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Posted November 26, 2025
Classic Wines Foundation
Position Title: Executive Director
Reports To: Board of Directors
Status: Full-time with occasional evening and weekend hours
Location: Portland, OR – Remote (Work from home)
About Us
Classic Wines Foundation (CWF) transforms a passion for wine and community into life-changing support for local nonprofits, having raised over $53 million since 1982 and impacting millions of lives.
Our mission: to make a life-changing difference in the lives of the most vulnerable children and families of our community. Our distinct events inspire sponsors and donors, they pull together the best of Oregon wine and food scene, and they create exponential impact. We change lives by producing extraordinary experiences and gift event proceeds as unrestricted funds to nonprofit organizations in Oregon that benefit children and families.
Our small but mighty 501(c)(3) is led by a dedicated Board of 17 business and community leaders and philanthropists and currently has one staff member.
Summary
We seek a visionary Executive Director to lead our growth, amplify our impact, and inspire a dedicated team and board to new heights.
The Executive Director is a high-profile, high-energy leader responsible for the vision and growth of the Classic Wines Foundation. This position is the first in command and is responsible for giving strategic direction and supervising all aspects of the organization, volunteer and industry leadership, strategic planning implementation, fundraising strategies, event oversight, board recruitment, partnership and beneficiary development.
The Executive Director is an enthusiastic and committed leader and spokesperson for the Classic Wines Foundation’s beneficiaries, donors and wine industry peers, representing each in a balanced manner. The Executive Director is both a leader and consensus builder, charged with developing innovative approaches and activities to raise both awareness of our beneficiaries and our partners.
The Executive Director must possess excellent organizational and management skills, ranging across team building, strategic planning, budget planning and management, personnel management and communications. The Executive Director is an attentive listener, sensitive and deferential to the needs of the constituents and staff alike and must be able to function in a multi-faceted work environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Development & Fundraising (45%): Lead fundraising efforts, securing sponsorships ($200,000), grants, major gifts ($25,000), and annual donations through strategic outreach, cultivation and stewardship. Build and maintain partnerships with key community stakeholders to expand CWF’s impact. Execute the annual fundraising calendar, including a major event, wine dinners, wine tasting events, and other event opportunities through securing sponsorships, donations, auction items and other support.
Strategic Vision, Planning, Organizational Leadership & Management (30%): Collaborate with the Board of Directors to shape the next chapter of CWF’s 40-year legacy by 1) developing CWF brand strategy, marketing initiatives, public relations opportunities, and general community reputation development, 2) defining & developing the foundation’s 3-5 year strategic vision and 3) managing and advancing all relationships with existing partner organizations as well as having a firm understanding of all potential future partner organizations.
Manage operations and infrastructure, streamlining accounting and administrative systems.
Board Governance & Development (15%): Suggest possible nominees to the Board who are persons of achievement and can make significant contributions to the work of the Board and the progress of the organization. Participate in and contribute to the development of Board of Directors meetings, retreats, and committee roles. Help shape and edit Bylaws and outline committee roles. Establish a board and committee calendar, including scheduling and facilitating event committee meetings. Design and implement onboarding processes for new board members, including orientation materials and ongoing communication.
Event Management & Execution (10%): Oversee the planning, branding, marketing, and execution of the annual event and other events. Manage staff training and meetings, ensuring ongoing professional development for event planning and execution. Attend events hosted by CWF.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Proven experience in sales, development and fundraising
- Strong background in hospitality and event planning
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and develop teams
- Financial acumen, particularly in managing budgets
- Passion for community support and commitment to CWF’s mission
· Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent experience in the nonprofit field required, Master’s Degree and/or nonprofit certifications a plus
- Interest in gourmet food and wine is a plus
- Resides within a reasonable commuting distance of Portland, with the ability to meet with staff in-person and attend external meetings and events
Top Priorities:
- Develop and implement a new 3- to 5-year strategic plan to include metrics and KPIs
- Get to know and build relationships with key stakeholders, including staff, donors, beneficiaries, wineries, sponsors, new audiences, etc.
- Initiate immediate fundraising goals & action plans to enhance fundraising success
- Evaluate the existing organization, including but not limited to the current event lineup, marketing plan, staff, organizational structure, budget, mission, policies and procedures
Salary & Benefits: Competitive market salary, based on experience. Benefits are negotiable and may include health insurance, paid time off, sick leave, holidays, etc.
To Apply: Please submit a resume and cover letter to: https://classicwinesfoundation.exacthire.com/
Deadline: December 19, 2025. Consider applying early; the Hiring Team will review applications on a rolling basis. Preferred start is February 2, 2026.
