The Notebook has a new development director

This article was originally published in The Notebook. In August 2020, The Notebook became Chalkbeat Philadelphia.

Lauren Wiley
The Notebook has hired a new development director, Lauren Wiley.

Wiley’s responsibilities will include membership recruitment and management, as well as sponsorship and major donor solicitation. She will also manage special events, including the Notebook’s annual Turning the Page for Change celebration.

Wiley has more than 10 years of experience in fundraising, donor cultivation and management, and event planning. In her previous job, she was the first-ever development director at Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute, a professional laboratory science organization. While there, she instituted an event sponsorship program, secured new government grants, and began the first-ever recruitment of corporate sponsors for the institute’s conferences and educational seminars.

She has also worked for the American Diabetes Association, where she served as the first regional communications manager in New England. She ultimately transferred to ADA’s Northeastern Pennsylvania market, where she rebuilt volunteer committees for two local walks, developed media plans and partnerships, and built a deep, solid sponsorship base.

This is not Wiley’s first job with a newspaper. She worked as a journalist for six years before joining the nonprofit sector. Wiley has a bachelor of science degree in journalism and a bachelor of arts degree in political science.

She is a parent of two boys, and her older son attends public school in Chestnut Hill. She volunteers as the treasurer for the nonprofit group, Friends of J.S. Jenks, which raises funds to support school programming and infrastructure.

Wiley said she is excited to join the organization.

“I’m really happy to be given the opportunity to support two causes I care deeply about: local journalism and public education,” Wiley said.

“I hope to recruit many more members and donors so the Notebook can continue to be a strong and positive voice in the community supporting Philadelphia public schools.”