Ayeshah Raftery of Colchester and Charlie Dayton of Burlington have joined the donor relations team at United Way of Northwest Vermont.
As major gifts and planned giving manager, Raftery is responsible for creating and maintaining strong relationships with community members who are essential to United Way’s mission. She brings over two decades of development leadership experience in Vermont and has worked for several mission-driven organizations including UVM Home Health and Hospice, the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont and Pine Ridge School.
In the newly created position of campaign and donor relations operations associate, Dayton is responsible for maintaining and improving relationships with workplaces that participate in United Way’s annual campaign as well as managing donor and campaign information. A lifelong Vermonter, he is a graduate of the University of Vermont who most recently worked at Old Spokes Home/Bike Recycle Vermont.