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Posted November 20, 2025
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Senior Director, Membership
Application instructions for this and all current OPB employment opportunities are available at OPB's careers page.
About OPB
OPB is a leader in public media, serving diverse communities of the Northwest with fact-based, in-depth news and information about politics, the environment, science, arts, history, and cultures; business, education and more. Powered by the generous support of members, OPB seeks out a variety of voices in our communities and lifts up authentic stories of the people, places, events and issues of the region, providing context and a deeper understanding. OPB’s independent journalism and programs are available at opb.org, on OPB Radio and OPB TV. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.
The Opportunity:
OPB is hiring a Senior Director, Membership to succeed our long serving leader who is retiring after a long and transformational tenure. The person in this role will lead one of the most effective Sustainer-based fundraising programs and teams in public media as we boldly write the next chapter of our public service for communities across Oregon and southwest Washington.
OPB is a national leader in public media; our growing, multi-channel membership program of more than 164,000 supporter households annually contributes nearly $28 million, aligning with and powering our public service journalism mission. We seek a driven innovator with sharp marketing instincts and an eye for emerging opportunities at scale. Our Senior Director will be a highly effective strategist, people leader and collaborator, relentlessly focused on building member relationships and revenue from highly engaged audiences across every audience channel and touchpoint. This position will steward our essential fundraising asset—a team and partners of outstanding skill and dedication, ready to build on an exceptional foundation and elevate our member-centered and mission-focused fundraising and retention to its next level of excellence.
This team, along with colleagues in Philanthropy and Sponsorship will drive the long-term growth, excellence and sustainability of OPB’s public service journalism and KMHD Jazz Without Boundaries. If you’re a highly skilled and proven membership fundraising leader and this opportunity captivates your interest, we are eager to receive your application!
Position Summary:
The Senior Director, Membership, leads the strategic development, implementation and analysis of a comprehensive, multi-channel, data-informed Membership program. The Senior Director leads and coaches a team of professionals overseeing membership giving programs, digital fundraising and a retention-focused member/audience service team. This critical leader and team secure and cultivate member relationships (more than164,000 member households) that represent more than half of the organization’s operating budget. Membership provides the foundation of our total fundraising effort, driving and sustaining our expanding public service journalism mission.
The Senior Director is a collaboration leader and champion for membership fundraising best practices across the organization and a strategic voice in enterprise conversations about audience engagement and conversion.
The Membership program includes: Sustainers (monthly giving), digital engagement and conversion, canvassing, direct mail, telemarketing, vehicle donations, on-air fundraising, employee giving programs, member/customer service for OPB and KMHD, a jazz radio service. The Senior Director leads a staff of eleven who direct and execute these programs and develop new revenue and retention strategies at scale. Membership works seamlessly with the Development Operations team that integrates all fundraising programs of the Development Department, supporting all business processes and technologies, and collaborates cross-functionally with teams driving audience experiences from discovery through engagement and conversion.
This position continually assesses programs with an eye toward maximizing effectiveness, building scale, driving return on investment and continual improvement to meet the present and future needs of a growing non-profit media organization focused on regional journalism and programming of the highest quality.
Areas of Responsibility:
35% - Fundraising strategy and leadership: Provide vision and high-level strategy to focus and drive a comprehensive, Sustainer-based, multichannel membership program aligned with organizational strategy. Create and support development of compelling messaging, enticing incentives and effective calls to action across program features and communications. Identify opportunities to test and innovate to maximize revenue and member acquisition and retention at scale. Informed by actionable data, the program includes fundraising from all audience platforms including an emerging digital focus, direct mail, telemarketing, canvassing, vehicle donations, workplace/matching gift programs. Provide high-level direction for donor retention strategies and practices, building a strong-affinity member experience through service, engagement and communications. Integrate effectively with other Development teams (Operations, Philanthropy, Campaign and Sponsorship) to maximize effectiveness and shared success in fundraising efforts and to build optimal lifetime giving relationships with our members.
Contribute to the organization’s culture of philanthropy by building an understanding of our program (test-and-learn outcomes, awareness of how we fundraise, performance, opportunities and challenges), strategy and outcomes with staff and volunteers.
Explore and develop opportunities for innovation and new membership revenue streams; prioritize and identify activities to de-prioritize or stop in favor of critical growth potential.
20% - Collaborative leadership: Provide internal enterprise teams with leadership and expertise to build revenue effectiveness across audience platforms. Contribute expertise, insights and partnership to the Development Leadership Team.
