Regional Chief Development Officer

At the American Red Cross, your leadership will directly support life-saving programs and strengthen communities across Alaska and beyond. This is more than a career—it’s an opportunity to lead with purpose and make a lasting difference.

Join our team in Anchorage
, where you’ll play a pivotal leadership role in advancing a dynamic, mission-driven development program. As a key regional leader, you will drive a strong, revenue-focused culture grounded in market-driven goals, expanding and strengthening a diverse donor base to achieve ambitious annual fundraising targets. This role offers the opportunity to shape strategy, while actively engaging with major donors, sponsors, and community stakeholders to build meaningful partnerships and deliver measurable impact.

As the Regional Chief Development Officer (CDO), you’ll be at the forefront of our development efforts, responsible for:

• Design and lead annual and multi-year fundraising strategies that sustain and significantly grow the Region’s donor base while expanding new corporate, individual, and foundation relationships.
• Partner closely with the Regional CEO, Divisional Fundraising Vice President, Chapter Executive Directors, and Chapter Boards to align fundraising priorities with regional mission impact, market opportunity, and organizational growth.
• Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and accountability measures that drive a revenue oriented culture across the Region.

• Own and be fully accountable for all regional fundraising results within a portfolio based major gifts model.
• Provide key leadership, expectations, standards, and accountability for identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major gift prospects with emphasis on transformational giving.
• Ensure strategic solicitation planning, rigorous performance management, and strong stewardship practices that result in sustained donor engagement and long term revenue growth.

• Maintain full accountability for achieving or exceeding the Region’s annual fundraising goal, currently exceeding $1.3 million annually, while managing departmental expense budgets.
• Navigate dynamic revenue environments, including increased targets during major domestic disasters, with agility, discipline, and confidence. Monitor monthly, quarterly, and annual performance of team members and channels and adjust strategies as needed to ensure sustained success.

• Drive growth in individual giving and partnership strategies through dynamic annual and multiyear plans that grow revenue, deepen engagement, and diversify the donor base.
• Set a high standard for strategic discovery, cultivation, solicitation, and world class stewardship to consistently exceed regional goals.

• Act as the fundraising subject matter expert and as the primary liaison between the development team and Regional Board Philanthropy Committees supporting Chapter Boards in fulfilling their fundraising responsibilities.
• Support orientation and ongoing engagement of new board members with a clear focus on philanthropic leadership.

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for a one staff member, a Regional Philanthropy Officer.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and performance driven culture focused on professional growth, accountability, and shared success.

• During grey skies—when disasters are unfolding locally and nationally—led with discipline and urgency through swift execution, prioritization of donor relationships and modeling resilience.
• Manage with clarity and accountability, coaching through uncertainty, sustaining morale and driving both restricted and unrestricted fundraising to meet the moment.

• Oversee disciplined donor…