Jillian Beaman, of Ogden, has joined Nativity Preparatory Academy, a local tuition-free privately-operated urban middle school for students in grades five through eight, as its new associate director of development. Beaman will collaborate with Nativity leadership and staff to achieve all philanthropic and marketing communications goals for the school.
In her most recent role as director of annual giving at the YMCA of Greater Rochester, Beaman successfully led the annual campaign, soliciting donors and working with many staff and volunteers to ensure fundraising goals were met.
Beaman started her career at the YMCA Westside Family Branch in 2007 as a finance/program assistant and worked her way up to become coordinator of annual giving in 2014. While there, she led four annual campaigns that met or exceeded their goals. Following her success at the Westside branch, Beaman was promoted to director of annual giving for the entire organization in 2017 and went on to lead three annual campaigns for the association (15 locations), raising over $2.6 million in 2019.
“I am excited to help support the Nativity mission and look forward to working with the team here,” Beaman said. “Nativity is funded solely through the generosity of local donors, and what we can accomplish together for these kids is to give them the opportunity to have a high quality, values-based education, which will help to enrich their lives today and beyond.”
A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, and Monroe Community College, Beaman is an active volunteer in the local community. She lives in Ogden with her two children, Joey, age 15, and Laura, age 11.
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