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Form: Senior Staff MESSGRF Application

Submitted by tim.hsieh

Fri, 04/07/2017 - 16:51

67.183.134.88

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Name of Staff Applicant TIMOTHY HSIEH

Name of RD/VP LYNN GILL

Region Northwest

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

Salary Information

Budgeted Salary Level 12

Actual Salary Level 6

Budgeted Salary in Dollars 65,244

Actual Salary in Dollars 36,000

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

Grant Criteria

Ethnic Identity (check all that apply) East Asian

Financial Difficulty (check all that apply)

High cost of living
Challenging ethnic PR issues, e.g. Black church, Native American community, Latino community, unfamiliar with InterVarsity.
Church partnerships have limited capacity (<$3K annually per church)
Chapter Planting or serving at a commuter school with few to no alumni contacts

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

Tim started on staff 18 years ago with parental objections. He comes from a small ethnic immigrant church that didn't have many resources and didn't give outside of the church and also did not know IV. He was an planter at commuter and community colleges and then a planting AD in SoCal, resulting in very limited alumni networks. Four years ago he transferred to the Northwest Region as a Community College Regional Planting Coordinator - so again very limited alumni networks. Has been working on new networks in the Northwest. He currently has no escrow and will likely end this fiscal year with a $1500 deficit. His spouse' recent employment transition has created an immediate need for increased funding, especially for family health benefits.

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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

Tim is one of the few ethnic minority RDs in the nation. His leadership is critical regionally and nationally to establish and build healthy, ethnically diverse witnessing chapters and staff teams. Under his leadership 1 in 3 core students have attended ethnic specific conference in this past year. These conferences were in partnership with the Western Cluster and national departments (Native , AAM, LaFe, and BCM). In his first six month in role, he has hired and promoted 3 women of color into regional leadership roles and director positions.

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

As RD, Tim is crucial in implementing chapter building and planting strategies. He is recognized nationally as a planter, especially in commuter and community college context, and often ask to train and consult. As for chapter building, as RD, he has required all staff receive the national chapter growth training.

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

The Northwest has pioneered the strategy of endowment creation for low-network staff. The region has become a model for other regions in this strategy. The region is within 4% of their $1 million goal, via cash and estate giving. This is a long term strategy. The short term strategy has been the creation of a regional ME overhead and is distributed annually.

Additional comments or questions

As a senior leader, especially in campus ministry, Tim's leadership, presence and voice, is crucial to the expansion of the mission and the implementation of the vision of healthy multiethnic chapters and staff teams.

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Electronic Signature of Staff Completing This Application (name and zip code) Tim Hsieh 98008

Email Address tim.hsieh@intervarsity.org