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Before joining Network for Good, Katya was Senior Vice President of Sutton Group, a marketing and communications firm supporting non-profits, government agencies, and foundations working for the social good. She has also served as a marketing consultant overseas, promoting causes ranging from civil society in Ukraine to ecotourism in Madagascar. She also worked for CARE International. Fundraising Success Magazine named Katya Fundraising Professional of the Year in 2007. She has trained hundreds of causes in effective marketing and media relations, and her marketing materials for nonprofits have won national and international awards. Katya is the author of the book, Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes (Jossey-Bass, 2006) and was featured in the ebook, Nine Minds of Marketing. She is also author of a chapter in the upcoming book, People to People Fundraising (Wiley, 2007). Katya traces her passion for good causes to the enormous social need she witnessed as a journalist prior to her work in the non-profit sector. She was a foreign correspondent for Reuters News and Television in Asia and for Associated Press, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Dallas Morning News in Africa. She has a bachelor's degree in history from Haverford College.
Prior to his current position, Aschermann was Senior Vice President of Resource Development and Marketing for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In that position he created systems and programs to stabilize the organization’s fund raising operation while dramatically increasing the overall donor base and diversifying the methods used to raise money. In 1990 BGCA raised and spent approximately $280 million. In 2002 that number was $1.2 billion. Kurt has been a teacher, worked in government/politics and for March of Dimes; he also has consulted to various for-profit and non-profit groups. He is a well-known speaker and lecturer on nonprofit/for-profit relations, and board development, and has authored several articles about the changing donor environment and new economic realties of non-profit management. He was a recent recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
Throughout her professional and volunteer experiences, Melanie has been fortunate to work alongside dedicated professionals, tireless volunteers, and generous donors who share her commitment to and passion for serving others. As co-author of The Mercifully Brief, Real World Guide to Raising Money Through Bequests, she clearly recognizes the critical role planned giving plays in even the smallest of development offices.
Penelope has worked with half a dozen different consulting firms, including two that she founded; one a fund raising consultancy in the UK, the other an arts management consultancy in Chicago. She spent seven years with Community Counseling Services (CCS), the largest consulting firm to nonprofits in the world. Her clients span the voluntary sector and she has consulted in North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. A respected teacher and facilitator, Penelope was a faculty member of the graduate management programs at Columbia College and the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, and created an arts management program for American University in Cairo, Egypt. She served as a member of CCS’ own international long-distance learning faculty. She has contributed internationally to many professional journals and books on nonprofit management and presents at conferences around the world.
She is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences and workshop leader on topics of empowering women to fulfill their wealth legacy abundantly. Recent presentations include 2006 and 2007 International AFP and 2005 and 2006 National Committee on Planned Giving Conferences and the 2007 Association for Healthcare Philanthropy International conference. Margaret May is a graduate of Boston University. Her 40-year career in fundraising, financial planning and philanthropic consulting began in the late 1960s as a vice president for development at Boston University and as a purlic relations director for the College of Fine Arts. Her career includes work in the corporate world as Senior Financial Advisor for 18 years with American Express Financial Adviosors where she specialized in philanthropic estate planning for women. She is listed in "Who's Who in Finance in America," a past president of the Treasure Coast Planned Giving Council and served as an instructor in investment and finance at Florida Atlantic University's continuing education department.
She has more than twenty years experience in corporate community relations and nonprofit fundraising. Pam was 2000 and 2001 president of the board of the Golden Gate Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She serves on the Board of the SEMI Foundation and on the West Coast Regional Advisory Board of the Institute of International Education. She also served on the board of the Fulbright Association and was a Big Sister for fourteen years. A graduate of Duke University (BA), University of Virginia (MA), and a Fulbright Scholar at the Australian National University, Pam received a certificate in corporate community relations from Boston College. She has also completed the Stanford University Management Development Program, the Stanford Advanced Management College, the Coro Community Leaders Program, and the Environmental Forum of Marin. Pam is a Certified Fund Raising Executive and is a registered Fundraising Counsel with the State of California. She was named as the 2003 Hank Rosso Outstanding Fundraising Executive by the Golden Gate Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Executives and Northern California Grantmakers.
