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YW BOSTON BACKGROUNDER | 1
Vice President/Chief Development Officer YW Boston
Boston, MA http://www.ywboston.org/
Send Nominations or Cover Letter and Resume to: Maureen Huminik Vice President 617-262-1102 [email protected]
The Opportunity
YW Boston (YWCA Boston) is dedicated to
eliminating racism, empowering women, and
promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for
all. Its programs that educate + empower reach
people across racial, gender, class, and
organizational lines to create systemic and lasting
change. The ultimate impact of its programs is
measurable improvement in gender disparities,
racial disparities, and social cohesion in Boston.
Celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, YW Boston is the first YWCA in the nation and one of Boston’s
oldest social change organizations. Founded by suffragettes and abolitionists, YWCA Boston has always
provided innovative and effective programs that respond to the needs of marginalized people. Today, YW
Boston serves more than 3,000 individuals each year through its programs in racial justice dialogues, social
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justice leadership, and health and wellness. It works with individuals of all genders and ages, with
communities, with companies, and with nonprofit collaborators.
Lois L. Lindauer Searches is proud to partner with YW Boston to fill this critical role at such an important
time in the organization’s history.
Position Overview – Vice President/Chief Development Officer
Reporting to the President & CEO, and serving on the Senior Management Team, the Vice President and
Chief Development Officer will play a key leadership role both internally and externally, directly managing
fund development staff and volunteers, and working closely with the Board to achieve the organization’s
aggressive financial goals while maintaining a personal portfolio of major individual donors and funders.
The ideal candidate will have both operational and direct fundraising expertise and an ability to understand
a highly complex organization. The incoming Vice President and Chief Development Officer will work
closely with the Senior Team and Board and effectively communicate the programmatic vision and
organization’s mission into fundraising initiatives.
Experience/Qualifications
Fifteen or more years of progressively responsible fund development and management experience
with an emphasis on individual giving.
Minimum two-year tenure as the chief fund development officer for a medium to large social service
organization.
Successful experience with planning, developing, implementing, and maintaining a multi-million
dollar, comprehensive fundraising program, preferably within a social services or advocacy setting.
Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and verbal and written communication skills; a professional
demeanor and a proven track record in establishing and nurturing long-term relationships with Board
members, donors, and community leaders.
Knowledge of Boston corporate and community leaders and philanthropists.
Successful administrative experience, including donor/market analysis, and data and personnel
management.
Demonstrated leadership ability, program development, and presentation skills.
Demonstrated commitment to racial, gender, and social justice.
Proficiency with technical systems. Knowledge in managing and using Raiser’s Edge preferred.
Undergraduate degree required; graduate degree preferred.
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Major Duties
As part of the organization’s recently approved strategic planning process, the Vice President and
Chief Development Officer will lead the implementation of a long-term fundraising effort that builds
on the organization’s strengths and annually increases its financial capacity to address the needs of
YW Boston constituencies.
Identify, develop, close, and steward ever-increasing sources of financial support for YW Boston
including major individual gifts, annual appeals, special events, planned giving, and government and
foundation grants. Assertively initiate and maintain a high level of interaction with, and stewardship
of, board and committee members and corporate, foundation, and major individual funders and
prospects.
Direct the ongoing development, management, implementation, and achievement of all YW Boston
fundraising plans. Ensure YW Boston’s mission, intended impact, theory of change, and branding
are appropriately integrated into all facets of the organization’s fund development efforts.
Successfully establish, implement, monitor, and achieve annual, detailed, written fund development
plans — including specific goals, budgets, performance management, evaluation, and outcome
measures for each YW Boston fundraising initiative.
Working closely with Senior Management, Board, and senior-level corporate, philanthropic and
community leaders, and other collaborators, identify and address long-term opportunities and
challenges to YW Boston’s intended impact.
Work closely with the Fund Development Committee (comprised of Board Members and other active
volunteers) to achieve the organization’s fundraising and friendraising goals. Facilitate fundraising
subcommittees focused on all aspects of fund development.
Work closely with the Governance Committee (comprised of Board Members) to assist in developing
a board candidate pipeline.
Supervise Fund Development staff including: their management of organizational resources to
achieve defined fundraising outcomes; interaction with individual donors, corporate and foundation,
and government funding sources; and engagement, participation with and understanding of YW
Boston programs, volunteers, and constituents.
Supervise the Marketing and Communications Manager who is responsible for developing and
executing YW Boston’s marketing plan.
Working with the President & CEO and Vice President for Programs, develop synergies between
program revenue and philanthropic fundraising plans.
Maintain YW Boston personnel policies and fund development contracts.
Oversee the development, implementation, operation, and control of essential fundraising
information and its reconciliation and integration into the organization’s overall financial reporting.
Manage resources of the Fund Development function against goals and within budget.
