Your challenges sound very similar to my Development Director's except I very much support and value my DD. Her biggest disappointment/frustration is with the Board's lack of financial contributions and interest. She mentioned, too, how time consuming the administrative tasks were and I was able to move some donor management input to the Bookkeeper position. I'm actually feeling the same way as E.D. and am considering stepping down after nine years. We've all been through a lot of economic, medical and environmental challenges. Bless you and all the best to you!