A veteran of the nonprofit sector Kevin has extensive experience with face-to-face gift solicitation. The early years of his career were spent in health care administration. Kevin is also the coordinator for Nonprofit Business Solutions where he has applied his extensive experience developing business plans to the nonprofit sector.
Kay speaks nationally at a variety of conferences including AFP, AHP and DMA. In recent years she has been a featured presenter at the Fundraising Institute Australia in Canberra, the Swedish Fundraising Council in Stockholm and the International Fund Raising Conference (and will be again in 2006) in The Netherlands, and in 2005 she was a presenter at the AFP Toronto Congress. She was honored as "Outstanding Fund Raising Executive" by the Golden Gate Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (now AFP) in 1992. The author of five books, most recently, Fundraising Mistakes That Bedevil All Boards, 2004, you'll learn more about Kay at her website transforming-philanthropy.org
Margaret’s background includes development audits, planning and feasibility studies, management of comprehensive development programs, capital campaigns, major gift development and cultivation, direct response/ annual funds, board development and seminars. She is the Fund Raising Executive of the Year 2000 for Greater Washington DC Chapter of AFP and was named the Women’s Direct Response Group’s 2000 Woman of the Year. In 2001, she was selected as one of the twelve ‘Most Powerful Women in Direct Marketing’ by the Non-Profit Times. Margaret is an internationally known conference speaker presenting for organizations like the National Catholic Development Conference, Catholic Charities USA, the Association of Fund Raising Professionals, and the Direct Marketing Association. She was president of the Greater Washington DC Chapter of AFP Chapter and was a member of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy Board. Currently Margaret is a member of AFP’s Leadership Society and serves on several committees. In 2001 Margaret wrote “Reviving Your Donor File” part of AFP’s Ready Reference Series. In addition, she has written numerous articles for the Non-Profit Times, the DM News, Target Marketing and FundRaising Success Magazines.
Mr. Hobson has served as Vice President of Institutional Advancement for Thomas More College, Educational Technology Product Manager for the Baldwin Piano and Organ Company and Product Manager for Institutional Advancement software at CARS Information Systems (now Jenzabar, Inc.) Among his achievements, he led the development and marketing of digital keyboard lab systems for K-12 schools, designed a new generation of Fundraising applications for Higher Education administrative database systems and achieved major growth and diversification of the funding base at Thomas More College. Mr. Hobson is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) with the Small Business Specialist designation. He holds a Master of Music degree in Composition from the Shepherd School of Music of Rice University and a Bachelor of Music with a double major in Composition and Flute Performance from the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati.
John has over 30 years experience in the planned giving and fundraising field. He has worked for the Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation and the National Benevolent Association. Prior to joining Saint Francis in 2001, he served as planned giving officer of Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver, Colorado from 1993-2001. John is a Certified Direct Marketer (CDM), a Fellow in Church Business Administration (FCBA), and a Certified Financial Educator (CFE). In demand as a speaker, John brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to seminar participants.
Through her firm, James Consulting, Inc., Ms. James specializes in marketing and public relations, capital campaign counsel, feasibility/planning studies, development audits, planned giving programs and strategic planning. Regional campaign projects have included the Three Rivers Hospital in Grants Pass, the Lithia Motors Amphitheater at the Jackson County Fairgrounds and she is currently working on the 132-acre regional Sports and Community Park for the City of Medford. She is a frequent conference presenter on varied topics from marketing to planned giving programs.
Marc not only consults on fundraising, website design, and email and Internet marketing strategy, he is a practitioner. His extensive hands-on experience includes work on over 80 websites: creating database driven web sites, designing and executing Email Campaigns, Optimizing for Search Engines and setting up eCommerce and Online Donation applications. Marc is a sought after speaker and workshop leader in the areas of Fundraising and the Internet with recent presentations at: AFP International, CASE-NAIS, Mid-America Fundraising Conference, Regional AFPs, Regional ALDE, Philanthropy Day, and University of Nebraska Continuing Education. He is the creator of the capital campaign assessment tool, CampaignReadiness.com
Linda has managed capital campaigns ranging in size from $175,000 to over $12,000,000, helped hundreds of organizations start or improve their development programs, and has trained more than 10,000 professionals and volunteers in areas of fundraising and philanthropy. A featured speaker Linda is the author of The Development Plan (Wiley & Sons, 2007) and Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers, (Wiley & Sons, 2005). She is a contributing author to The Fundraising Feasibility Study—It’s Not About the Money, edited by Martin Novom, (Wiley & Sons, 2007).
