Jami is a member of the Prospect Development and Decision Support team at the University of Chicago, where she leads the Prospect Management and Information Engagement teams. These teams work to increase the organization’s capacity for fundraising through writing strategic policy and analyses, creating user-centered data tools, managing organizational knowledge, and developing mission-focused training. Currently, she is focused on preparing colleagues as UChicago overhauls their technology systems and moves to Salesforce. With over ten years of experience in advancement services, Jami strongly believes in the importance of positioning the work as a key driver of fundraising results. She got her start working as a fundraiser but soon realized she could raise more money through improving systems holistically, rather than soliciting donors individually. To this day, she often tells colleagues that “she is a fundraiser too, she just raises more money using a spreadsheet”.

Jami has a B.S. in Psychology and certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Iowa and a master’s in liberal arts, Ethics and Leadership, from the University of Chicago.