1. SHERRY SIMMONS
15850 North Thompson Peak Parkway #1174, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
EFFECTIVE JUNE 30 2016
Email: sherrysimmons65@gmail.com
Cell: 510-205-4705
An experienced,charismatic,nonprofitexecutive andconsultantwith over 35 years of hands-on
experience inall aspects ofnonprofit leadership,fundraising,strategic planning,stafftraining,
executive coaching,board developmentandinteraction,special eventmanagement, marketing and
communication,grant writing,major giftimplementation,andrelationshipbuilderfor nonprofits.
SUMMARYOF QUALIFICATIONS
* Entrepreneurial: foundedastatewidedrugpreventionorganization;firstmanagerwiththe
Stroke AwarenessFoundation;implementedthe firstandfourothertelethons,producing,scripting,
fundraising,volunteerrecruitmentandmanagementforChildren’sMedical ResearchFoundationasits
firstExecutive Director;firststatewide211 UnitedWay Coordinator.
* Energeticandknowledgeable trainer,coachandpractitionerina varietyof nonprofitareas
includingbutnotlimitedto:Fundraising,governance andleadership,createdandtaught“The Fine Art
of Schmoozing”,Conference andEventplanningforthousands.
* Creative,insightful andavisionaryleaderfornonprofitsforover30 years;focusedand
powerful relationshipbuilderandpeopleconnector;communicateswithskill andenergy;Excellent
publicspeakingexperience andtrainingexperience.
* Self starter;use time andresourceseffectivelytoachieve prioritiesandmeetdeadlines.
* A “connector” of people withissues,communitygoalsandemployment
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Directorof Resource Development7/07through6/14
Northern CaliforniaCommunityLoanFundSanFrancisco,CA
A certified developmentfinancialinstitution 501 (c)(3) thatprovidesfinancialsolutionsto nonprofitsfor
affordablehousing,communityfacilities,lines of credit and training and consulting to low income
communities.
*Acquiredinvestmentsanddonationstosupportoperationsandthe loanfund.
* Preparedstrategicfundraisingandcommunicationsandmarketingstrategicplanningand
annual workplanwithbudgets.
* Wrote successful grants,cultivated strategicrelationshipswithpotential andcurrentdonors,
people inbanks,foundationsandcorporate organizations.
* Developedmeaningful relationshipsandsecuredinvestorsintothe $43 millionLoanFund.
Upon my departure inJuly,2014, NCCLF hadover 233 investmentsfrombanks,corporations,PRI’sfrom
Foundations,religiousorganizations,citygovernments,nonprofitsandindividuals.
* Managedtwo developmentassociates;one responsible forsome grantwriting,marketingand
communications;the otherstaff wasresponsible forthe investmentprocess,sendingoutlegal
information,formsandrenewalinformation.

2. * Securedprobonoassistance fora new brandingand marketingplanforagency;executedthe
agency-wideimplementationof the newlogo,new tagline andnew colors;wrote andeditedyearly
annual reportand the monthlynewsletters,bothinprintandelectronic.
* Assistedindevelopinganinfrastructure totrackgrant reportingdeadlinesandapplication
deadlines.
* Createdanadvertisementforbusinessnewspaperthatresultedina$250,000 bank
investment
*Createdand implementedall eventsforthe 25 year celebrationof the agency,whichincluded
a Kick- off Celebrationwithacheerleadinggroupparadingdownthe streetsinthe Tenderloin;
special save-the-date handoutsforKick-Off;coordinatedguestsandall speakers. Ourlarge gala
eventwasattendedbyover350 people andraisedover$75,000; producedthe celebratory6
minute videoshownatEventandwhichappearedonour website,compiledthe dataforour
historical reviewof ouraccomplishmentsandouragencyhighlights;alsofeaturedaYellowBrick
Road withpostersandinformationfromournonprofitclients;aphotoboothfortakingcasual
photos;a discjockeyplayingmusicfromthe 1980’s, whenNCLFwasborn; donationof an
anniversary cake.
*Designedmarketingandcommunicationsplanningandimplementation;alsooversaw all social
mediacommunications.
* Identifiedstoriesandproducedfourprogrammaticvideosforuse atour event andon our
website featuringourclientsandtheirservices.
* Identifiedandwrote aproposal to the Haas School of BusinessandMcKinsey&Co. fortheir
Social Solutionsgraduate studenttermwork.The teamof 5 graduate studentsworkedwithme forfive
monthsand the teamcompleted researchonyoungprofessionalsandtheirgivingandinvestment
habits;theythendesignedamarketingandcommunicationscampaignforNCCLFtoattract younger
donorsand investors.
*Createdand Implementedall eventplanning foragency,whichincludedatleast6 annual
educational events;aninformational luncheonforfinancial plannersinourgeographicarea;hosting
afterworkgatheringsforyoungprofessionalstolearnmore aboutNCCLFand our workand the
opportunitiesforsociallyresponsible investing;hostedtwofilmpreviewsof “Fixingthe Future”,one in
San Franciscoand the otherinFresno.
*Achievedall financial goalsoverthe sevenyearstodate of employment.
* Implementedanewmid-yearappeal toindividual donors.
* Cultivatedandultimatelysecuredapledge fromanational insurance foundationabouttheir
desire toinvest$2 million.
* Servedasa mentorto youngand newerdevelopmentstaff withthe local chapterof the
Associationof FundRaisingProfessionals.
SimmonsConsulting9/97 through6/07
Practice re-energized5/14 to present
San Jose,CA and Alameda,CA
Formed my own consulting practice to providea variety of hands-onservices,training and workshopsto
agencies,organizationsand individuals. My practiceis primarily dedicated to working with small,public
benefitcorporationsto help providegeneral organizationaldevelopmentskills,training and coaching
services,specific to their agency needs.
Servicesinclude:StrategicPlanning,definitionof Boardof DirectorsRolesandResponsibilities,
organizational infrastructure;fundraisingplanningandimplementation;special eventplanningand

