This leadership role is accountable for the overall performance and growth of the region, directly supervising, coaching, developing, and holding Executive Directors responsible for achieving ambitious revenue, mission, volunteer engagement, and organizational goals across their markets. The Regional Director translates enterprise strategy into clear regional priorities, drives consistent execution, and fosters a high-performance culture.
Responsibilities
Hold Executive Directors accountable for building, developing, and engaging strong chapter boards and volunteer leadership teams that advance strategic and financial priorities
Coach Executive Directors to effectively leverage volunteer leaders’ expertise, influence, networks, and resources to drive mission and revenue outcomes
Assess volunteer leadership strength across the region and proactively address gaps in leadership, succession, engagement, and performance
Ensure volunteer engagement strategies are tied to measurable outcomes, including fundraising growth, donor development, corporate engagement, and advocacy
Identify opportunities to engage influential volunteers across chapter boundaries in support of broader regional and enterprise priorities
Build a compelling vision for each chapter and collaborate with key volunteer leaders and staff to achieve it
Work with regional leadership volunteers to embrace a one-Foundation, unified approach to support the overall success of the region
Build strong and effective partnerships with volunteers and supporters and help foster a culture of accountability
Serve as a role model and key leader in each market area, building relationships, raising awareness, and sharing mission impact with constituents
Build the volunteer leadership bench to both sustain and grow community engagement
Create and drive a culture of year-round prospecting to identify donors, foundations, and high impact volunteers for corporate partners, board, and campaign leadership
Attend board meetings regionally as indicated, with an emphasis on annual board retreats
Own regional fundraising performance and hold Executive Directors accountable for achieving revenue and growth expectations, maximizing opportunities to drive aggressive growth and minimize risk
Use KPIs, financial data, and leading indicators to identify performance gaps, opportunities, and necessary corrective action to maximize ROI through fundraising competencies and best practices
Coach Executive Directors to diagnose challenges, develop strategies, and take timely action when results are off track
Identify the highest-potential markets, campaigns, donors, and partnerships and align leadership attention and resources accordingly
Challenge historical approaches and drive innovation when existing fundraising strategies are not producing desired growth or ROI
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Create a vision for growth that includes developing strong strategic priorities and operational plans for successful execution of strategy that drives event growth
Ensure each Executive Director dedicates appropriate time to IMG/FMG outreach, stewardship, and cultivation, ultimately growing the pipeline of major donors in each market
Coach Executive Directors in leading through change, navigating difficult conversations, and building stakeholder understanding and commitment
Drive alignment across chapters so local communications reinforce Foundation strategy, mission priorities, and organizational positioning
Promote transparent, timely communication across the region to strengthen collaboration, accountability, and decision-making
Identify and elevate compelling regional successes, mission impact, donor stories, and volunteer leadership examples that strengthen engagement and visibility
Create opportunities for increased efficiency and impact across regional and home chapter communications
Support each chapter and chapter board in enterprise-wide activities that include a focus on Health Care Provider and Corporate Partner engagement by providing strategy, direction, support, and resources as needed
Lead, coach, and develop Executive Directors, prioritizing accountability for achieving chapter, regional, and enterprise goals
Establish clear expectations for both leadership behaviors and measurable outcomes and regularly assess performance against those expectations
Ensure Executive Directors effectively lead, develop, and manage their own teams, to drive results while addressing performance and talent gaps proactively
Build a strong regional leadership bench through talent development, succession planning, retention, and timely performance decisions
Create a high-performance culture characterized by ownership, candid dialogue, bold decision-making, collaboration, adaptability, and continuous improvement
Serve as a member of the Extended Field Leadership Team to align, create, and drive a collaborative and robust strategy for growth across the region
Requirements
BA/BS Degree required
10+ years of experience in an Executive or Senior Management capacity at a voluntary health agency
Demonstrated track record of successful fundraising experience that includes special events, corporate/foundation giving, donor cultivation, public relations, and stewardship
Previous experience in identifying, recruiting, and partnering with volunteers to achieve results
Proven and applicable skills in data analytics, strategic thinking, committee leadership, account management, and volunteer development
Experience with influence management and persuasive authority over employees while facilitating trust, teamwork, and collaboration
Experience in varied forms of communications including mass media, advertising, and community relations, as they relate to the health care service industry
Experience in leading through change and building strong teams
Effective written and oral communication skills
Candidates must live in the major market area (Seattle, LA, San Francisco, San Diego)
Important Details
Work format: remote, but requires travel throughout the major market area (Seattle, LA, San Francisco, San Diego) to meet with constituents
About the Company
The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer-fueled organization whose mission is to cure Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis and improve the quality of life for the children and adults affected by these diseases. The Foundation dramatically accelerates the research process through varied research initiatives and provides extensive educational and support resources. It also leads federal and state-based advocacy campaigns to support medical research funding and improve patient access to care.
