Christine A. Cooke, bCRE-Pro, bCNP-Fundraising

Christine A. Cooke is a bCRE-Pro and bCNP-Fundraising with over 35 years of experience in the field. Christine A. began their career in 1984 as a student employee in Enrollment, Registrar, and Development at California College of the Arts. In 1995, they joined Art Twain Creative Services as a Transcriptionist/Data Collection Assistant, transcribing interviews from cassette tapes and summarizing them for book writing. From 1998 to 2006, they served as an Information Manager at Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School, where they maintained the database using DonorWorks from Starsoft Technologies, Inc., kept a ledger of gifts, reconciled statements against deposits, and ran monthly reports. In 2006, they moved to Girls Scouts of San Francisco Bay Area (now Girl Scouts of Northern California) as a Database Specialist, responsible for database maintenance, gift and pledge processing, and acknowledgement letters. From 2007 to 2010, they worked as a Database/Stewardship Coordinator at Bishop O'Dowd High School, where they maintained the database, processed gifts, and produced reports. From 2010 to 2013, they were the Database Manager in the Development Department at Notre Dame High School, San Jose. Christine A. then joined The Athenian School as an Associate Director Advancement Services in 2019, and is currently the Advancement Services and Database Manager at Charles Armstrong School, a position they have held since 2019.

Christine A. Cooke's education history includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Textiles from California College of the Arts between 1983 and 1989, as well as graduating from Castro Valley High School between 1980 and 1983. In addition, they hold several certifications from Blackbaud, including Blackbaud Certified Raiser's Edge Fundamentals bCRE, Blackbaud Certified Raiser's Edge Professional bCRE-Pro, Blackbaud Nonprofit Fundraising Certification, Raiser's Edge Constituent and Gift Management Badge, Raiser's Edge Marketing and Communications Badge, and The Raiser's Edge Fundraising Badge.