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Development Overview
YW Boston currently operates under a $2 million budget, of which the Development Department needs to
raise $776,000. Funds raised each year include individual giving (major gifts, annual fund), corporate and
foundation giving, and United Way giving. The organization has for several years hosted two major
fundraising events each year, the Elevating Lives Breakfast and the Academy of Women Achievers
luncheon. In 2016, the organization celebrated its 150th Anniversary, which included a fundraising and
visibility campaign in recognition of this milestone. The goal is $1 million. Major events associated with the
campaign have included a gala and two speaker panel events. Working within the guidelines of the 2015-
2018 strategic plan, the new Vice President/CDO will create an aggressive fund development plan to
increase giving to YW Boston to meet the needs of a growing organization.
Members of the Board are highly engaged at the strategic and policy levels. A number of board members
are actively engaged in fund development activities. The organization has seen a significant increase in
average gift size from the board.
Client Overview
YW Boston is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom,
and dignity for all. Given its 150-year history of progressive social justice work, particularly in service of
women and people of color, YW Boston is uniquely qualified to address issues at the nexus of racial,
gender, and social equity.
YW Boston provides a high level of staff experience, engagement, and professional development. Its culture
is one of continual assessment and improvement with well-trained volunteers and strong board involvement
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and support. The organization also benefits from high YWCA brand recognition and successful partnerships
with key Boston institutions, as well as a track record of well-executed programs with measurable
outcomes. YW Boston’s financial resources derive from a healthy mix of revenue paths (including
management fees, program fees, ground lease, and investments), and diverse fund development income.
YW Boston aligns its work to achieve systemic change. It works to incrementally reduce systemic racial and
gender disparities and improve social cohesion in Boston neighborhoods. Working across racial, religious,
gender, and economic divides, it moves to:
Use an educate + empower approach in delivering programs, organizing convenings, and
undertaking advocacy efforts.
See outcomes of:
o Enhanced knowledge;
o Improved attitudes/trust;
o Immediate behavioral change.
Catalyze measurable improvement in gender disparities, racial disparities, and social cohesion in
Boston.
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Programs
LeadBoston
LeadBoston is a year-long executive leadership program, growing Boston’s executives into a cross-sector
network of socially responsible leaders.
Celebrating its 25th year, LeadBoston
focuses educating its participants about the
inner workings of Boston, trends and issues
that impact the city's social and economic
vitality, and socially responsible leadership.
The program is geared to corporate, public,
and nonprofit mid-to-senior level executives.
It connects professionals across sectors,
increasing their knowledge about the city,
awareness of neighborhood realities, and
their capacity to address complex work and
community dynamics.
Through their participation in the program, proven leaders across a diverse spectrum of sectors hone their
understanding and ability to address and reduce the racial, gender, and social inequities that prevent some
of Boston’s residents from accessing health and education resources, finding jobs to support their families,
and living safe and healthy lives.
Since 1991, LeadBoston has competitively selected more than 1,000 men and women as LeadBoston
participants. Representing the gamut of Boston’s professional, racial, ethnic, religious, and gender diversity,
LeadBoston participants are typically executives with 15 to 30 years of experience who have the ability to
influence change within their organization, professional sector, or in the larger Boston community.
Participants are sponsored and financially supported by their employers.
Organizations who sponsor participants have found that their employees are more effective in solving
challenging problems, making complex business decisions, managing conflict, and leading an increasingly
diverse workforce.
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Youth Leadership InItiative
YW Boston’s Youth Leadership Initiative (InIt) is an academic year youth leadership program that develops
high school students who care into social justice leaders who act.
InIt provides leadership and workplace skills and
ignites a passion in high school students to
create socially responsible
communities. InIt’s goal is to build students’
abilities to work across differences and design,
implement, and engage other teens in a
community action project. These projects
address inequities in their schools, community
groups, and neighborhoods. Administered by
professionally trained YW Boston staff and adult
volunteers, the program introduces teens to
peers from different racial, religious, socio-
economic, and geographic backgrounds and builds them into a network of student leaders who can affect
change.
The program can serve as foundation to support a school or teen organization’s growing
commitment to community service and/or student leadership development, or as a complement to
existing programs.
InIt also builds students’ college admissions profile, aiding them in pursuit of acceptance and
scholarships; 88% of its alumni have attended a four-year college.
Since its founding as Anytown 25 years ago, more than 3,700 students have graduated from the
program. Alumni include Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson, Facebook executive Erick Tseng,
astrophysicist Emmanuel Fonseca, National Urban Fellow Karla Acevedo, and
Springfield Renaissance Charter School Principal Stephen Mahoney, among others.
Youth/Police Dialogues
YW Boston’s Youth/Police Dialogues (YPD) program is a series of
facilitated dialogues and activities repairing trust between youth and police
officers, one neighborhood at a time.
It creates a safer Boston for all by engaging young people and police to
build a strong relationship between the community and the police who have
taken an oath to serve and protect them. The Dialogues help to curb
conflict and increase trust and cooperation in neighborhoods of Boston
most affected by violence and crime.
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YPD brings together racially and ethnically diverse groups of local youth and police officers for interactive
dialogue sessions conducted by professional facilitators. A lack of meaningful communication between
youth and police is a serious public safety concern. YW Boston seeks to improve these relationships by
helping participants break down stereotypes and communication barriers and build mutual respect and
understanding.
