Presenter Bios

Deborah Blackmore Abrams is a nationally known consultant and founder of Abrams Associates. An educator in gift planning with more than 25 years of experience in the field, Deb has been a featured speaker at more than 100 national conferences, including the National Committee on Planned Giving, the Planned Giving Group of New England, numerous CASE conferences and AFP.  Deb has served on the staff of Boston University, the University of Pennsylvania, Radcliffe College, Brown University and Boston College Law School.  Since 2001, she has had her own consulting firm specializing in providing planned gift services, strategic planning, training and education.

Miki Akimoto is the Acting President of Associated Grant Makers (AGM), the regional grantmaking association for Massachusetts and New Hampshire, where she leads the staff work around designing, implementing and evaluating programs for grantmakers and grantseekers, as well as leading the public policy work for the organization. She manages the work with the Board, as well a series of external relationships. Prior to AGM, Miki was the Director of Grants Management at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, where she implemented the Foundation’s first formal grants management system.  Other work experiences include the Corporation for National Service, AmeriCorps*National; and the Circle Solutions consulting firm.  Miki helped co-found the Saffron Circle, the first Asian Giving Circle in Massachusetts; and is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP), and the YWCA Boston.  Miki grew up in Germany, and holds a BA in Political Science from Stanford University.

Scott Anderson has worked for PETA for more than 25 years in progressively responsible fundraising roles.  Under his leadership, PETA’s membership has grown from less than 5,000 members in 1980 to more than 2 million around the world. Scott’s creative strategies for reaching people and inspiring them to support the fight for animal rights earned him a spot on Direct Marketing Magazine’s list of the top 100 fundraisers in the US. His role involves oversight of all PETA’s fundraising programs, domestically and overseas, and an ever-growing planned giving department.

Scott has worked in fundraising his entire career.  That includes helping to launch and expand fundraising programs for civil rights, environmental, HIV/AIDS focused, and political organizations and campaigns.

Dexter Bailey serves as vice president for advancement and alumni relations at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he oversees all fundraising and outreach activities with WPI’s alumni. Dexter most recently directed external relations for intercollegiate athletics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he helped raise $150 million in gifts and pledges for intercollegiate athletics, the most successful fundraising performance at the university.

Nancy Barr is the senior marketing manager at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) with 18 years experience in non-profit marketing and international communications. Prior to IFAW, Nancy held positions with the United Nations, World Vision, CBS News and Time Magazine.

Kathryn Battillo has been in the development field for over 25 years, and as a Vice President or Director of Development for the past 10 years.  Kathryn has led the development efforts at Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Suffolk University, Boston Ballet and built the major gifts team at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.    She has special expertise in building sustainable philanthropy programs at institution's new to advancement.

Kathryn began her development career at Simmons College where she had completed her Masters in Library and Information Sciences.  She continued her alumni relations role as Director of Alumni Relations at Babson College where she also took on the management of the annual fund.   Kathryn spent nine years at MIT in three varied roles:  Director of Graduate Alumni/ae and Annual Fund, Associate Director of Foundations and Development Services, and Principal Gifts Officer.

Kathryn has been active in professional associations particularly CASE serving as District I conference chair and board chair.  She regularly is a speaker at CASE national and district conferences and served on CASE's
commission on philanthropy.  She also shared her expertise in non-profit fundraising as an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University and Suffolk University.

Her extensive development experience includes board relations, advancement program development, campaigns, individual giving particularly building major gift programs, organizational and leadership development, and mentoring.

Peter Bayreuther joined the Brigham and Women's Hospital development office as a Stewardship Associate in 2007 and is responsible for writing Presidential gift acknowledgements, custom Stewardship reports, and creating capital naming opportunity view-books for principal donors. He holds a BA in Finance and Business Administration from Gordon College in Wenham, MA.

Jocelyn Bishop is a tax manager in PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) exempt organization tax services practice. She specializes in tax compliance and consulting for nonprofit organizations including several large hospitals and universities.  Jocelyn is experienced in assisting nonprofit organizations with executive compensation, unrelated business income, reporting requirements and controversy resolution.  She contributes to the Summary of Emerging Issues for Nonprofit Organizations, published annually by PwC.  Most recently, Jocelyn co-authored ‘‘Reporting Unrelated Business Income,” which was published in the AICPA’s Journal of Accountancy.  Jocelyn received a bachelor of arts degree (cum laude) from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. (cum laude) from Vermont Law School.  She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, the Boston Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers’ Association.

Alfred Blum has spent his entire professional career, spanning more than 40 years, in the nonprofit sector and has held senior leadership positions in colleges, universities, the arts and medical institutions. He has experience in every facet of fundraising as well as in institutional program review and strategic planning, board and volunteer structure development, and in program and personnel budgeting and management. Following his 1968 graduation from Emory University with a bachelor of arts degree in humanities, he joined the American Cancer Society, Georgia Division, doing public education and patient services programs as well as fundraising. He moved to the annual giving program at Emory and from that point on his career was more traditionally fundraising-focused. Subsequent positions include director of corporate and foundation relations at The University of Chicago, vice president of development at Guilford College, vice president for development at Kalamazoo College, assistant vice president and director of development at Northwestern University, director of development at the Metropolitan Opera, vice president for development at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, director of institutional advancement at Boston College Law School, and his present position as CDO of Partners HealthCare Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine. He has served as a board member of an art gallery, a theatre company, an opera company and a performing arts center.

Ann Buono is vice president for development and public relations for Kennedy-Donovan Center (KDC). Ann joined KDC in 2005 and is responsible for directing the organization’s fundraising, development, communications and public relations initiatives and serves on the senior management team. Prior to joining KDC, Ann was the director of development at The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region and executive director of The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region Foundation in Harford County, Maryland. She has more than 12 years experience in fundraising. A graduate of University of Rhode Island, Ann resides with her husband in Douglas, Massachusetts.

Julie Candiello serves as senior director of alumnae/i relations & annual giving at Simmons College. She joined the college’s Advancement team more than six years ago focusing on major event planning. Her position has evolved over the years to include volunteer management and student/alumni programming. Most recently, she assumed responsibility for the annual fund, which she co-directs with a colleague. Prior to working in development, Julie managed events for a nonprofit organization that produced programs such as the AIDS Ride and Breast Cancer 3-Day.

Judi Cantor is a senior manager with extensive experience in fundraising, marketing and public relations. She has been an entrepreneurial change agent for organizations ranging from education to cultural to healthcare.  Her fundraising expertise is in campaign and staff management, strategic planning, major gifts and planned giving, web integration, program development and delivery, finance, public speaking, and volunteerism.  She has personally raised more than $120 million in gifts.

