Brian
Dowling has invested more than 20 years working in Advancement and
Development Services, Finance, Administration and Operations managing systems, gift processing, records, web
sites, research, and other functions that help to support effective
fundraising and constituent engagement.
Brian joined the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation in 2008 as Senior
Vice President for Finance and Information Systems and is responsible for
managing finance, administration and operations and deploying creative
solutions to help the Foundation achieve its
fundraising and engagement goals.
Brian worked previously at the University of Michigan and was
responsible for managing the technological infrastructure, gift
processing and records administration for the Office of University
Development in support of a $3.1 billion campaign. The database
contained over 1,000,000 entities and average revenue was $250-$370
million representing approximately 184,000 gift transactions.
Prior to that, Brian worked at The University of Toronto. The
university’s $1 billion campaign was Canada’s largest and most
successful philanthropic effort in higher education. The database of
over 700,000 entities supported a large scale advancement operation.
Brian has also worked at a number of institutions in both the United
States and Canada, where he gained understanding, knowledge and
perspectives of managing in small, medium and large shops. This
experience included multiple system conversions, web site
development, budgetary and financial responsibilities, operations
management and more. He has consulted in the United States, Canada,
Asia
and Australia, written numerous articles and presents regularly at
conferences.
He
invests his spare time in SupportingAdvancement.Com and is an
amateur musician. |