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MAGGIE BUCHWALD
SENIOR PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

Maggie Buchwald has been a consultant to nonprofit organizations since 1997, bringing her more than seventeen years of experience to her clients in the arts and education sectors. She is an expert with in-depth experience in board development, major gifts solicitation, capital campaigns, and strategic planning.

Current and former consulting clients include the Alliance of Resident Theatre/ New York (ART/NY), NYU Medical Center, The Foundry Theatre, The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, The Ensemble Studio Theatre, Teatro alla Scala Foundation- USA, The Brooklyn Historical Society, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and the Arts and Business Council.

Prior to launching her consulting practice, Ms. Buchwald held senior positions at some of New York’s major cultural and educational institutions. She began her fundraising career at the Arts and Business Council, specializing in corporate fund development. From there, she moved to American Ballet Theatre, at that time under the artistic leadership of Mikhail Baryshnikov, to oversee corporate and foundation giving. While at ABT, Ms. Buchwald was promoted to the position of Director of the Golden Anniversary Campaign, the first of three major capital campaigns that she has managed.

In 1988, she moved to New York City’s premiere public television station Thirteen/WNET, becoming Director of Development. When the station undertook a $65 million capital campaign --the largest among Public Broadcasting Service stations-- she assumed the additional role of its director. In this capacity, she secured a nucleus fund of lead gifts, established and staffed a trustee steering committee, and managed the public launch of the campaign which included a live on-air broadcast and press conference. At Thirteen, Ms. Buchwald oversaw a staff of 20, securing annual revenues in excess of $5 million. She established a planned giving program and a major gifts program, doubling the number of $1000+ donors to the station. While at Thirteen, she also served on a task force of major gifts specialists for the PBS system, consulting for smaller stations around the country.

In 1992, Ms. Buchwald joined New York University Medical Center as Executive Director of its Capital Campaign. In this role she managed fundraising initiatives for a $325 million comprehensive campaign comprising capital and endowment gifts, as well as major gifts for current uses in both the NYU hospitals and its medical school. She worked extensively with the Board of Trustees, its Campaign Chairman, and its Steering Committee. Additionally, she supervised 18 development staff members and personally recruited many of them.

Ms. Buchwald graduated from Cornell University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She is active in community service in New York, and chairs the board of the Dicapo Opera Theatre. She is currently President of Women in Development New York and a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She lives in New York City with her husband Don and recently celebrated the birth of her first grandchild.

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