Bria Silbert has over 25 years of experience in development and donor relations roles. She is currently the Development and Alumni Associate at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, where she maintains donor databases, produces reports, and plans events. Previously, she was the Director of Donor Relations at MAZON for 16 years and worked as a copywriter and personal assistant at an advertising agency.

1. BRIA SILBERT
85 West Fifth Avenue #202
San Mateo, CA 94402
Phone: 650-389-7272
Cell Phone: 310-994-3850
Email: briajo@mac.com
EMPLOYMENT
December 2010—Present Development & Alumni Associate
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School
Palo Alto, CA
Working under the Director of Development at this private Kindergarten -8
th
grade school.
Production of all acknowledgement letters and tributes, contributing writer to all Hausner
collateral material. Maintain clean, accurate donor database for all populations of the
school: board members, community supporters, attrited and alumni families, attrited and
alumni students, and their family relationships (siblings, grandparents). Production of all
reports from database for development office. Job portfolio also includes catering and
organizing most school events, including play dates on campus for incoming families,
grade specific events for students and their parents to increase retention, weekend
brunch for top donors touring our campus expansion, staff and board meetings and all
aspects of Grandparents and Special Friends Day for 300 people each spring. Proficient
in Word, Excel, eTapestry fundraising database, and Google Docs, experience with
SalesForce.
Newly named lead person in alumni relations to establish and maintain connections with
former students and their families, profiling Hausner’s graduate students on social media
platforms, organizing reunions and sports events, establishing a Linkedn network for our
graduate families and working with the Director of Development to develop a fundraising
program for our graduates. Community service and philanthropy are a key component of
an education at Hausner, and we seek to keep these values alive in our former students.
March 1994-July 2010 Director of Donor Relations
MAZON
Los Angeles, CA

2. Supervision/coordination of production of acknowledgement letters for this anti-hunger
nonprofit with over 60,000 donors, the production of over 15,000 personalized tribute
cards sent by each year by our donors, and a primary contact with donors requesting
assistance.
Integrally involved in MAZON’s migration from FileMaker to SalesForce database.
Extensive experience hiring/training support personnel in donor services.
Involvement with all departments of MAZON operations: grantmaking, development,
executive management and the board of directors.
Author of most executive staff correspondence.
1997 - 1984 Copywriter/Personal Executive Assistant
Chiat/Day, Inc. Advertising
Los Angeles, CA
Personal assistant to Jay Chiat, CEO and founder of this hallmark ad agency, handling all
of his personal and professional business duties worldwide.
Junior Copywriter, writing print and radio copy for Shakey’s Pizza, Olympia Beer,
Yamaha Motorcycles, and Wienerschnitzel.
EDUCATION
Advertising Center, Los Angeles, CA
Course work included: marketing, copywriting, and art direction
New York University, New York, NY
Attended Graduate School of Business Administration
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Arts, Spanish Literature; Graduated with Highest Honors

3. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA