Speaker Profile

Monica Muten
Vice President, Direct Response / Special Olympics International

Monica Muten is the Vice President, Direct Response Marketing at Special Olympics International and is a fundraising professional with more than twenty years of experience. She joined the Special Olympics in 2018 and is focused primarily on developing and driving strategy for the direct mail, telemarketing, and sustainer programs.

Prior to Special Olympics, Monica spent ten years with the National Wildlife Federation in a range of roles specializing in monthly sustainers, telemarketing, donor appeals, acquisition, and renewals. She also spent several years working at a direct response fundraising agency, where she executed campaign strategy for non-profit organizations like Amnesty International, Environmental Defense, Children’s Defense Fund, Public Citizen, and many others. Monica has dedicated her career to the non-profit sector and enjoys working on all aspects of direct response, but she is most passionate about building strong monthly donor programs.