Natalie R. Krauser is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) responsible for increasing individual philanthropy through management of the annual, major and named endowment fund campaigns. Natalie manages the individual giving team, whose roles span development, communications, data integrity and stewardship. Natalie is adept at volunteer and board development, and in collaboration with volunteer leadership, is leading a refresh of the board composition to ensure diversity of thought and experience, while enhancing overall giving.
Before joining AIChE, she focused her activities on raising six and seven figure gifts from corporate donors in support of IEEE educational initiatives for students from high school through university. Natalie also provided strategic counsel and relationship management in support of the IEEE Foundation’s first-ever comprehensive campaign while leveraging her marketing background to craft unique and personalized communication pieces designed to steward and elevate major individual donors.
Prior to joining the nonprofit industry, she was responsible for account development for a global travel company. This included sales and marketing for both retail and consumer channels in North America.
Natalie is President-Elect for the New Jersey Chapter of the Association for Fundraising Professionals, one of only five AFP Master Trainers in New York, and former President of Greater New York Mensa. She received a Bachelor of Science, Marketing and Bachelor of Arts, Performing Arts from Alfred University. She is currently pursuing her Master of Science, Nonprofit Leadership & Management from Northeastern University.
Natalie is a member of the Vestry of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, in Scotch Plains, NJ and was volunteer campaign chair, successfully endowing her sorority’s AKO Womens’ Leadership Awards at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. Natalie lives in Westfield, NJ where she raises two daughters, Madelyn and Erin, with their cat Snowball.
Natalie R. Krauser
AIChE