Jon Carson is CEO of cMarket/BiddingForGood, the leading online auction platform for fundraising. BiddingForGood has hosted more than 6,000 auctions raising in excess of $65 million, building an invaluable database of best practices. With over 100,000 members and millions of dollars of donated items, the company helps clients drive both supply and demand.

Gregg Chambers is the major gifts officer at Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts.  A development professional for 16 years, he was the director of development at Willow Hill School in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and has held development positions at a number of independent schools and social service organizations. Gregg is a member of the Board of Directors of AFP, Massachusetts Chapter.  He received a bachelor of science degree in finance from Boston College in 1991 and he received an MBA from Babson College in 2002.  

Dave Chase is the founder and CEO of the Freelance Prospect Research Network, the International Prospect Research Network and Dave Chase Solutions. He has served as sponsorship chair and is the former treasurer of the New England Development Research Association. Dave is a longtime board member, former board secretary, and vice president of communications for the New England Association for Healthcare Philanthropy. He is a frequent presenter on prospect research, data screening and proactive research.

Linda Chin is the president of the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK), a $1.8 million nonprofit organization with the mission of providing hope to survivors and preventing domestic violence in Asian families and communities. In the past year the organization has heightened its visibility with a new logo, advanced website and increased media coverage; has continued to raise significant private funds through its annual signature event, the Silk Road Gala, and a new campaign to raise awareness and funds; and has built important collaborations. Prior to taking the helm of ATASK in September 2008, Linda’s professional career included roles as the senior vice president for strategic planning, marketing and public relations at Cambridge Health Alliance, director of network development at New England Medical Center and a consultant in healthcare management. She holds degrees from Yale University and the Harvard School of Public Health. Linda is on the board of the Cambridge Community Foundation, Cambridge Youth Dance Company, and has served on the Boards of the South Cove Health Center and Cambridge Ellis School. She also volunteers with her children for many causes, as part of her philosophy of raising global citizens/young philanthropists.

Courtney Church is a founding partner of Corinthian Events. Her company plans some of Boston’s renowned fundraising events.  The expertise of the Corinthian Events spans the spectrum from smooth logistics, spectacular décor and invigorating entertainment while always keeping an eye on the bottom line for the charity.

Tina Cincotti is the founder and principal consultant of Funding Change. With 12 years experience in fund development, Tina specializes in improving donor relations, strengthening individual donor programs, and training and coaching boards and staff new to fundraising.  She helps groups develop the tools and skills to improve donor retention, attract new supporters, and create communications that will have a greater impact.  Tina is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Women In Development. 

Mary Coch brings experience in creative event design, event planning and marketing to the team at Corinthian Events. Mary has experience designing events in just about every venue in Boston. Her creative approach and vision brings fresh ideas to clients.

Maria Van Conroy has worked at Tufts University and in donor relations for seven years.  Now as senior associate director of donor relations, overseeing the central office and working with all of Tufts schools, Maria sets policy and guidelines for donor reporting. As assistant director of development for Arts, Sciences and Engineering since 2002, Maria helped build an annual reporting system for 200 endowed scholarships, increased student participation in the thank-you process and improved the timing, accuracy and quality of the gift acknowledgement process. She chaired the university-wide task force on stewardship. Prior to joining Tufts, she was an account supervisor with the Boston public relations and marketing firm MS&L.

Jon Derek Croteau’s experience in higher education and nonprofit organizations encompasses assessment, communication, fundraising, administration and human capital management. Based in Boston, he is a senior consultant with Witt/Kieffer’s education and nonprofit practice. Jon conducts executive searches and completes organizational assessments for universities, colleges, healthcare organizations, foundations and other nonprofit groups.  Throughout his career, Jon has helped define and create human capital management programs, and designed and delivered training practices for staff.

He has published and presented on educational advancement and human capital management topics and is the author of The People First Approach, A Guide for Recruiting, Development and Retaining the Right People. Jon serves on the editorial board for the International Journal of Educational Advancement. 

Jeffrey L. Cruikshank is a writer, editor and consultant who lives and works in Milton, Massachusetts.  In 1989, he co-founded The Cruikshank Company and is the author or coauthor of several dozen books. The Cruikshank Company creates and maintains high-level institutional messages. This work includes capital campaign materials; corporate brochures, collaterals, and websites; and multimedia products. Cruikshank is a graduate of Amherst College and the Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.  He served on the Milton School Committee for 15 years and has been a Town Meeting Member for 17 years.

Carisa Cunningham has been director of public affairs and education for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders for the past five years, overseeing electronic communications, publications, media relations, and legal education and outreach.  She was director of public relations for AIDS Action Council (Washington) and AIDS Action Committee (Boston).

Diane Darling founded Effective Networking when she was repeatedly approached to share her talent for networking with others. After being profiled in the Wall Street Journal and NBC Nightly News, she was asked by McGraw-Hill to write the Networking Survival Guide, now in its fifth printing. Diane Darling travels the country teaching successful networking techniques to nonprofit and business executives in order to generate opportunity and growth. Based in Boston, Diane's company was established on the premise that everyone can achieve professional and personal goals in today's fast-paced, competitive world through this essential survival skil—even us introverts!

Andrew DeFranza is the executive director of Harborlight Community Partners and has over a decade of experience managing affordable housing agencies, including a guest house in Milwaukee and Beverly Bootstraps on the north shore.  He also has served on the board of the Beverly Housing Coalition and the North Shore Housing Trust.  He holds advanced degrees in community economic development and social ethics.

Lisa Dennison serves as executive director of the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (NHSPCA). Lisa has been with the NHSPCA for the past 14 years and has led the organization through a $3.2 million capital campaign and three building projects. With more than 20 years experience leading nonprofit organizations, she has been involved in producing events of all sizes including First Night Portsmouth for six years. Lisa graduated from UNH and holds a master of science degree in organizational leadership and management from Antioch University New England.

Erica DeRosa is the Director of Development at The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) in Cambridge, MA.  In this role, Erica is the primary contact to the Board of Trustees and the Board of Advisors. She is charged to develop new audiences and donors on a local and national level through a philanthropy and donor relations program at A.R.T. She partners with Diane Paulus, the Artistic Director and CEO, in these endeavors.

Erica has 8 years of development experience.  Prior this position, Erica served as Director of Advancement for Shady Hill School in Cambridge, MA.  She also held fundraising positions at Noble and Greenough School and the Charles River School.

Roy Doolittle III is a film and video director, writer, and producer. His work is geared towards motivation and emotion. He has worked in corporate communications, advertising, and broadcast programming. He has now turned his focus to development communications.

Roy is one of the founders of The Stable, a unique group of production professionals in Cambridge, MA. (www.the-stable.com).

Roy graduated from the Taft School, attended Kenyon College and received a BA from Emerson College. He is the past president of the Board of Directors of ImprovBoston.

