Mitch Diaz

Mitch Diaz has extensive experience in the fields of annual giving and admissions counseling. Mitch has worked as an Admissions Counselor at the University of Washington, where they managed the personal recruitment and engagement strategy for two key admission regions, one in-state and another out-of-state. After that, they worked as an Assistant Director for the Willamette Annual Fund at Willamette University, where they managed three annual-giving programs aimed at strengthening the donor pipeline. Diaz then moved onto Western Washington University as an Associate Director of Annual Giving, Direct Marketing, Communications, and Analytics, where they managed multiple annual giving programs, created segmented direct mail and email solicitations, and optimized digital giving channels. Mitch built rich and interactive Power BI dashboards through data interpretation and analysis to visualize key metrics and KPIs for multiple teams, surfaced valuable insights, and drove future strategies. Diaz then moved to CafeMedia as a Programmatic Analyst in 2022.

Mitch Diaz attended Willamette University from 2012 to 2016 and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Politics and Philosophy. Additionally, Mitch has obtained several certifications including "Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues" from LinkedIn in September 2022, "SQL for Data Analysis" from LinkedIn in August 2022, and "Google Analytics Certification" from Google in September 2022. Mitch has also obtained two certifications in "bCRE, Raiser's Edge Fundamentals" and "bCRE, Raiser's Edge NXT Fundamentals" from Blackbaud, but no information on when they were obtained is provided.