Each Dialogue has 15-25 youth (ages 12-19), 4-6 police officers, and 2 professional facilitators. Youth and
officers are recruited from the same neighborhood so they continue to have positive interactions outside the
formal dialogue space. Facilitators are trained and receive ongoing coaching and feedback. The Dialogues
cover stereotypes, community concerns, the "stop snitching" culture, and how to work together. The topics
and scenarios are carefully selected and honed to elicit the most honest and productive discussion about
the most critical issues.
Youth/Police Dialogues occur all over the city of Boston. However, particular emphasis is placed on
communities with higher levels of mistrust between youth and officers such as Roxbury and Dorchester
YPD partners with schools, community centers, churches, and any youth serving agencies to host a
Dialogue.
Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity
YW Boston’s Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity is a series of facilitated group dialogues unlocking the power
of diversity in companies, nonprofits, and community groups.
It is an ongoing project to bring people from all walks of
life together to create stronger, safer, and more unified
neighborhoods, schools, communities, and
organizations. Over five sessions, a group of diverse
participants from the same neighborhood, organization,
or school engage in structured conversations about race
and ethnicity. The series is led by trained, skilled
moderators and culminates with the group developing
an action plan to address a race-related issue negatively
impacting their organization or community.
Action plans in the past have varied from a commitment to diversifying a school’s Parent Council, to
becoming a regular participant in YW Boston’s Stand Against Racism, to establishing a dinner group to
meet regularly to discuss community issues.
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Girls’ Health
YW Boston’s Girls’ Health program is a health workshop series giving middle school and high school girls
the tools to make healthier choices, strengthen their wellbeing, and grow their potential.
Adolescent girls deserve comprehensive support during this
critical developmental stage, where they are likely to face
unique challenges to their mental, physical, and sexual
health. Schools and youth-serving organizations want to
support girls’ health and wellbeing, but many lack the
resources to run effective health programs. YW Boston’s
Girls’ Health program combines targeted health education
with skill-building opportunities, empowering girls to care for
themselves in all aspects of their lives. YW Boston offers the
workshop series at no cost to schools.
Women’s Health and Wellness
YW Boston’s Women’s Health and Wellness program is a health workshop series ensuring all women have
the health information they need, and the wellness support they deserve.
Since 1993, YW Boston’s Women’s Health and Wellness
Program has empowered women to take control of their
health by providing healthcare access, health literacy
education, and referral and reminder services to
underserved women in Boston’s neighborhoods. Its
Community Health Educators are fluent in English and
Spanish, allowing YW Boston to provide multi-lingual
educational services. YW Boston provides health outreach,
education, and links to care access through a women's
health workshop series, breast health phone-a-thons, and a
health text reminder service.
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Leadership
Sylvia Ferrell-Jones
President and Chief Executive Officer of YW Boston
Sylvia Ferrell-Jones joined YW Boston in late January 2007, after 25 years in the fields
of real-estate investment management, nonprofit governance, and executive
leadership.
At YW Boston, she has shepherded a dramatic shift in the organization's focus, leading towards greater
financial stability and enhanced programmatic outcomes.
For twenty years, Ferrell-Jones focused on management of real-estate based assets, serving as a director
at AEW Capital Management, headquartered in Boston, and as a principal investment officer with the state
of Connecticut Trust Funds, with portfolios ranging up to $2 billion.
Subsequently, Sylvia served as Director of Agency Development for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America,
where she provided governance, management, and fundraising consultations to a $26 million nonprofit
affiliate portfolio.
Ferrell-Jones earned her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and her juris doctor from Yale Law
School. She has held leadership roles with numerous community
and professional organizations, including local, regional, and
national real estate organizations; the Massachusetts Conference
of the United Church of Christ; Big Brothers Big Sisters of
America; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay;
LeadBoston; and The Partnership.
Sylvia currently serves on the board of directors for United
Church Funds; Andover Newton Theological School; and the
Wellesley Centers for Women, and sits on an advisory board for
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Network, and
the corporate advisory board for Women of ALPFA (Association
of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting).
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Location
Boston, MA
YW Boston's historic 140 Clarendon Street headquarters
is also a multi-use building that contains a 65-room three-
star hotel, Hotel 140; The Boston Lyric Stage; several
corporate offices; an annex to Snowden International High
School, and market rate and affordable SRO and one and
two bedroom apartments that comprise the Parlin
Apartments.
Background Checks
Prior to submitting your resume for this position, please read it over for accuracy. LLLS does verify academic
credentials for its candidates, and our clients frequently conduct background checks prior to finalizing an
offer.
To learn more, call Maureen Huminik, Vice President at
617-262-1102 or send nominations or cover letter and resume to
All inquiries will be held in confidence.
Setting the Standard in Development Search
420 Boylston Street, Suite 604, Boston, MA 02116
617.262.1102
www.LLLSearches.com