{"id":3901,"date":"2018-08-21T14:24:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T18:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.235.7.55\/?post_type=news-items&#038;p=3901"},"modified":"2022-11-05T14:25:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T18:25:11","slug":"russ-russell-to-join-sos-as-chief-development-officer","status":"publish","type":"news-items","link":"https:\/\/lighthousemi.org\/news-items\/russ-russell-to-join-sos-as-chief-development-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Russ Russell to Join SOS as Chief Development Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><p><strong>He\u2019ll oversee development operations and fundraising, events, communications and marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russ Russell has a passion for making a difference, and he\u2019s turned that passion into a more than 35-year career helping nonprofits thrive. South Oakland Shelter is excited to announce this veteran nonprofit executive is our new chief development officer. Russell will manage operations and resources for fundraising, corporate giving and development, along with events, direct communications and marketing efforts, when he begins his new role August 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Russ to our leadership team. He has been a transformative force for several Detroit-area nonprofits and has a passion for serving people in need,\u201d said Ryan Hertz, President &amp; CEO of South Oakland Shelter. \u201cRuss is not afraid to set and go after game changing funding goals. We can\u2019t wait to see him apply his background and experience toward our mission of serving the most vulnerable members of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited and honored to join South Oakland Shelter and support its vision of helping end homelessness for those in need throughout metro Detroit,\u201d Russell said. \u201cThe SOS team\u2019s energy and can-do spirit is everything I am about!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russell brings an impressive track record of success \u2013 and a mastery of integrated marketing strategies and major gift and campaign efforts \u2013 to South Oakland Shelter. He previously worked with Detroit PAL, helping the organization raise $20 million to redevelop the former Tiger Stadium site as a new sports complex and PAL headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, Russell served in various leadership capacities with Forgotten Harvest, Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit and The Salvation Army. He succeeds Omari Taylor, who is taking on a new role at Gleaners Community Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Russell received his bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration and education at Mid America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan. He resides in Oak Park, and volunteers with several organizations including Metro Detroit Youth Day, Uniting Detroit, Healthshare Global, and the Chandler Park Conservancy.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us in welcoming Russ to the SOS team!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":844,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news_categories":[38],"class_list":["post-3901","news-items","type-news-items","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_categories-employment"],"acf":{"photo_gallery":{"gallery":[[]]}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russ Russell to Join SOS as Chief Development Officer - Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lighthousemi.org\/news-items\/russ-russell-to-join-sos-as-chief-development-officer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russ Russell to Join SOS as Chief Development Officer - Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"He\u2019ll oversee development operations and fundraising, events, communications and marketing Russ Russell has a passion for making a difference, and he\u2019s turned that passion into a more than 35-year career helping nonprofits thrive. 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