Jamie Renwick
President, Jamie Renwick Advisors

Jamie Renwick has worked as a fundraising professional in the New York City area and London for more than two decades. Her recent clients include the Brooklyn Community Foundation, Weill Cornell Medicine, iMentor, Squash Haven and Newark Charter School Fund. Prior to this, Jamie lived in London and served as a Development Consultant for Chelsea & Westminster Hospital's Borne appeal, managing a portfolio of principal donors while coaching development staff. Before moving to London, Jamie was the Campaign Consultant for PAVE Academy Charter School's $12 million capital campaign in Brooklyn, leading the fundraising efforts and coaching the development staff.

Previously, she served as Director of Development at Harlem Children's Zone. Jamie was also the Associate Director of Major Gifts at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College. Other development positions include work with Student Sponsor Partners, Central Park Conservancy and a congressional campaign in South Carolina.

In 2019, Jamie will launch Tide Risers Fairfield County, a year-long cohort experience for women leaders committed to the greater good.   

Until recently, Jamie served as a Founding Board member and Chair of the Development Committee of PAVE Academy Charter School in NYC for 10 years. While in London, Jamie served on the Board of Governors at Christ Church School and was the Chair of the Capital Campaign Fundraising Committee at Kensington Preparatory School. She and her husband and three daughters live in Greenwich, CT.

Ali Donovan
Principal Consultant, Jamie Renwick Advisors

Ali Donovan is a Vice President at NationSwell, a social impact startup creating content and community that power solutions to national challenges. She oversees strategy, operations, program development, and growth of the NationSwell Council, a national membership community of 500+ leaders who are passionate about impact and solutions. 

Previously, she served as the Chief Development Officer for PAVE Schools, overseeing both fundraising and hiring for the organization. Ali stewarded principal donors of the school's $12m capital campaign, raised $3m annually to support the organization's operating budget, and on-boarded talent for more than 50 positions. She started her career fundraising for the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, a free clinic in East Harlem that provides free, confidential healthcare to more than 10,000 teens each year.

Ali graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in Economics and served as a founding member of the UNC Young Alumni Leadership Council. She lives in Brooklyn and enjoys all things active and adventurous, including swimming, running, yoga, boxing, and exploring far-off places.

Margo Doolittle
Principal Consultant, Jamie Renwick Advisors

Margo has worked in nonprofit fundraising and development for the past 15 years. After graduating with an M.P.A. from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, with concentrations in nonprofit management and education policy, Margo became the first-ever development director at the Bronx Preparatory Charter School. During her tenure at Bronx Prep, she worked closely with the Executive Director and the Board of Trustees to complete a $20 million capital campaign and to also reach their $1 million annual operating goal.  Margo was instrumental in planning Bronx Prep’s first gala event, which raised $1.3 million. She also founded the Bronx Prep Council, a junior board, which became an important volunteer and fundraising entity at the school.

After her time at Bronx Prep, Margo began consulting for various nonprofit organizations, assisting with funder prospecting, event planning, board engagement, and recruiting.  Some of her clients include MS Hope for a Cure in New York City, Experience Camps for Grieving Children in Westport, CT, and ReadWorks in Brooklyn, New York where she has been closely involved in all development efforts for the past 8 years.

Margo holds a B.S. from Northwestern University and an M.P.A. from Columbia University. She lives in Weston, CT with her husband and three children.

Blythe Smith
Principal Consultant Jamie Renwick Advisors

Blythe Smith recently relocated to Fairfield County from San Francisco where she has worked in non-profit fundraising for over 15 years. She began her career in the for-profit sector focused on sales and marketing. Here, she honed her writing, presentation and analytical abilities. After several years working in the technology industry, she sought a deeper connection to her work and began to apply her skills in the non-profit world.

 Most recently Blythe led development efforts at Tipping Point Community, a Bay Area version of Robin Hood. She worked closely with the Founder and CEO + Board members to develop and execute aggressive fundraising growth ($450K to $20M over a period of six years). Blythe launched the organization’s first-ever Leadership Council, working to create a meaningful experience for this important subset of supporters while expanding membership from 5 to 20 during her tenure.  She created a culture of fundraising that celebrates generosity and pushes boundaries.

 Prior to Tipping Point, Blythe ran a $13M capital campaign for the Katherine Delmar Burke School, an all-girls’ independent school in San Francisco.  She worked closely with the steering committee and head of school to successfully achieve each campaign phase goal (silent, major gifts and public). Upon completion of the campaign, Blythe stayed on to help oversee the school’s Centennial Celebration and to bolster alumnae engagement. She created consensus among various constituents -- parents, alumnae, leadership, staff -- to create consistent messaging and meaningful events that were reflective of the school’s past, present and future.

 Outside of these two long-term posts, Blythe has worked as a fundraising consultant in both California and Connecticut. She advised a prominent Bay Area cultural center on their growth strategy, anniversary-based fundraising plan and conducted several board training sessions. Most recently, Blythe worked with a Connecticut-based hedge fund to inform their work around setting up a foundation and encouraging their employees to become more philanthropically minded.

 Blythe believes in data-informed goal-setting, easy-to-understand and easy-to-implement development plans and the relentless appreciation and stewardship of donors. She holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and lives in Southport, CT with her husband and three children. 

Liz Duffy
Strategic Partner, Jamie Renwick Advisors

Liz Duffy is the Director of the Annual Fund and Alumni Relations at Greenwich Country Day School (GCDS), her alma mater.  She also received her Bachelor’s degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and her Master of Public Administration from NYU.  As a Director in the GCDS Development office, Liz manages fundraising efforts across more than 5,000 constituents and implements programming and events for all alumni.  Prior to GCDS, Liz worked at Tiger Foundation in New York City.  As Program Officer, she conducted comprehensive due diligence for grant renewals and new grant requests within the foundations funding areas  of education, employment, youth and families, and criminal justice.  Liz lives in Greenwich, CT with her husband and two children.

Our Specialty

Jamie Renwick Advisors (JRA) can provide your organization with any of the following development services:

♣    Development office management, offering training and mentoring to staff and assisting in improving organizational systems and infrastructure.

♣    Board identification, coaching and recruitment including fundraising training and improving board committee structure.

♣    Creating or enhancing a major gift or individual giving program, building a pipeline of prospective donors, and thoroughly training organizational leadership and volunteers to prepare for successful major gift visits and requests.

♣    Planning and assessing impact of special events including cultivation, stewardship and ticketed events.

♣    Design and manage feasibility study to engage top prospects and outline strategies to launch a capital campaign.