Heather is a former McKinsey & Company consultant and a co-founder of Who Cares, a national magazine for young social entrepreneurs published from 1993-1999. Heather has more than fifteen years of experience in the social sector, and consults with leading philanthropic and nonprofit institutions. She has lectured at Stanford, and presented at industry conferences on social entrepreneurship, nonprofit leadership, youth engagement, and strategic philanthropy. Heather has been published in the New York Times, Inc., the American Prospect, and Alliance, and has appeared on CNN and NPR. Heather serves on the Advisory Boards of the Stanford Social Innovation Review and the National Civic League. She holds an MBA from Stanford University and an AB from Harvard University, and resides in the Bay Area with her husband and daughter.
In 2003 Mr. McPherson’s firm joined the London-based Management Centre as U.S. partner for its international network supporting NGOs and government agencies worldwide. His international clients have included the United Nations Environment for Europe Program (Geneva), Mama Cash (Amsterdam), Boys Town South Africa and the American University in Bulgaria, one of the first Western-style universities created in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism. Mr. McPherson has served as fundraising advisor to the late Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to former President Jimmy Carter. He has conducted fundraising training programs for the Direct Marketing Association’s Nonprofit Federation (New York), the International Fundraising Congress (Amsterdam), The National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington), and the Women’s Funding Network (San Francisco). He is a popular webinar trainer for associations and fundraising magazines. Mr. McPherson holds an honors degree from New York University where he currently serves on the faculty of the George H. Heyman, Jr., Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Convio, America’s largest provider of online technology services to the voluntary sector. He is the author of Digital Giving: How Technology is Changing Charity (June 2007, from iUniverse, a Barnes & Noble company), acclaimed by reviewers in the US, the UK and the Netherlands.
Dr. Renz teaches and conducts research on nonprofit and public service leadership and governance, and he helps organizations develop programs to strengthen quality, innovation, and effectiveness. Much of Renz's work focuses on helping organizations and communities design and successfully implement major change and development initiatives. Renz's research interests are in the areas of nonprofit and public service organization effectiveness, governance, and innovation in public service management and leadership. His work is regularly published in both scholarly and practitioner publications, including Nonprofit Management and Leadership, The Nonprofit Quarterly, The Nonprofit CEO Newsletter, Strategic Governance, Leadership Quest, Public Productivity and Management Review, The Bioethics Forum, American Review of Public Administration, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
Bernard has an unusual specialty -- teaching people how to ask for money over meals! Recent successes include coaching the President of Brazil’s wife to ask for $5M during a formal lunch, helping public television specialists in the US to secure $4M in foundation funds while working a buffet, and coaching a Scottish lawyer to ask JK Rowling for £1M over dinner. His areas of expertise are strategic thinking, change leadership and organisational transformation. He specialises in developing strategic capacity with senior teams and boards. He also acts as a personal coach to a number of CEOs of large NGOs and INGOs. He has worked for over 20 years with not-for-profit organisations helping them transform their performance. His customers include most of the major UK charities and many leading INGOs – ranging from Oxfam to UNICEF and WHO to Save the Children. His work has taken him to every continent and almost 30 countries. Among his recent projects are:
He co-authored Breakthrough Thinking for Non-Profit Organisations with Clare Segal (Jossey-Bass 2002). His new book, The Power of Influence in Fundraising (Wiley & Sons, 2007) will be in print in time for his Seminar.
A frequent guest speaker at both the local and national levels, he was honored as “Fund Raising Professional of the Year” by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Dr. Sharp is Senior Partner of The Robert B. Sharp Company of Colorado, Inc. Dr. Sharp also teaches courses in fundraising for the El Pomar Foundation’s nationally recognized Fellowship Program, where he addresses 21st century challenges in philanthropy. Bob Sharp is a graduate of Rutgers University, holds a Masters from Indiana University and a Doctorate from the University of Wyoming.
