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YOUNG FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR

The Young Fundraiser of the Year Award rewards a fundraiser aged 30 years or younger who has made a significant contribution to fundraising. The fundraiser should have shown consistent excellence and best practice through their actions, leadership and intellect.

State Winners:

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• Emily Lewis MFIA (VIC)

• Emily Marriott (TAS)

• Rebecca Stone (NSW)

NATIONAL WINNER Emily Lewis MFIA

Emily has consistently proven herself to be a passionate and ethical fundraiser who is keen to grow, learn and aim for the best outcomes through her data-driven approach and her innovative and creative thinking. Emily always has the donor top-of-mind and is always thinking about how to be more donor-centric in our actions and communications.

She excels in taking complex topics and turning them into digestible communication pieces using donor-centric language, to illustrate both need and impact. Emily has mapped a variety of journeys which engage and retain supporters and achieve or exceed financial and non-financial goals. Emily’s strategic segmentation and analysis of internal and external data have ensured the success and continual growth of her campaigns. Her testing, data analysis and segmentation strategies have helped increase average donor value.

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Rebecca Stone (NSW)

She has a tremendous capacity to think outside the box and is often praised for her creative solutions. Emily’s leadership has led to an increase in org-wide understanding of donors and appeals and a stronger philanthropic culture. By building respectful relationships and educating ACF staff outside of fundraising, Emily has created an agile environment where ACF is able to deliver urgent fundraising responses in key moments. Emily is ambitious, smart and positive consistently demonstrating her commitment to best practice fundraising.

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