LTG Announces Executive Search Completion - Bon Secours, USA Director - Fund Development

June 2026

LTG Announces Executive Search Completion - Bon Secours, USA Director - Fund Development

The Leadership Talent Group (LTG) is pleased to announce that Sarah Phillips has joined the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA as the Director - Fund Development (DFD), effective August 2026.

As DFD, Phillips will be responsible for the general administration of  philanthropic activities for the Sisters of Bon Secours’ ministries in the USA, enriching the mission and sustaining the future growth of the organization. This leadership role serves as a stimulus for shaping the vision, future direction, sustainability, and legacy of the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA.

In this inaugural position, the DFD is the primary ombudsperson to a variety of community, governmental, educational, and private institutional stakeholders. Phillips will take direct responsibility for all aspects of fund development, including: grant writing and proposal submission; capital campaigns; major gifts; donor management systems, reporting, and analytics; legacy giving; relationships with individual and family contributors, non-profit organizations, alumni and current Bon Secours Health and Bon Secours Mercy employees, Friends of Bon Secours; and religious and educational institutions.

Phillips has over 25 years of experience in development roles. In Phillips’ most recent role of Director of Development at the George Washington University School of Business in Washington, DC, she managed a portfolio of donors and prospects in order to secure and steward major and principal gifts for the School’s diverse priorities. Previously, she served as Associate Director of Development at the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School in Ann Arbor, MI.

Phillips received her Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing from the Graham School of Management at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, IL, and her Bachelor of Science (BS) in Anthropology from the College of Sciences and Humanities at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. She earned a certificate in Leadership from Wharton Executive Education at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. 

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The Leadership Talent Group (LTG), is a boutique talent management consulting firm specializing in retained search, interim leadership and executive development services for hospital systems. Led by managing partner Julie Hixson Suijk, she is joined by industry experts Seth Lee and Tiffany Crenshaw, providing talent solutions in the delivery of original candidate research, passive candidate development, diverse candidate slates and timely search completion. The consultants of LTG have completed 600+ executive and interim leadership placements nationally at 50+ faith-based, academic, non-profit, for-profit, children’s and community hospital systems, culminating in 10,000+ executive encounters. With our boutique search model, we conduct original candidate research, targeting health systems and passive candidates at virtually any health system in the nation. Our expansive network with health system leaders is unrivaled. Learn more about our branded, "The Pragmatic Interview Method" that is designed to align interview team members and candidates to create an engaged interview experience: www.theleadershiptalentgroup.com. 

LTG Contact

Julie Hixson Suijk, Managing Partner, The Leadership Talent Group, julie@theleadershiptalentgroup.com.