Alexandria Durant has an extensive background in auction production and management for organizations including the NYC Wine & Food Festival, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.  In 2006, the same year she founded Durant Consulting Inc., Alexandria was named one of BizBashFla’s “20 Under 40: Innovative Pros Making Waves in the Industry.”

Toni Elka is the executive director and founder of Future Chefs, a school-to-work program in the culinary field.  She has a rich and varied background in the arts, community organizing and youth development, and is a lifelong youth advocate and a creative and constructive activist for social change. Her organization meets a unique need for low income students who want to pursue a hands-on career in the culinary arts but lack the social contacts, opportunities and skills to actualize their goals.  She recently completed a year-long certificate program at the Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership at BU’s School of Management and is incubating an idea for a 21st Century Artisan’s Charter School.

Julia Emlen is the principal of Julia S. Emlen Associates. She has more than a dozen years’ experience in advancement and fundraising across the nonprofit spectrum. She has consulted on resource development with nonprofit organizations in secondary and higher education, land conservation, health care and the arts. She is a frequent presenter at AFP and CASE conferences, and has chaired the CASE Annual Meeting for Donor Relations and Stewardship. She is the author of Intentional Stewardship: Bringing Your Donors to Their Highest Level of Philanthropy (CASE, 2007). Julia holds the CASE Crystal Apple Award for Teaching Excellence and is a member of the Association of Philanthropic Counsel and the Association of Donor Relations Professionals.
Tim Enstice has been the director of planned giving at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Foundation for more than eight years. He develops, implements and manages all aspects of the planned giving program, helps people support PETA’s work through charitable giving and is a primary contact person for members of the Augustus Club, PETA’s honorary legacy club. Dedicated to helping animals on every level, he is a member of PETA’s team that delivers free doghouses in North Carolina, putting a roof over the heads of many needy ‘‘outside” dogs.

Tim went from nursing injured animals as a youngster to practicing civil disobedience for animal rights while in college. Before he went on to earn a master’s degree in public affairs and a law degree, Tim made time to serve two and a half years in Ecuador with the Peace Corps. Inspired and motivated by PETA publications and Peter Singer’s powerful book Animal Liberation, he decided to devote his life to animal rights and came to work for PETA in 2000.

Douglas Eymer is past president and former board member of the Creative Club of Boston. He frequently lectures on branding and the design profession and coaches Little League baseball. For more than a decade, his firm Eymer Design has brought intelligent, incisive design to the development of branding strategies, corporate image and identity systems, sales and marketing collateral, annual reports, packaging, interactive marketing, and World Wide Website development. They won national and international recognition, as well as many awards.

Kaye Ferriter is a managing director in PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) exempt organizations tax services practice and has 30 years of tax consulting experience. She leads PwC’s exempt organization practice in New England. She authored ‘‘Taxation” in the College and University Business Administration text published by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. She contributes to the Summary of Emerging Issues for Nonprofit Organizations, which is published annually by PwC.    Kaye holds an bachelor of arts degree from Brown University and a JD and LLM from Boston University. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and was a past chair and current member of their tax-exempt organizations committee.   

Betsy Fishman serves as president of the Framingham Civic League. With more than 20 years experience as a volunteer leader in the nonprofit world, from student organizations to synagogues to community groups, Betsy has lead many Massachusetts nonprofits through both successful and challenging times.  She is an expert in ‘‘doing a lot with a little.”  She is currently on the faculty of the Performing Arts Center of MetroWest, where she also serves as the director of the theater department. 

Lori Friedman received a B.A. in economics and political science from the University of Pennsylvania and law degree from Suffolk University Law School. Following seven years of practicing civil and commercial litigation, she switched careers and entered the development field. Since 1994, she has raised funds from institutional donors for four educational nonprofits, including three institutions of higher education. She has been the Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Wellesley College since October 2005. In January 2008, she took on the additional position of Director of Sponsored Research at Wellesley College.

Kelly Gallagher has worked in development for the last 10 years and has experience in a variety of nonprofits including those focused on hunger relief, education and healthcare.  Currently an annual giving officer at Tufts Medical Center and previously their director of annual giving, Kelly has overseen the team responsible for operations, special events, annual giving and marketing. While at Tufts MC, she was instrumental in starting the department’s donor newsletter and initiated the creation and publication of their Honor Roll of Donors.  Kelly also manages a robust direct marketing program that includes mail, phone and email.  She holds a master’s degree in public administration from Suffolk University and presented at the New England Association of Healthcare Philanthropy annual conference earlier this year. 

Nancy B. Gardiner is a partner at the law firm of Hemenway & Barnes, where she is director of select client services.  She advises individuals and foundations on issues relating to charitable giving and governance, and also works with donors and nonprofit organizations on structuring gifts including planned gifts. In addition to her work as an attorney and charitable advisor, Ms. Gardiner has served as executive director of The Brookline Foundation, a local educational foundation providing financial and professional development support to the Brookline Public Schools.  Ms. Gardiner has written and lectured on topics related to nonprofit management and family offices. She currently serves as president of the board of trustees of the Winsor School.   

Michael Gilbert has more than 20 years of development experience. He is currently vice president for development at Hebrew College in Newton Massachusetts. Michael was previously vice president for development at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, and has served as vice president for development at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. He began his career at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Toronto where he was an associate campaign director and the director of marketing. Michael has worked in large, medium and small shops, and has experience with religious, community-based and academic institutions. In addition to holding a MSW in communal social work, he has a graduate certificate in nonprofit management from Northeastern University, where he is an adjunct professor in leadership studies.

Mike Gionfriddo has been a lighting designer in New England for more than 10 years and has designed lighting for a wide range of events including concerts, corporate meetings and nonprofit galas. Most recently with Port Lighting, Mike has worked with some of the areas top event planners to create new and exciting visual experiences at numerous nonprofit events. 

Kathleen Goodwin is a seasoned marketing executive, strategic thinker and launch expert in both the B2B and consumer worlds. Her clients have included Simmons College, Veveo Inc., Newell-Rubbermaid, The Active Network and Varolii. She also served as vice president of marketing for Ziff-Davis’ publishing division. Kathleen received her bachelor of arts degree from New York University and is an alumna of Babson’s Women in Business and Springboard Enterprise programs. She also is a frequent contributor to the Click Z Network. Kathleen volunteers her time as a coach and advisor to early-stage companies in the Maine and greater New England area.

Les Gordon is president of MCS Direct and is responsible for the planning, implementation and analysis of direct mail fundraising and marketing programs for a variety of nonprofit organizations nationwide. From 2002-2004, Les was president of Direct Response Solutions of Brockton, Massachusetts, and for the previous 19 years, Les served as vice president for fundraising and direct mail services at Mail Communications in Everett, Massachusetts.

