Submission #23

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Form: Senior Staff MESSGRF Application

Submitted by Tom_Allen

Fri, 05/05/2017 - 19:32

99.53.226.99

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Name of Staff Applicant Tracey Gee

Name of RD/VP Tom Allen

Region Southern California

This staff is at least in his/her 5th year Yes

Salary Information

Budgeted Salary Level Level 10 Quadrant B

Actual Salary Level Level 10 Quadrant A

Budgeted Salary in Dollars 60,696

Actual Salary in Dollars 52,020

Local Funding Sources and amounts (list Area, Division, or Regional seed money, matching grants, Chapter Planting start-up grants, Jumpstart, in kind gifts, etc.)

Tracey received one time divisional fund transfer this year for interim Divisional Director leadership she performed for Greater Los Angeles.

Grant Criteria

Ethnic Identity (check all that apply) East Asian

Financial Difficulty (check all that apply)

Limited networks or average gift < $600 annually
Non-Christian background/college convert
Parental objections
High cost of living

Please describe their situation including their ending deficit or surplus for the last three years and any present escrow in their account

During 2016-2017 Tracey lost $9360 in recurring gifts from four ministry partners. that is 18% of Tracey's FY budget, a significant loss. Tracey 's salary is currently at the entry level floor for her position. This loss of funding is a significant setback to steps Tracey has been taking to raise additional funds for a rightful salary increase. Tracey's ending surplus for the last three years is -
2014- +7200
2015 - + 5148
2016 - + 5748
She has $1818 in Escrow currently.
Tracey gives critical leadership in the region to advancing the region's growth goals. She is a "chief learning officer" of sorts identifying growth bright spots, learning about them, translating them for others in the region and assisting others to replicate them throughout the region. During 2016-2017, Tracey took on an interim Divisional Director leadership role in Greater Los Angeles during the fall human sexuality policy crisis. As well, she is leading in a critical national role for chapter growth.

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Strategic Role: The Senior Staff worker plays a critical leadership role regionally and/or nationally to help build healthy, ethnically diverse witnessing chapters or staff teams Yes

Please describe as it relates to their present and future involvement

Tracey brings thoughtful and insightful leadership to our RLT as it relates to both being a healthy ethnically diverse team and in leading the entire regional staff team to be a healthy ethnically diverse team. in Southern California, 48% of our staff ethnic minorities. Tracey is a voice for developing staff of color and creating growth and training strategies that take ethnicity, gender and age into account.

What role (if any) does this staff play in chapter building or chapter planting?

Tracey gave strategic leadership to the national Chapter Growth Steering Committee. Her Assoc RD role in Southern California is built around identifying campuses with successful evangelistic and small group growth and replicating it in other areas in the region. She is "in the eye of the storm" as it relates to national and regional growth strategy and training.

What plan or strategy is being implemented regionally to assist this applicant in addressing their fundraising difficulties?

We will look at providing a coach for Tracey at this stage of her MPD to help her develop her strategy. Tracey's strategy will focus on key UCLA alumni and increasing the number of churches providing financial support. Tracey will implement under her coach's direction targeted MPD "sprints" during the year.

Additional comments or questions

Tracey is a gifted leader in our region and movement. She took a blow this spring with losing nearly $10K annual support from existing ministry partners. We want Tracey to continue to give vital and critical leadership in the region and beyond. She is in a season where she is a veteran woman staff and needs to rebuild her base support. With dedicated time and support from the MESSGRF grant, she will be set on a trajectory to successfully accomplish that goal and thrive in a new season of leadership in InterVarsity.

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Electronic Signature of Staff Completing This Application (name and zip code) Tom Allen 92507

Email Address thomasallen1@att.net