Since then, the J.F. Smith Group has conducted feasibility studies and capital campaigns across the country. Significantly, the company has conducted two and three campaign for many of its clients. Smith is a popular and respected convention presenter. He has conducted seminars on an assortment of fundraising topics both here in the United States, for CASE, ACSI, Blackbaud, AFP, NAADD, and in Germany for the Catholic Fundraising Institute.
Linda has been a major force at Opportunity Village in planning and developing fundraising strategies, most notably the privately-funded, multi-million dollar capital campaigns to build the Opportunity Village campuses and training centers that have served thousands of disabled people. During her career, she has originated and organized hundreds of innovative events to inform and educate the public, and to raise money for Opportunity Village. Active in various professional associations, Linda was named “Fundraising Executive of the Year” by the National Society of Fundraising Executives, of which she is a charter member. She received the Woman of Achievement Award from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, and is a graduate of Leadership Las Vegas. An honorary member of Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs, Linda was named “Nevada Woman of the Year” in 1994, and was named “Las Vegas Citizen of the Month” by the Las Vegas City Council. Linda has spent much of her career mentoring others in the charitable fundraising field, and is an in-demand speaker and presenter around the world. She taught Fundraising and Public Relations classes at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Community College of Southern Nevada, and has addressed organizations around the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain about practices and innovations in fundraising.
Building a practice primarily in the West, Patricia has earned a reputation as a highly regarded campaign strategist, teacher and lecturer on creating campaign plans and infrastructures that help insure an institution’s success in their campaigns. Active in professional organizations, Patricia has served on a number of boards including the Association of Philanthropic Counsel (APC); Vice President of the AFP Golden Gate Chapter; elected member to the American Association of Fund Raising Counsel (AAFRC), and former Vice-Chair of the Committee for Women and Minorities of (CASE). Patricia received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History with honors from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and has attended the highly regarded Institute for Nonprofit Consulting (a Packard Foundation initiative.) She has been a guest speaker and faculty member at conferences and seminars for CASE, AFP, Stanford University, Golden Gate University, American Association of Medical Colleges, National Catholic Education Association, Development Executives Roundtable, Alumnae Resources, Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation, and the Peninsula Community Foundation. In addition, she has had a number of articles published on fundraising management.  David
Valinsky, CAP©, is the founder of David
Valinsky Associates, a fundraising consulting firm that works with nonprofit
organizations across the country to conduct planned giving efforts,
feasibility studies, capital campaigns, and strategic development
planning. With 25 years of fundraising experience, David has
worked with many dynamic philanthropic institutions and causes in
developing some of their most successful fundraising programs and
capital campaigns to-date. He is the co-author of The Mercifully
Brief, Real World Guide to Raising Money Through Bequests.
David’s good humor and down-to-earth approach to the seemingly complicated topic of planned giving have made him a welcome presenter on this often overlooked opportunity for development professionals and their donors. He was a recent presenter at the Association of Healthcare Professionals International Conference and the JCCs of North America Professional Conference. David received the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy© professional designation from the American College. Prior to founding the firm in 1998, he served in both national and regional senior development roles with the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation, a national Catholic health care organization with facilities in six states. One of his most meaningful experiences was serving as the lead adjunct consultant in fundraising for US AID in a three year partnership with several recovering cities in Croatia.
Ms. Vincent was the founding president of AFP Southern Colorado, and is an active member of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement’s Colorado chapter. A sought after trainer, she is a frequent lecturer in the area of fundraising, has served as adjunct faculty for the Gill Foundation and the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, and is an associate of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence. |
Penelope Cagney, CFRE, President
and CEO of 
Richard
F. Hobson, MCP, is President of 
Linda Smith. For more than 25 years, Linda Smith has revolutionized the
principles of non-profit fundraising, community relations and event management
in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a fundraising specialist for Opportunity Village,
now Nevada’s largest organization for people with intellectual disabilities,
she has gained an international reputation as an innovative leader, public
speaker, and most of all, a humanitarian. 
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