Les has more than 33 years of development experience. He was formerly assistant hospital director for community affairs at Lawrence General Hospital, where he had responsibility for development, marketing, public relations and volunteer services. He has also served as director of development and public relations at the Jewish Rehabilitation Center for the Aged and as associate director of development at Boston University.

Les serves on the Executive Committee of the New England Association for Hospital Development. He was also president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Society of Fundraising Executives and served as a member of its Board of Directors for over 10 years. Les was named Fundraising Executive of the Year (1991) by the Massachusetts Chapter of the NSFRE.

Steve Grossman is the president of Grossman Marketing Group, located in Somerville, Massachusetts. Steve is the former national chairman of the Democratic National Committee and is a prominent philanthropist in the greater Boston area. He serves on numerous boards and has been recognized by multiple organizations for his work on behalf of children and under-served communities.

Sean Guilfoy originally started with eTapestry trying to help nonprofit organizations realize the importance of a web presence.  He now works specifically with nonprofits looking for a solution to their database needs.  He understands that resources are a scarce commodity and helps to implement database solutions with this is mind in order to solve various fundraising needs and desires.

Kim Halliday works with nonprofit organizations and educational institutions to develop persuasive print and interactive communications for development. He is the principal of Carter Halliday Associates. Kim’s work has been recognized by numerous organizations, including gold, silver, and bronze awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and the AIGA/Best of New England. He received a bachelor of arts degree in design from Hampshire College. He has served on the board of directors of the Boston chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

Judi Hampton has led hundreds of training programs for nonprofit organizations, government agencies and corporations during the last decade. She has conducted seminars for Cornell University Extension Programs, Boston University Corporate Education Center, NeighborWorks, MasterCard, Raytheon, Hudson Health Plan, Weill Medical Center and numerous universities.

Judi also knows the challenges of fundraising. She serves as president of the board of directors of Blackside, which produced Eyes on the Prize, the Emmy Award-winning public television series on the civil rights movement. Ms. Hampton spearheaded a successful fundraising campaign that raised over $1 million to clear rights for the series and make it available to the public and the educational community again. This resulted in the series being rebroadcast in 2006 and 2008 on public television, a national outreach program and a new DVD set. This effort is an extension of Judi’s lifelong commitment to efforts that benefit minority communities.  In addition she has more than 25 years of experience in the public relations field. Prior to starting her own company, she was a senior public affairs officer for the Mobil Corporation.

Martha M. Hanlon brings twenty years of experience in development to her role as manager of staff development for Partners HealthCare Development. In her current position, Martha facilitates recruitment and retention for 12 development offices within the Partners system. In addition to health care, Martha’s development experience spans education and the arts. Her career began at Brown University in prospect research. Following a six-year term at Brown, she served as the director of development research at Babson College for five years. Martha expanded her area of expertise to operations as the director of development operations and research at the Boston Ballet, and then as senior director of operations and research at Suffolk University serving close to five years before joining Partners.  

Nisia Hanson has extensive experience in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, working with clients in the United States and internationally.  She has created and presented workshops regionally and internationally for over a decade, and is the AFP Rhode Island Chapter’s 2008 Outstanding Fundraising Executive of the Year. 

Helena Hartnett joined the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 2006, bringing with her management skills and professional experience gained in nearly two decades of nonprofit development leadership. She previously served as Vice President for Development at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and Chief Development Officer and Dean for External Affairs for Lasell College.  Prior to her development career, Hartnett was Managing Editor of the Trade Division of Houghton Mifflin Company.  A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Smith College, she serves on the Board of Trustees of Lasell College, and is a member of the Art Museum Development Association, the American Association of Museums, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Women in Development of Greater Boston.

Heather Hartshorn began as the Program Director of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network in September of 2008.  Prior to joining the MNN, Hartshorn held a variety of roles in local nonprofit organizations.  She worked for Massachusetts Municipal Association, the Town of Lexington, the Retired Educators Association in Massachusetts, and Women’s Action for New Directions.  Hartshorn has also lived in Belfast, Northern Ireland working and studying the role of nonprofits in alleviating conflict.  She holds a B.A. from Colby College, an M.A. from Brandeis University, and was a proud member of the first City Year corps.  She is currently in charge of communications, program development, and membership services within the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network.

Lawrence Henze has worked in the nonprofit sector for the past 29 years, with the first 13 years focusing on development and marketing positions primarily in higher education. In October 1998, Henze formed Core Data Services, a market research and quantitative analysis firm specializing in the application of predictive modeling services to the nonprofit marketplace. Blackbaud, Inc. purchased Core Data in 2001, and created a new business unit, Blackbaud Analytics, which was renamed Target Analytics in 2008. Larry frequently speaks at nonprofit conferences in the United States and Canada, works with a variety of Target Analytics’ clients as a senior consultant, and helps develop new services for the company.

Terri Hootstein is currently the president of Women in Development (WID) and was most recently the director of major gifts at Heading Home, a nonprofit organization that works to end homelessness for good in Greater Boston.  She has worked as director of development for First Night, Inc. and the Greater Boston Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. She has been a development coordinator for the Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary and a development assistant for the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston. She previously served as vice president of the Board of Women in Development and formerly served as the committee chairwoman overseeing the City Service Program.  She also has served on the young leadership boards of Combined Jewish Philanthropies and the Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly.

Heather Jack serves as co-managing partner of Massachusetts Nonprofit Support Services (MNSS), and provides counsel and leadership in the development and advancement of nonprofits and family foundations.  Prior to MNSS, she founded and managed a nonprofit called The Volunteer Family and has appeared in numerous national parenting publications, such as Family Circle, Better Homes and Gardens, American Profile magazine and Channel 4 News. Heather has 15 years of nonprofit and for-profit development and marketing experience, and has helped numerous nonprofits manage difficult transitions. She is a graduate of Middlebury College and has an MBA from Babson University.

Bill Jaques founded Jaques and Company following 13 years of service in institutional development programs. He has served as associate director of development at St. Mark’s School; director of development at Noble & Greenough School; and senior development officer, intra-university consultant and director of major gifts at Harvard University.

Trish Karter is CEO and co-founder of Dancing Deer Baking Company, a woman-owned enterprise lauded as one of the nation’s most innovative natural food companies. The company has received the food industry’s equivalent of the “Oscars” many times over, and many other accolades and honors. Trish has committed the company to serving as a leader in the natural food, green and social responsibility movements. To that end, Dancing Deer strives to further green practices and use the company’s success to demonstrate the validity of the socially responsible business model.

A graduate of Wheaton College in Classics and Art History, Trish received a Masters in Public and Private Management from Yale University In 1982. Trish has also received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Wheaton College for her accomplishments as a mother, entrepreneur, activist and artist, as well as an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science from Bentley College McCallum Graduate School.

