About Me

April Watkins serves as Director of Donor Relations & Strategic Partnerships for the Arthur Scandrett Disability Scholarship Foundation, leading donor engagement, corporate sponsorships, and strategic partnerships that drive sustainable growth and long-term impact.

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Ms. Watkins brings more than a decade of experience across global partnerships, sponsorships, and revenue strategy, having worked with leading organizations including Google, YouTube BrandConnect, the Filecoin Foundation, Cox Media Group, and Saint Rock Media. Across these roles, she has led multimillion-dollar sponsorship initiatives, managed high-value partner portfolios, and executed campaigns at national and international scale.

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Her background spans technology, media, and emerging digital ecosystems, where she collaborated with executive leadership, marketing, and creative teams to design scalable partnership frameworks that increased revenue, strengthened brand alignment, and delivered measurable results.

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At the Foundation, Ms. Wat

kins oversees donor stewardship and sponsorship strategy, ensuring philanthropic partners experience transparency, accountability, and clear impact. Her work aligns donor intent with outcomes that directly support scholars with disabilities and advance the Foundation’s mission.

Ms. Watkins holds a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing from Bentley University and brings a disciplined, global perspective to the Foundation’s fundraising and partnership efforts.

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📧 donors@asdscholarshipfoundation.org