Shaké Sulikyan

Professional Focus

• Nearly 25 years’ experience in the non-profit sector including senior leadership and consulting roles
• Specialization in recruiting leaders for education, healthcare, social service, humanitarian, and cultural organizations
• Extensive expertise in organizational effectiveness and process improvement, strategic partnerships, cross-functional team leadership, fundraising and sponsorship, community advocacy, project management and implementation, fundraising campaigns, coaching, team building and development, as well as advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, access, and justice
• Long career in volunteer roles, leading workshops and training sessions nationwide, and serving on nonprofit boards

Business Expertise

• President & Executive Director at ValleyCare Charitable Foundation, Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare, Livermore, CA
• Annual Giving & Fundraising Consultant at Shaké Sulikyan Consulting, San Francisco Bay Area
• Senior Director of Annual Giving at Harvard Medical School; previously Director of Annual Giving, Boston, MA
• Director of Annual Giving and Alumnae Relations at Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA
• Associate Director of The Simmons Fund at Simmons University, Boston, MA
• Associate Director of Annual Giving at Associated Early Care and Education (now Nurtury), Boston, MA
• Development Associate & Bookkeeper at Key Program, a non-profit human services agency in Framingham, MA

Sector Expertise

• Social Impact
• Education
• Healthcare
• Higher Education
• Academic Medicine
• Not-for-Profit

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology and political science from Clark University
• Gold Certified #IAmRemarkable Facilitator
• Youth Mental Health First Aid
• Certified Youth Track & Field and Cross Country Coach

Affiliations & Awards

• Board Member and Programs Chair, Development Executives Roundtable
• Coach, Youth Track & Field and Cross Country
• Lead 5th Grade Science Camp Fundraising Team, Arroyo Seco Elementary School
• Facilitator for Professional Roundtables, Tri-Valley Nonprofit Alliance
• Communications Committee, NextUp
• President, Clark University Alumni Association (former)
• Leading Forward Summit Committee Member, Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (former)
• Board Member and Chair of Fundraising, Arroyo Seco Elementary School PTA (former)
• Monthly Breakfast Committee Member, Association of Fundraising Professionals, MA Chapter
• Faculty Member and Presenter, Senior Annual Giving Professionals Conference, Council for Advancement and Support of Education
• Board Member, Women in Development of Greater Boston (former)