Imoleayo Adeyeri
Imoleayo (Ayo) is a non-profit professional with fifteen years of work experience in program management and fund development. She’s helped non-profit organizations raise funds and implemented non-profit programs in Africa, the United States, and Canada.
Ayo developed foundation-specific fundraising resources and tools for over 350 American Red Cross relationship managers and created value propositions for the organization’s signature $1 million high school blood scholarship program. On behalf of the American Red Cross, she received grants from foundations in Honolulu during the 2015/2016 Typhoon Soudelor. She managed American Diabetes Association donor relations efforts, community relations, and workplace giving in Indiana State.
Ayo became a resident of Canada in 2018 and joined Compassion House Foundation, an organization that provides accommodation to women undergoing cancer treatment as the first director of philanthropy in its 23 years of existence. She created fund development strategies; annual giving program through direct mails, monthly giving programs, and set up a community-led voluntary fundraising committee for the organization. In 2019, she became one of the faces of Hillberg and Berk International Women’s Day celebration Venus Pin Campaign to raise funds to support women’s empowerment in Canada. She was the Donor Relations Advisor with AdaptAbilities and is currently a doctoral student at Indiana University.
Ayo received a Masters of Arts degree in Philanthropy from Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Masters of Science degree in Finance from University of Leicester, United Kingdom, and Bachelors in Accounting and Management from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Nigeria. She consulted for Food Banks Alberta, a network of food banks in the Western Canadian Province. She serves on the board of Action for Healthy Societies, a community-based organization serving newcomers to Canada including immigrants, refugees, permanent residents, and others. Ayo is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Global IDEA committee and grades national scholarship applications for the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy, Canada. She recently became an awardee of the Alford Group Mentoring and Leadership Development Program.
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