phone. 816/ 716.8919

CURRICULUM VITAE

A Kansas City native with a decade+ experience of senior management and entrepreneurial leadership in the nonprofit sectors as executive director and CEO of multiple organizations, Justin Mathews’ professional experience demonstrates a proven ability to achieve dramatic results and organizational recognition regionally and nationally. Justin possesses a unique creative energy, integrity and an incredible diversity of experiences in organizational strategic growth, fundraising, program development and community leadership. Justin has a distinguished command of integrated marketing and fundraising campaign strategies in emerging digital and mobile channels as well as traditional major and middle gift fundraising and donor moves management. He is experienced with advanced fiduciary and human resource management having managed a $1-million+ national agency budget with 15-20 staff under his leadership. He has excellent public speaking and community relations skills that give him an uncanny ability to motivate donors and target audiences to action.

SKILLS

Leadership, Fiduciary and Creative

10+ years experience forging, training and leading teams with special emphasis in national and regional fundraising and non-profit cause marketing. Managed annual budget of $1-million+ in two organizations. Expertise in gift-in-kind acquisition and management. Excellent integrated digital and traditional communications and brand development skills. Overseen creative direction for interactive and cross-platform and online fundraising campaigns. Led organization campaign strategy, new programs/business development, campaign presentations, integrated CRM e-commerce strategies. Highly proficient in direct response fundraising, direct response campaign analytics and testing, social media engagement, large group public presentations and consultation. Experienced in audio and video commercial production and audio post-production. Experienced in major gift fundraising, donor “moves management,” advanced donor cultivation and acquisition. Experience writing federal and private grant writing, board governance and social entrepreneurship to diversify and stabilize revenue streams. Proficient in preparing IRS 990s with accountants and implementing non-profit accounting practices and reports.

Management, Human Resource Development and Strategy

Extensive experience recruiting and managing teams of diverse personalities in deadline-driven, fast-paced local and national office environments. Executed employee skills development training and HR policy development. Promoted cross-functional team collaboration, cross-platform program and product management. Lead strategic planning, board leadership and governance for local, regional and national boards of directors. Crafted and managed budgets, cash flow analysis and audits for $1-million+ budgets. Highly experienced with print production and programs management to ensure cost efficiency and financial transparency. Possess a working knowledge of common labor laws, human resource practices and board policy development.

Software

Highly proficient with Mac OS, Windows, Keynote, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Microsoft Office, ProTools Audio Suite, Raiser's Edge, CiviCRM and Virtue Mart. Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Drupal and Joomla.

EXPERIENCE

Executive Director and CEO

FOCUS North America

National nonprofit serving working poor and homeless; 15-20 employees

January 2009 – Present (3 years) Kansas City and nationally

As Executive Director of FOCUS North America I have overall strategic, fundraising and operational responsibility for FOCUS North America’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission to provide food, occupations, clothing, understanding and shelter for North America's working poor and homeless.

In leadership and management I am responsible to ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems.

I actively engage and energize FOCUS North America's volunteers, board members, local event committees, partnering organizations, and funders. I develop, maintain, and support a strong board of directors; serving as an ex-officio member of each committee, seeking and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local operations as well as for the national rollout.

I am responsible to ensure effective development and program systems to track donor-base health, organizational scale-up and progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other key constituents.

In fundraising and communications I am responsible to lead a small virtual and local team to expand revenue generating and fundraising activities and support existing program operations and the annual campaign.

I designed FOCUS' national expansion plan and completed the strategic business planning process for program expansion into new locales. I am responsible to build partnerships in new locales, establishing relationships with the funders and political and community leaders at each expansion site.

Creative Director, Producer and Owner

Intone Creative

Creative and nonprofit strategy, marketing consulting and audio production

1999 – Present (12 years) Greater New York City area, Kansas City

Creative Director, Founder

Fullness of the Faith.com

E-commerce; niche-market shirts and merchandise

2007 – 2011 (4 years) Knoxville, TN

Executive Director, CEO

Heartland Council and Museum

Nonprofit; Byzantine arts and Orthodox Christian cultural heritage

2004 – 2005 (2 years) Topeka, KS area

Vice President Development and Communications

Nashville Rescue Mission

Social Services Nonprofit; 51-200 employees

May 1999 – 2004 (5 years) Greater Nashville, TN area

Producer and Songwriter

RadioStatic Records

1998 – 2000 (2 years) Greater Nashville

AWARDS

AAF-Addy Award

Nashville AAF Ad Club, 2002

Led the Rescue Mission creative team that solicited and crafted, with a Nashville ad agency, three award winning 30-second TV PSA's to support Fall direct response acquisition and cultivation. The campaign was entitled "You Can Help" and featured local celebrity Demetria Kalodimos, an Emmy Award-winning anchorperson for WSMV.

MasterCard Award for Songwriting and Performance, Master Card Talent Search, SMU; 1996

AFFILIATIONS

AAF-Kansas City, Member

Phi Beta Kappa, Honors Society

Association of Fundraising Professionals

Trained Cub Master, Boy Scouts of America, Pack 3777

EDUCATION

St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary

Masters of Divinity, Theology; 2004 – 2007

Belmont University

BBA, Business and Audio Engineering; 1997 – 2000

Cum Laude

Indiana University School of Fundraising

Leadership, Philanthropy; 2009 – 2010

Applied towards CFRE certification

Southern Methodist University

Vocal Performance; 1995 – 1996

The Pembroke Hill School

Junior and High School; 1990-1995

References and creative portfolio available upon request.

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