Operating as the Interim Director of Development, Giving Tree ensured that the organization’s fundraising program built momentum and achieved major milestones and benchmarks while the executive director searched for a full-time team leader. The GTA team brought Reading In Motion to within 5% of its annual fundraising goal three months before fiscal year end.  In its role as Interim Director the team activated Board giving, enabled peer to peer fundraising, developed a major donor cultivation and stewardship calendar, planned a series of parlor meetings, and ensured the staff team of three (Individual Giving Manager, Grant Writer and Corporate & Foundation Relationship Manager) were fully supported and guided through their responsibilities.