Trish serves on the Boards of: The Social Venture Network, a nonprofit network committed to building a just and sustainable world through business, and Simmons School of Management Business Advisory Council, formed to assist the school in its mission of educating women for principled leadership. She is an activist for the environment and social change on many fronts.

Steve Kehrli joined the PETA Foundation in 2007 as development director.  Prior to joining PETA, he worked with the fundraising agency Adams Hussey & Associates as director of planning and list services, helping several national organizations target prospect, mid-level and major gift solicitations.  His background also includes nonprofit brokerage and management work at ALC and Names in the News.  Steve holds a bachelor of arts degree in theatre arts from San Diego State University.  He serves as a board member and chair emeritus for The New Conservatory Theatre Center, a San Francisco theatre & educational organization, where he helped initiate a planned giving program. And, of course, he devotes as much time as possible to his pound-adopted feline family members, Gus and Maxine, pictures available upon request.

Tomasz Kierul, CFRE, has been the director of development for The Assumptionists, a religious organization based in Worcester, Massachusetts, since 2004. He is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s fundraising and development efforts. Recently he graduated from School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College with master’s degree in theological studies, where he focused on the concept of stewardship and ethical issues in fundraising and philanthropy.

Jim Kitendaugh is a graduate of Andover, Harvard, and Tufts.  He has spent more than 25 years as a leader in nonprofit management, marketing, and development, including assignments as General Manager of the Boston Ballet; as Campaign Director of a $145 million capital campaign for Tufts University; and, since 1984, as President of The Wayland Group.
The Wayland Group is a broad-gauge consulting firm offering long-range institutional planning, strategic development planning, Board and leadership development, and intensive campaign counsel.  The Wayland Group’s clients have included colleges and universities, health care institutions, independent schools, arts and cultural organizations, human service agencies, and scientific and environmental organizations.

Anne Marie Boursiquot King is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Tufts Health Plan Foundation's $2.5 million grantmaking program and its operational functions. The Foundation's focus is Healthy Aging – improving the lives of adults over age 60.  Ms. Boursiquot King was previously
manager of Community Partnerships and Volunteerism at Tufts Health Plan, managing the company's community giving, corporate sponsorships and employee volunteer programs. Ms. Boursiquot King received her bachelor of science in business administration from Suffolk University. She also received her masters in business administration, with an international business concentration, from the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley College. Ms. Boursiquot King also graduated from the Emerging Leaders Program of the Center for Collaborative Leadership, College of Management at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Valerie Lambert has more than 20 years experience working for nonprofit organizations in fundraising not only as a staff member, but also as a board member and volunteer.  She has served both at the grassroots and the national levels for a variety of health, service, activist and educational organizations.  Her brief time spent as an engineering major in college lends an added talent for computer and statistical analysis skills when compiling and reviewing fundraising data, and has made her a natural fit with e-mail and web fundraising.

Scott Lane is a Stewardship Officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His primary responsibility is reporting annually to donors on the activities of the Hospital's endowments. He serves as the office's point person for any inquiries regarding the Hospital's endowment financial policies. In addition to endowment reporting, Scott also works with gift officers to produce reports for non-endowed gifts. Before coming to BWH, he served in the same role at Loyola University Chicago.

Brian Lauterbach has more than 10 years experience raising contributed support for some of the nation’s largest arts organizations. He is an experienced, innovative and entrepreneurial professional with accomplished record of successful leadership in nonprofit administration. Brian has served as fundraising counsel and has led the development and implementation of 21 campaigns in the United States. From Brian’s work, these organizations have raised nearly $110 million from over 500,000 prospects. He is viewed nationally as a results-driven, cutting-edge leader in direct response and individual/major gifts fundraising.

Nicole LeBlanc manages the marketing strategy for alumni engagement initiatives at Simmons College, including all social media efforts. Prior to Simmons, Nicole worked at The Rasky/Baerlein Group and Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., in Burlington, Vermont.  She has a bachelor of arts degree in public relations and marketing communications and a master of science in communications management from Simmons.

Brian K. Lee, Vice President for University Advancement, is currently a member of President Lawrence S. Bacow's senior university leadership team, with responsibility for all fund raising, alumni relations, advancement communications, and advancement services across the University's eight schools and colleges. He planned and implemented a reorganization and expansion of the University Advancement division in preparation for the university's $1.2 billion Beyond Boundaries campaign, which was launched publicly in November 2006. The most ambitious fund raising initiative in Tufts' history, the campaign has raised approximately $945 million to date in support for students, faculty, programs and facilities at the university.

Brian is a veteran of several successful capital campaigns at Tufts. He has been associated with Tufts since 1986 when he joined the School of Veterinary Medicine as Associate Director of Development. In 1987 he was appointed the School's Director of Development and in 1992 he assumed the additional title of Assistant Dean for Resources. In 1995 he was appointed Director of Development for the entire University. In 1999 he was named Vice President for Development, and in 2002 he was named Vice President for University Advancement. Under his direction and leadership, the Tufts Tomorrow campaign concluded in 2002 having raised $609 million, surpassing its original goal by a significant margin.

Brian received a B.A. in English magna cum laude from Assumption College in Worcester, MA He lives in Boylston, Massachusetts with his wife, Christa. Their daughter, Kathryn, is a 2008 graduate of Tufts, and their son, Gregory, is a member of Tufts Class of 2011.

Marie Longo has 20 years of revenue-generating experience from a variety of nonprofit and for-profit environments.  She has served as associate director of development at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) since 2005, overseeing the growth of mid-level donors and special events, in addition to working with the board and volunteer fundraisers. 

Kirsten Lundeen is associate director of alumni relations at Boston University, where she oversees young alumni, student, and career programs. BU is the fourth largest private university in the United States, with more than 30,000 students and nearly 300,000 living alumni worldwide, almost fifty percent of whom communicate with the university online.

Prior to joining BU Alumni Relations in 2008, Kirsten served as a fundraiser for the College of General Studies, one of BU's 17 schools. During her five years at the college, she increased annual fund giving by 350 percent, and raised capital funds for faculty and student aid, and three building renovation campaigns. A "millennial" herself, Kirsten uses social media daily-sometimes exclusively-to communicate with her alumni and volunteer constituents.

Amanda Clark MacMullan is the Director of the Office of Leadership Gifts at Boston University.  Amanda's thirteen years of experience in Development, as Director of Development at The Fessenden School,
Associate Director of Development at Harvard Law School, Regional Director-Northern California and the Pacific Northwest for M.I.T., and Principal Gift Officer/Philanthropic Advisor at M.I.T. provide a solid
foundation for her current management role overseeing the major gifts effort at Boston University.

