Dawn Bruckel

Dawn Bruckel has a strong professional background in development and marketing. Dawn is currently serving as the Director of Development & Marketing at United Way of Santa Cruz County since July 2021. Prior to this, Dawn worked as a Development Consultant for various non-profit, education, social services, and small businesses from May 2018 to July 2021. In this role, they provided budgetary recommendations, created prospect donor lists, and developed annual giving language.

Before their consultancy work, Dawn served as a Development Associate for Girl Scouts San Diego, where they built relationships and programs to enhance financial support. Dawn managed the council's annual giving programs, worked on donor cultivation and stewardship, and led social media and corporate giving campaigns. Dawn's experience at Girl Scouts San Diego spanned from an unspecified start date to 2016.

Dawn also has experience as the Board President of North County Mothers of Multiples, a volunteer-led non-profit organization in San Diego. In this role, they managed the executive board and served as the Past Board President for two terms. Their tenure with North County Mothers of Multiples was from May 2008 to July 2012.

Furthermore, Dawn worked as an Associate Director of Development for the University of San Diego School of Law from October 2010 to an unspecified end date in 2012. In this role, they cultivated and solicited leadership donors, managed fundraising initiatives, and maintained relationships with alumni.

Earlier in their career, Dawn held the position of Associate Director of Annual Giving at UC San Diego from 2002 to 2008. Dawn managed various programs, including phone and mail campaigns, senior class gift, young alumni leadership gifts, and faculty staff campaigns. Dawn also played a key role in creating a leadership young alumni annual giving portfolio.

Overall, Dawn Bruckel has demonstrated expertise in development, fundraising, donor cultivation, and marketing across various non-profit organizations and educational institutions throughout their career.

Dawn Bruckel attended UC San Diego from 1998 to 2002, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication.