Blue Star Families
Executive Director, Hampton Roads Chapter
Hampton Roads, Virginia · Director
Sponsorship not specified$106k-$146kDetected 15 days ago
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About the role
- A Blue Star Family is one with an immediate family member - a spouse, parent, or child - actively serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, including the Guard and Reserves.
- These families face unique challenges: frequent relocations, deployments, career disruption, and isolation.
- This role requires a high-capacity, externally focused executive who excels at strategic partnerships, six-figure fundraising, board leadership, and cross-functional coordination.
Responsibilities
- Build cross-sector partnerships that get things done
- This is a high-visibility, high-trust, executive-level role-ideal for a leader who thrives in complex ecosystems, navigates multiple stakeholders, and drives meaningful change.
- Partner with the Development Team and National team on joint fundraising strategy and pipeline development.
- Lead stewardship and storytelling efforts that reinforce BSF's virtuous circle: deliver → measure → communicate → fund → scale.
- Lead the Chapter's full operational portfolio, including staff, volunteers, programs, budget, and community partnerships.
Requirements
- Participation is required as a core part of the role.
Compensation
- Each year, we support over 1.5 million military- and veteran-connected family members through a national network of 300,000+ members and local chapters in communities across the country.
- $106,000 - $146,000
- This role requires the ability to travel out of town overnight several times per year for staff offsites, planning retreats, and company-wide events.
- Develop and execute a Chapter Sustainability Plan tied to annual revenue, long-term growth, and metropolitan-market opportunity.
- Own annual fundraising goals; oversee stewardship that increases renewal rates and multi-year commitments.
Company info
- We make military life awesome for families.
- We listen, share, partner, and act to deliver evidence-based, data-driven solutions that work for real people.
- We're a lifestyle organization, a friend and neighbor, and a trusted partner.
- Our approach is collaborative, human-centered, and designed with the whole family in mind.
- The ED ensures BSF's mission is delivered with excellence, inclusion, belonging, accountability, and measurable outcomes that align with the organization's strategic goals and national KPIs.
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