Doug MacPherson is vice president of development and public relations at Horace Mann Educational Associates (HMEA) in Franklin, Massachusetts. HMEA is a $28 million human services agency providing therapeutic, habilitative, training and employment expertise and supports to 2,400 adults and children with developmental disabilities such as autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy in more than 110 Massachusetts communities. He is responsible for all facets of development including appeals, events, stewardship, Board development and public relations throughout the 650 FTE agency. Prior to his work at HMEA, Doug was the associate director of development at The Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts, and director of development and volunteer services at the Wrentham Developmental Center in Wrentham, Massachusetts.

Stacie Madden is a senior professional with more than 15 years experience in nonprofit, healthcare and consumer products. She is former director of marketing and corporate giving for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and also worked as director of communications and advocacy relations for EMD Serono. She holds an MBA in marketing from Babson College.

David P. Magnani is a veteran of the Massachusetts State Legislature, where he served for 20 years as a State Representative and then a State Senator, representing the 2nd Middlesex-Norfolk District.  He stepped down from his senate seat in 2005 to found EdAction Associates, a consulting firm focused on education and technology-based economic development.  He also served as founding Director of the Citizen Involvement Training Project, which provided support to more than 400 nonprofit organizations in the course of eight years, beginning in 1976, earning national honors for innovation in education.  He is the founder of the Ashland Educational Community Center and is involved in eleven different volunteer associations, including a position on the Board of Directors for the National Peace Corps Association.  He holds a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard University, Doctorate of Education and Masters of Education from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, and a Bachelor of Science from Northeastern University.  He completed a Senior Executive Leadership program at Harvard University’s JFK School of Government in 2003.

Rosa M. Mayorga is the development associate for major gifts at the Joslin Diabetes Center.  A graduate of Boston College, Rosa has been in the development field for four years. 

Kevin McCall is President and CEO of both Paradigm Properties and Paradigm Capital Advisors.  Mr. McCall has over 30 years of experience the real estate industry with specific expertise in structured and direct investing. Before forming Paradigm in 1997, Mr. McCall held senior positions at Aldrich, Eastman & Waltch, L.P. and Spaulding and Slye Company. Mr. McCall is deeply committed to issues of civic engagement, youth leadership, and social justice in our urban communities.  He serves on numerous boards and is the Founder and Board Chair of Building Impact, a growing 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides an innovative model for community involvement to individuals and companies in over 50 Boston-area office and apartment properties.

 Mr. McCall holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University School of Business Administration. 

Kristen McCormack is an educator and consultant with over thirty years of experience founding and leading public and nonprofit organizations.  Today Ms. McCormack holds the position of Faculty Director of the Public and Nonprofit MBA Program at Boston University’s School of Management as well as the Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership.  In addition to her teaching and mentoring roles, she serves as a Trustee of the Schrafft Charitable Trust and the Charles Hayden Foundation. She continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the Neighborhood House Charter School in Dorchester, a K-8 charter school she founded in 1995. Kristen holds her MBA from Boston University.

Jo Frances Meyer had careers in both public relations and law prior to becoming a development professional in 1999.  Prior to joining Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2008, she served as Senior Vice President and Director of Development for the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and Director of Institutional Giving for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.  Prior to her development career, she practiced health care law and commercial litigation at law firms in Boston.  Jo Frances is an active volunteer, having served on boards and in volunteer leadership roles for The Boston Arts Academy, the Boston Children’s Museum, and the Shady Hill School, among others.  She is a graduate of Boston University’s School of Public Communication and the Suffolk University Law School.

Marion L. Nierintz brings with her both breadth and depth of experience in the profit and nonprofit sectors.  From 2001 until earlier this year she served as the director of development, marketing and public relations for Bay Cove Human Services.  While there she managed a five-year, $8 million comprehensive campaign, instituted the planned giving program and secured a $1 million five-year capacity-building grant from the Kresge Foundation. Prior to working at Bay Cove, Marion spent her professional career at John Hancock Financial Services leaving in 2001 as second vice president in the Office of the Chairman.  She has served as a Board member of the Boston Center for Adult Education, the Boston Club, Center House, Inc., Friends of Copley Square and the Pine Street Inn.  She has been active in a wide range of civic and community organizations, including United Way of America, United Way of Massachusetts Bay, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts and the Connecticut College Alumni Association.

Eric Norman is a strategist with Sametz Blackstone, where his clients include Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Autism Consortium and others. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.

Marjorie O’Malley has nearly twenty years of development experience in higher education and other nonprofit organizations in the greater Boston area.  She has managed the areas of major gifts, corporations and foundations, annual fund, research and communications. Marjorie is the assistant vice president at Berklee College of Music, which recently launched the first capital campaign in its history, Giant Steps.  Marjorie received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in city planning from Boston University and a master’s degree in public administration from Northeastern University.  She resides in Boston.

Larry O’Toole, a native of Ireland and 1973 engineering graduate of Northeastern University, founded Gentle Giant in 1980 with a friend’s borrowed truck and a $17 investment: a one-time ad in the Boston Phoenix. Since then, the company has become the premier residential and commercial moving company nationwide and Larry has been recognized for his excellence in leadership by the United States Small Business Administration as its 2004 Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year and the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce as its 2004 Business Person of the Year.

Larry established the Gentle Giant Charitable Foundation (GGCF) in 2005 with the goal of strengthening the core community involvement characterizing Gentle Giant throughout more than 25 years in business. GGCF focuses on two issues central to the founding values and business ethics of Gentle Giant: youth leadership development through athletics and education, and housing assistance/homelessness prevention.

Laura Gassner Otting is the founder and president of Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, created in 2002. Prior, she served as the senior vice president of ExecSearches.com and as vice president at Isaacson, Miller.  Laura served as a presidential appointee for the White House Office of National Service, a program officer for the Corporation for National Service and as a member of the Clinton/Gore Transition Team and 1992 Election Team. Laura is the author of Change Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector. Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group works worldwide with mission-driven client organizations in the nonprofit, academic and public sectors providing executive search and leadership transition services, as well as support for the job seekers who serve them.

Usha Pasi has worked in the field of development for 25 years and has held leadership positions in major gifts at Yale University and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In addition, she led foundation relations at Yale and served as a consultant for Stanford in this area. Currently, she leads the development effort at Facing History and Ourselves, a 33-year old nonprofit in Brookline, Massachusetts.  She serves on the board of WID and AFP.

G. Allen Peckham is the chief development officer Partners HealthCare System. He serves as president of the Massachusetts Chapter of AFP.

Bryan Rafanelli is CEO of Rafanelli Events and has perfected the art of concepting, designing and executing events for many local and national nonprofit organizations. Steadfastly dedicated to his charitable endeavors, Bryan serves on numerous local nonprofit boards and plays a strategic role in the development of many fundraisers, including the MassGeneral Hospital for Children ‘‘Storybook Ball,” the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston ‘‘House Party,” and the American Heart Association ‘‘Heart Ball.”

