Allyson Reaves

Corporate Vice President
CCS Fundraising

Allyson’s work with CCS includes interim management, campaign execution, planning studies, development assessments, leadership development and capacity building for diverse organizations across social sectors. Her key achievements include heightening engagement from volunteer leaders, securing transformational seven and eight- figure commitments and implementing successful campaigns from concept to public phase.

With a sixteen-year career in philanthropy (and the past nine years with CCS), Allyson has worked directly with teams of thought leaders whose goals are to advance outreach, education and leadership around a vision. In each project, Allyson aligns the fundraising endeavor with a spirit of collaboration and team-building, which serves as the underpinning for incredible success.

Currently, Allyson is serving at Xavier University of Louisiana in the interim role of Vice President of Institutional Advancement. Supporting a staff of 15+ development professionals, Allyson managed the launch of Xavier’s L.O.V.E. Fund (Lifeline, Organization-wide, Vital, Emergency), which funds the university’s immediate COVID-19 response plan. In addition, she is advancing campaign preparation for Xavier’s 100th anniversary in 2025.

Based in Atlanta, GA, Allyson is an volunteer for several diversity and inclusion initiatives organized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the African American Development Officers Network. She is a former board member of both the Clemson University Black Alumni Council and the Community Investment Network. A graduate of the Hilton Head Island Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Program, she also served on the Chamber’s Board of Regents. Allyson volunteers with the St. Croix Foundation for Community Development (US Virgin Islands) around hurricane recovery, community organizing and building collective leadership for non-profit organizations. Allyson was also recently invited to join the German Marshall Fellowship Program and she will complete the transatlantic project in spring 2021.