Dawn Toguchi is the Senior Director of Development Programs at State Policy Network (SPN). In this role, she leads engagement with the Network to build and strengthen fundraising strategies that maximize impact.

Prior to joining SPN, Dawn spent a decade in marketing, communications, and development for the Commonwealth Foundation. Her collaboration on direct mail and marketing earned regional and national awards. She also applied these practices to strategic donor communication growth, increasing donor engagement, retention, and revenue. In 2021, she became the executive director of Open Discourse Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to civil discourse in higher education, building up programming, communications, and development functions in the organization’s first five years.

Dawn is a graduate of Bucknell University and earned her MBA from Duquesne University while working in finance for U. S. Steel in Pittsburgh. Dawn and her family live in Columbus, Ohio, and love to attend Ohio State football games.