20% - People leadership and development: Lead, coach and motivate a highly effective and skilled Membership team. Provide staff with regular, specific feedback and motivation. Identify opportunities for staff to build skills that maximize membership fundraising and professional growth. Provide leadership, collaboration and support to enable direct reports and teams to do their best work on digital fundraising, membership giving programs (acquisition, upgrade and retention), and member/audience services. Lead or advise recruitment and training, assess and evolve roles to support individual and team growth, revenue effectiveness and alignment with organizational strategy and priorities. Foster connection within and beyond the Membership team
15% - Program metrics and analysis: Working with program leads, develop revenue projections and fundraising budgets that maximize effectiveness, and align with strategy and priorities. Define success of multi-channel campaigns and initiatives and lead comprehensive data analysis to evaluate overall program performance and prioritize resources for future growth. Collaborate with peers in public media and other non-profit sectors to continually improve best practices through benchmarking and shared learning.
5% - Compliance: Ensure compliance requirements are met for member accountability and regulatory requirements; provide relevant internal and external reporting. Select and evaluate vendors and consultants for ROI and service. Work with internal partners (Legal, Finance teams and others) on contracts, data security, state registration and other compliance requirements.
5% - Other duties: Participation in staff committees and other assignments.
Supervises:
This position directly supervises three positions: Director, Membership Fundraising and Retention; Director, Digital Membership; and Member Experience Manager.
Working Conditions:
This position works on-site with hybrid flexibility. Most activity takes place in an office environment, including extended periods at a desk and using a computer during regular work hours. Some work takes place in the evenings and weekends for meetings and events, and some regional and national travel is required for industry conferences, meetings and professional development.
Minimum Position Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Attitudes):
· 7 years (full-time) of demonstrated success and increasing responsibilities leading large scale and complex multi-channel direct-response fundraising including digital engagement and conversion. Expertise in strategic campaign development, effective message development, copy writing for call to action and stewardship communications, data management, testing and integration of leading technologies.
· Demonstrated success in consistent growth of member acquisition, retention and revenue.
· At least 5 years of effective supervision and team leadership experience.
· ROI-driven project and budget management and complex revenue analysis and projection experience, able to identify and make the case for new opportunities for revenue growth and articulate a business case for prioritization and investment.
· Ability to lead, inspire and build constructive partnerships with colleagues in a creative, collaborative, cross-functional, dynamic and fast-paced environment.
· Effective prioritization, organization, time management, and teamwork skills.
· Skill in leading people effectively through change—adopting new data-informed approaches, creating efficiencies and implementing new and emerging technologies, creating conditions that support innovation and nimbleness (including decisive de-prioritization).
· Demonstrated marketing acumen and understanding of what motivates people to support a non-profit mission; a talent for business and creative marketing communications; a passion for mission-focused marketing and fundraising.
· Effective solutions focus, skilled in team building around a common purpose, systems thinking, and pursuit of constant improvement.
· A clear and empathetic communicator with exceptional listening skills, internal/external service skills.
· Demonstrated understanding of fundraising business tools including strategic CRM ecosystems, high proficiency in Microsoft Office products and project management software.
· Demonstrated ability to work well with diverse personalities and varying levels of knowledge/experience.
· Demonstrated ability to successfully manage and support multiple projects (that this position and direct reports lead); and balance and prioritize concurrent priorities.
· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced working environment and an industry experiencing significant change, and take initiative, balancing multiple priorities with speed and accuracy.
· Enthusiasm for the mission and organizational values of OPB and desire to engage in work with positive impact every day through public service to our region.
Preferred Position Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Attitudes):
· Experience in fundraising for media organizations.
· Experience with Salesforce-based CRM environments.
· Knowledge and practical experience in ethical, impactful incorporation of AI in fundraising and donor engagement and AI governance frameworks.
· ROI and data-informed experience with effective event strategies for member engagement and conversion.
Additional Information:
· This position reports to the Senior VP and Chief Development Officer and is benefits eligible.
· The probable hiring range for this exempt position is between $120,000 - $140,000 annually, depending on qualifications.
· This position has access to highly sensitive data and therefore must pass a background check.
How to Apply:
For application instructions, please visit OPB's careers page. You will be asked to create an account, upload your cover letter and resume and answer a few position-related questions. Once you click “submit” you cannot make changes to your application.
This position will remain open until filled; however, we will begin reviewing applications and scheduling interviews the week of November 10, 2025.
OPB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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