Larry G. Raff is president of Woburn-based Copley Raff, Inc. CRI is one of New England’s largest multi-service fundraising consulting firms providing a full complement of counsel including strategic planning, annual fund, major gifts, capital campaign, grant writing, interim services, executive search, direct mail and program assessment. Larry brings more than 26 years of accomplished leadership to organizations in healthcare, research, performing arts and human services. He also served as the president and CEO of the Emanuel Medical Center Foundation, Oregon’s largest tertiary care and pediatric hospital. After moving to the east coast, Larry directed the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s $200 million ‘‘The Only Remedy is a Cure” campaign for the northeastern United States. Larry has served on the boards of numerous community and professional organizations, and has extensive public speaking and media relations experience. He currently serves as president of the Friday Forum, a collegial organization of senior development officers in New England, and as past founding president and trustee of the Autoimmune Disease Research Foundation.

Jennifer Raymond has significant experience in membership programs, including donor stewardship and records, direct mail, telefunding, and staff management. Until recently she was at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where for 5 years she oversaw all aspects of the initial “Friends” membership levels of three annual fund programs (Symphony, Pops and Tanglewood), comprised of over 10,000 constituents. This included acquiring, renewing and upgrading members as well as fulfilling their benefits.  Her professional background also includes directing cultural programs at The French Library and Cultural Center, managing a European art gallery on Newbury Street and shepherding manuscripts through to bound book status at a college textbook publisher.

Heather Rogers serves as co-managing partner of Massachusetts Nonprofit Support Services (MNSS), and provides counsel and leadership in the development and advancement of nonprofits and family foundations. Her experience is in corporate finance and nonprofit finance and accounting, operations management, IT and database management, and revenue recognition.  She holds a master of science degree in finance from Suffolk University.  Heather is active in her community where she currently serves as co-chair for the town finance committee.

Sheila E. Ryan is the director of development and marketing at the NHSPCA. She has 16 years of nonprofit fundraising experience ranging from special events to direct mail to major gifts. Sheila graduated from Emmanuel College in Boston with a bachelor of science degree in business management.  The NHSPCA received its first bequest in 1905. Having more recently established a planned giving program, its legacy society currently has 162 members. Celebrating donors’ love of animals is at the core of its stewardship.

Brian M. Sagrestano, J.D., CFRE is the president of Gift Planning Development, LLC, a full-service gift planning consulting firm. His areas of expertise include gift planning assessments, strategic planning, gift planning marketing and training seminars. For the last 12 years he has worked as a charitable gift planner for the University of Pennsylvania and Middlebury College. He also has worked in gift planning at Hamilton College and Clarkson University. Brian serves on the board of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (formerly the National Committee on Planned Giving) and on the editorial boards of Planned Giving Mentor and the Journal of Gift Planning. He is an honors graduate of Cornell University and Notre Dame Law School.

Robbie Samuels has broad-based fundraising, event planning and community organizing experience. He is the special events manager at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, co-organizer of Socializing for Justice and co-organizer of the Boston chapter of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism. He puts energy into building a cross-issue progressive movement and creating community that promotes a philosophy of abundance.

Christine Sanni is director of advancement communications and donor relations at Tufts, where she has worked for two years. She has been involved in academic communications since 1988.  In her role, she oversees the development of special events, communications, and stewardship activities to engage Tufts’ donors and alumni. Prior to joining the Tufts team, she served as executive director of advancement communications and marketing at Boston College. Her first job in higher education administration was at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she began working in media relations and eventually assumed the role of director of communications. She began her career in publishing, working for Houghton Mifflin Co. and Sandra Goroff-Mailly & Associates. She has taught English and composition at Suffolk University and the University of New Hampshire.

Abbie von Schlegell is a respected instructor and lecturer in the areas of major gifts and capital campaigns. Abbie has been in the development field for more than 35 years and has special expertise in women’s philanthropy. Abbie held key development positions at Stanford University and the University of Chicago. She also was the chief development officer for both the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., and Enterprise Community Partners in Columbia, Maryland. She was the 1990 recipient of the President’s Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals in recognition of her service to the profession.

Carol Lavoie Schuster is the Program Manager of the Nonprofit Partners Program at Associated Grant Makers (AGM), the regional grantmaking association for Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In this role, she oversees all aspects of the Partners Program, including membership management, program development as well as course facilitation.  Prior to working at AGM, Ms. Lavoie Schuster spent much of her career working and volunteering for arts and cultural organizations. For 7 years, she worked for and managed both not for profit and for profit art galleries in Boston and on Martha’s Vineyard including the Harvard University Art Museums, the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association, and the Field Gallery. Most recently, Carol was the Director of Development for the Commonwealth Museum, the Museum of Massachusetts History. Ms. Lavoie Schuster is active and passionate about her work with many nonprofit organizations through board participation as well as general volunteerism.  Carol is on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association and the Steering Committee for the Boston Chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP). Ms. Lavoie Schuster graduated from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Fine Arts and lives in Salem, MA with her family.

Roger  Servison is president of the Strategic New Business Development Group for Fidelity Investments. He is responsible for coordination of cross company initiatives, new product and market development and overall corporate strategies. Mr. Servison earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1967 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1969. Mr. Servison is vice chairman of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the chairman of the BSO’s current capital campaign. He is a trustee and past president of Board at the Museum of Fine Arts. During his tenure as president he co-chaired the MFA’s $504 million capital campaign. In addition, Mr. Servison is a trustee at Historic New England, the Winsor School, the Vincent Memorial Hospital at Mass General Hospital, the Japan Society of Boston and Tenacity, Inc. He is a member of the Parents Advisory Council at Hamilton College.

Daniel L. Shapiro, Ph.D., is a leading expert on negotiation and conflict resolution. He is on the faculty in the psychiatry department at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.  He has contributed to a wide array of scholarly journals and practical books, including the bestselling Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate. Dr. Shapiro chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, a multi-stakeholder group of former heads of state, eminent academics, and practitioners working together to establish global priorities on conflict resolution.  His international experience includes training Chinese officials, Serbian Members of Parliament, Middle Eastern negotiators, Macedonian politicians, and senior U.S. officials. He has co-facilitated workshops with international leaders including Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan and Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He also is an advisor to the International Criminal Court. During the Bosnian War, he conducted conflict management training in Croatia and Serbia. Through non-profit funding, he developed a conflict management program that now reaches one million people across more than 30 countries.

