Natalie joined AIChE in January 2020 as the Development Manager – Foundation responsible for crafting and executing an individual giving strategy. Despite no in-person activities for the majority of her first 18 months she leveraged a variety of platforms to develop and sustain relationships which elevated and increased individual philanthropy.
In late 2024, Natalie assumed leadership of the AIChE Foundation and is now responsible for all individual, corporate and institutional giving, as well as the strategic direction of the Foundation as it enters 10 years of its first ever comprehensive campaign, Doing a World of Good.
Natalie is adept at volunteer and board development, and in collaboration with volunteer leadership, led a refresh of the board composition to ensure diversity of thought and experience, while enhancing overall giving, which in 2023 generated 100% giving by both the Trustees and the Board of Directors – first time ever in the history of the Institute.
Before joining AIChE, she focused her activities on raising six and seven figure gifts from corporate donors in support of IEEE’s educational initiatives for students from high school through university.
Natalie is President of the New Jersey Chapter of the Association for Fundraising Professionals, one of only five AFP Master Trainers in New York, and former President of Greater New York Mensa. She received a Bachelor of Science, Marketing and Bachelor of Arts, Performing Arts from Alfred University. She is pursuing her Master of Science, Nonprofit Leadership & Management from Northeastern University.
Natalie is a member of the Judson Leadership Center Advisory Board following a successful stint as volunteer campaign chair, successfully endowing her sorority’s AKO Womens’ Leadership Awards at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.