You'll own everything: strategy, donor development, institutional partnerships, board management, grant operations, community presence, and the organizational infrastructure to support it all.
You'll work in close partnership with the Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine leadership team.
When you raise a dollar, you'll know exactly where it goes.
Major gifts and individual donor strategy: identifying, cultivating, and closing relationships with high-net-worth donors who are aligned with the mission.
Institutional partnerships: foundations, health systems, corporate sponsors, and civic organizations across Chicago and beyond.
Grant development and management: building and maintaining a diversified portfolio of public and private grant funding.
Board development: recruiting, activating, and stewarding a board that opens doors and brings resources.
Indigent care fund: designing and managing the financial mechanism that gets uninsured patients the care they need, with zero friction.
Brand and storytelling: turning Genesis's clinical track record into compelling narratives that move donors to act.
Organizational infrastructure — building the team, systems, and processes to operate a high-performance nonprofit.

You've done this before.
You know how to build a donor pipeline, close a major gift, and manage a board that's genuinely useful.
You're motivated by the belief that access to care is a solvable problem.
You understand both worlds.
You lead with the mission, close with the data.
You're Chicago-rooted or Chicago-ready.

Executive Director

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