{"id":3370,"date":"2018-02-07T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T18:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunwoody.edu\/blog\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2018-02-07T12:48:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T18:48:49","slug":"employee-spotlight-dawn-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2018\/employee-spotlight-dawn-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Spotlight: Dawn Fish, Director of Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Where did you grow up?<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Roseville.<\/p>\n

What is your educational background?
\n<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>I am a non-traditional college graduate. I graduated and passed my cosmetology school license exam while still in high school. Several years later, I was fortunate to work for a woman in the marketing function of AgriBank, who encouraged me to get my bachelor\u2019s degree, which I completed between St. Kate\u2019s and Metropolitan State University. I later completed two master\u2019s degrees: a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from St. Kate\u2019s and a Master of Science in Legal Studies from Kaplan University. I\u2019m the first in my family to have completed a bachelor\u2019s degree and the only one to complete a master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m now embarking on a Certified Financial Planner program. This will help me better explore gifts of non-cash assets, like real estate, business ownership, and stocks with our Dunwoody donors.<\/p>\n

How long have you been working at Dunwoody?<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Two years.<\/p>\n

Why did you decide to work at Dunwoody?<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Before being hired at Dunwoody, I was employed as a senior major gift officer at Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation. I was smitten when I learned more about Dunwoody. In addition to its academic strengths, Dunwoody is an icon in Minneapolis history and philanthropy.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite memory at Dunwoody<\/strong>?<\/h6>\n

It is every moment when a non-donor becomes a donor and realizes they want to benefit Dunwoody. Being a part of a donor\u2019s decision to make a gift is a privilege. From the recent $1.5 million endowment gift to support women students, to an alumnus who made a provision in his estate for a $2.5 million gift, to a small gift from someone who just loves Dunwoody\u2014it\u2019s great to be involved in these conversations and decisions.<\/p>\n

What are a few of your hobbies?<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Home renovation and improvement projects, landscaping, gardening, reading, and exercising\u2014my husband and I have to keep up with our 8-year-old German Shepherd, Maximus.<\/p>\n

Who are some of your favorite musicians?<\/strong> Do you have any favorite concerts?<\/strong><\/h6>\n

I have a diverse Spotify play list. My all-time favorite concert was sitting in Northrop Auditorium on stage behind Gordon Lightfoot.<\/p>\n

What are three of your favorite snacks?<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Potato chips, almonds, and popcorn. I try to substitute a good apple for potato chips, but sometimes the chips win out.<\/p>\n

What are you most proud of?<\/strong><\/h6>\n

My daughter, Holly. She lives in Chicago now, where she co-manages a privately owned restaurant.<\/p>\n

Fun facts: <\/strong><\/h6>\n
    \n
  • In my work as a professional fundraiser, I\u2019ve had the great opportunity to travel the country and meet people like Lee Iacocca, Mrs. Currier & Ives, Smokey Robinson, and Tommy Lee Jones.<\/li>\n
  • In the less sophisticated days of fundraising, I once carried a plain brown paper bag holding $50,000 in cash from an event across the U of M East Bank campus.<\/li>\n
  • Two of my three brothers are NEI (which later merged with Dunwoody) grads.<\/li>\n
  • I am a survivor of a rare skeletal Non-Hodgkin\u2019s Lymphoma, which was originally misdiagnosed four days before Christmas 2010 as secondary bone cancer that would take my life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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