer art camp program
May 2005

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Annual Giving Web Seminars
 Making Your Case: How to Sell Your Vision to Donors: Tom Ahern, ABC - 2008
 Branding a Capital Campaign: Rob Moore, Academic Impression - 2008
CASE - Workshops
 District II Donor Relations Workshop, Grove City College, Grove City PA – 2008
ICAA Summer Conference for Development Professionals
 Columbus, Ohio - 2009
 Maumee Bay Resort, Oregon OH – 2008
AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals)
 CFRE Training course, Pittsburgh PA – 2010
 Advanced Annual Giving Techniques - Taking Your Program to the Next Level – 2008
Jenzabar EX / InfoMaker Training
 Development Module Certified User Training – Certified, Westminster College - 2009
 Basic InfoMaker User Training – Certified, Westminster College – 2010
 Intermediate InfoMaker User Training – Certified, Westminster College – 2010
 InfoMaker for Development – Certified, Jenzabar, Harrisonville VA – 2011
 JAM 2011 – participant, Nashville TN – 2011
 JAM 2012 – presenter and participant, Dallas TX – 2012
 JAM CONTINUES – participant – Web based training sessions for the Development Module, Jenzabar EX
/ InfoMaker.
 JAM 2013 – presenter and participant, Orlando FL – 2013
WealthEngine Training
 Data Mining & Data Transferring, webinar, Westminster College - 2007
 Access Manager 100 Level, webinar, Westminster College – 2007
 Access Manager 100 Class, webinar, Westminster College – 2008
Web Design / Email Marketing
 Imodules – Westminster College online alumni community, Westminster College – 2007
 Created initial web sites for www.jgmcgill.com, www.village-gallery.com, and www.crisisshelter.org.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE / APPLICATIONS
 Proficient, Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher
 Proficient, Jenzabar EX –– certified in the Development Module and Gift Processing
 Proficient, InfoMaker – certified as an Intermediate / Development InfoMaker Specialist
(Westminster College converted 30 years of DOS data (Poise) into Jenzabar EX a windows based system in January 2010)
 Proficient, various photo editing programs
 Working knowledge, Roxio 2011 – music editing program
MEMBERSHIP, AFFILIATES & COMMUNITY
 Association of Fundraising Professionals, 2006 – 2011
 AFP National Philanthropy Day Committee Member, 2008
 Westminster College Administrative Software Planning Group, 2006 - 2008
 Troop Leader, Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania, 2006 – 2010 (All the girls earned the Bronze Star)
 Modular Manager / InfoMaker Users Group, 2011 - present
 Skating Club of Greater Youngstown, 2008 –2014 - Board Member, 2010 – 2012
ACADEMIC HONORS
 Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society - 2005
 Pi Sigma Pi, Local Honor Society - 2004
 Dean’s List – 2003, 2004, 2005