3. implementation; majorgiftstrategyandimplementation;customerservicetraining;communityneeds
assessment;marketingplanningandimplementation; coachingandmentoringExecutiveDirectorsand
Directorsof Development; BoardAudits;andOrganizational Assessments;Conference andEvent
Planningandimplementation;CreativityWorkshops,Change inOrganizational structure; teambuilding;
curriculumdevelopmentformanycourses; andcreatedand taught The Fine Art of Schmoozing ata
varietyof venues.
 InterimconsultingleadershiprolesincludedProgramManagerforthe Stroke Awareness
Foundation,(2years) UnitedWayState 211 Coordinator,(18months) InterimDevelopment
Directorfor ViaRehabilitationandMomentumforMental Health(18monthseach).
 Taught Board GovernmentandLeadershipclassesforover9 yearswhichwasa six hourcredit
course in the NonprofitManagementCertificate ProgramatSan Jose State University.
 Wrote a monthlycolumnforovertwoyearsin ValleyScene (aSiliconValley socialmonthly
newspaper) onfundraisingandothernonprofitissues.
 Overthe years,my clientsincludedmanyimmigrantservingagencies;churchesandreligious
organizations,135 differentagencies,commissionsandboards,artsorganizations.
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT
The SupportNetworkforBatteredWomen3/95 – 8/97
Executive DirectorMountainView,CA
AmericanRedCross,SantaClara ValleyChapter10/93 – 2/95
Director,Financial DevelopmentSanJose,CA
March of DimesBirthDefectsFoundation 4/91 to 10/93
AreaDirector,WestRegionSanJose,CA
OklahomaAllianceAgainstDrugs10/87 to 4/91
Co-founderandExecutiveDirectorOklahomaCity,OK
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Universityof Toledo,Toledo,Ohio
PursuingLiberal StudieswithemphasisinPublicRelations4.0GPA
Institute forNonprofitConsultants,BoardSource,Washington,DC,2005 Certificate,Nonprofit
Consulting
Numerouscoursesinfundraising,Excel,PowerPoint,Salesforce,leadership,financial management,
budgeting
COMMUNITYLEADERSHIP and various accomplishments
*FormerMember,Associationof FundRaisingProfessionals,Oklahoma,SanJose andSanFrancisco;
servedasa mentortonewerfundraisingprofessionals
*FormerBoard Memberand formersecretaryof the OaklandRotary Endowment
* Member,DowntownOaklandRotaryClub,retired
* Chair,Women’sHealthConference,The HealthTrust,SanJose
* Nominee forAFPOutstandingVolunteerFundRaiser2005; nominatedbyThe HealthTrust,San Jose
* Chair,The HousingAuthorityof the Countyof Santa Clara,nine years

4. * Chair,AgencyReview Committee,UnitedWayof SiliconValleyandoncommittee forthree years
* Appointedmember,SantaClaraCountySocial ServicesCommissionforthree years.
* Appointedmember,SantaClaraCountyDomesticViolence Council
* Volunteerof the Year,OklahomaWomeninLaw Enforcement
* Special Awardfromthe FBIas OutstandingDrugPreventionVolunteerinOklahoma,one of 50
nationally
* Graduate of andleadershippositionswithLeadershipOklahomaCity,LeadershipOklahomaand
Community LeadershipSanJose;wasveryactive onthe Board of Directorsof San Jose Leadership
Council ,LeadershipMountainView.
*Past memberof variousRotaryClubsandleadershiproles,includingRotaryClubof OklahomaCity,San
Jose,SanAntonio,SanFranciscoand Oakland;electedfirstwomanonBoardof Directors,Oklahoma
City,andreceivedthatclub’sFirstRotarianof the Year Award.
* Foundingboardmemberof EatingDisordersResource Center,SanJose;Gethsemane FilmProject,
NewYork;VirtualNation,aninternational AfghangrouplocatedinSanJose.
**The Fine Artof Schmoozing isa curriculum thatI developed thatcan be taught either in a day-long
session,threeto fourhours,two hoursor one hour. Workshop motivates peopleto feel comfortablein
entering a roomwithoutknowing anyoneand beginning to develop relationships,much morethan justa
businesscard exchange.