Dr. Shapiro is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Psychological Association’s “Early Career Award” and the Cloke-Millen “Peacemaker of the Year” award.  The World Economic Forum recently named him a “Young Global Leader.” He has held additional academic appointments as Visiting Associate Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and as Visiting Associate Professor at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ellen Sibley serves as vice president of the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, and leads executive search assignments and manages client relations. Previously, she served as a consultant with the Galler Group and Isaacson, Miller. Prior to her work in recruiting, Ellen was founder and president of Common Interests, a Boston-based activities club for busy professionals.

Jillian Stevens is the catering sales manager at the Westin Copley Place dedicated exclusively to the nonprofit fundraising market.  The Westin Copley Place hosts more than 75 fundraising events annually and Jillian is a trusted advisor to her clients during all event phases including contracting, planning and on-site liaison.

Andrea Stewart began her development career at The Fessenden School in Newton, Massachusetts, in the Office of Institutional Advancement working in the annual fund, on a building campaign, and as liaison to the parents association and to the board of trustees. She then spent six years at Harvard Law School serving first as assistant, then associate director of the annual fund before becoming director of the Law School’s $7.2 million annual fund.

Sunny Stich is a veteran development professional with over sixteen years of experience in grant writing, fundraising, capital campaign organization, strategic planning, event planning, and public relations. Sunny has tremendous knowledge of the fundraising landscape and has a track record highly regarded in the industry.

During her career, she has secured federal, state, private, corporate and foundation grants -- ranging from $2,500 to $1 million.  Behind the scenes, Sunny has implemented systems to track campaign progress and established vital capital support programs for organizational sustainability. She has managed capital campaigns ranging from $3 million - $10 million. She has also staffed leadership giving campaigns, developed leadership giving societies and has managed solicitation of employee giving campaigns.

She has worked with numerous regional and national organizations ranging from New England Hemophilia Association to the National Women’s Political Caucus. Her early career included key roles with Connecticut Public Television, the United Way, and Transition House, Inc. Sunny completed her Bachelor of Arts at Trinity College and her Masters of Science in Human Services at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Tina Lang-Stuart joined Brigham and Women’s Hospital in May 2007 to serve as director of stewardship with a focus on principal donors. Tina and her staff are responsible for all stewardship activities including donor recognition and acknowledgements, targeted donor communications including stewardship reports, the establishment of endowments and endowment reports, supervising the gift agreement process, and overseeing follow-up for strategic cultivation events. A seasoned communicator, Tina worked in the for-profit sector for more than 15 years, where she had a successful career in public relations and marketing communications. Her previous positions include serving as director of global strategies at a high-tech public relations agency and as corporate public relations and marketing communications manager at a leading European IT Consulting company. She holds a master’s degree in American Studies from Munich University.

Kevin Sturtevant is senior vice president at Ketchum, where he leads efforts in developing new opportunities and servicing existent clients.  During his time with the firm, Kevin has provided counsel to several complex, national organizations and associations, including the American Dental Association, Pi Beta Phi, the American Red Cross and Auburn University.  Kevin has presented workshops at AFP International and other fundraising conferences throughout the US.  Before joining Ketchum, Kevin worked for several large national organizations based in the Washington, D.C. area.

Michael P. Sullivan is the senior vice president of philanthropy at the Joslin Diabetes Center. He has 18 years of experience in healthcare philanthropy in a progressively growing environment from small community hospitals to large academic institutions.  He is the former vice president of the AFP Education Committee.

Sarah Swanson has 10 years of event planning experience, most of which has focused on fundraising events. At Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center, she has decreased the organization’s gala expenses by more than 60% in just three years.

Jan Taylor is the senior director of alumnae/i relations & annual giving at Simmons College. She joined the Advancement team there more than six years ago focusing on online communications for alumni. Her role quickly evolved to include the management of club/regional programming and pipeline development. Most recently, she took over responsibility for the annual fund, which she co-directs with a colleague. Prior to working at Simmons, Jan worked in the internet industry managing websites for colleges and human resource professionals.

Linus Travers has combined academic and fundraising careers for decades, serving Deerfield Academy and Yale University as an alumni volunteer and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth as development director and executive director of the UMass Dartmouth Foundation. He subsequently served UMass Dartmouth as a professor of English and director of first-year English programs, offering undergraduate courses in English and classical literature and graduate courses in fundraising and grant writing, retiring as Professor of English Emeritus in June, 2004. He serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, and has been a trustee of Deerfield Academy and an officer of several Yale University on- and off-campus organizations.

George Triantaris has worked in the development field for the past 15 years with a focus on planned giving and principal gifts.  He currently serves as the director of principal and planned giving for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and has worked at Northeastern University, Bentley College and Boston University.  Prior to his nonprofit work, George practiced estate planning and settlement law at Ropes & Gray in Boston.  A graduate of Wesleyan University and New York University School of Law, George has led seminars in the strategic development of planned and major gifts.

William M. Weber is president and co-founder of Development Guild/DDI. A frequent presenter at professional conferences, he focuses on the convergence of strategic planning, philanthropy and leadership development.  His list of clients includes ACCION International, American Cancer Society, Boston Panel of Agency Executives, Children’s Hospital Trust, Columbia University School of Nursing, Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Inner-City Scholarship Fund, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Lesley University, McGovern Institute at MIT, the Melton Foundation, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Partners HealthCare System, Suffolk University, Thirteen/WNET New York, UJA Federation of New York, Weill Cornell Medical College, Wheaton College and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Bill has served on national and local boards of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment. He earned his doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and served as adjunct professor at the Heller School, Brandeis University.

Frank White recently concluded a long career working for Harvard’s alumni affairs and development office, where he was editorial director with the communications team. He is now writing, consulting and teaching with a focus on digital media marketing.

Holly Gordon Wolk joined Boston University as the director of recruitment and professional training in 2008.  Holly is responsible for establishing, organizing and leading the department’s recruitment, retention and professional education strategy and efforts. Before moving to Boston, Holly spent eight years at Carnegie Mellon University where she worked on the organizational development and human capital management team focusing on recruitment and retention for the University Advancement division comprised of a staff of 200.  Holly has a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in human resources management from Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College.  She is a member of the Heinz College’s alumni board and vice president for the Carnegie Mellon Boston Alumni Chapter.

Christopher Wronsky is Director of Planned Giving at Phillips Exeter Academy. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and alumni volunteer, Chris returned there in 2002 where he is director of planning giving.  Prior to Exeter, he worked in development at Salisbury School.  Chris graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia and his background includes accounting and real estate appraisal and counseling.  Chris was awarded the MAI designation and taught courses in Real Estate Analysis at the
national level.  He served as president of the Counselors of Real Estate local chapter, trustee and chair of the Washington Center for Real Estate Research, and trustee of the Urban Development Initiative of the
University of Washington.  He became the trusted advisor to many individuals and non-profit organizations and has given a lot of thought to the relationship between wealth and happiness, inheritance, and philanthropy.

Christina Yoon has a broad-based experience in development and provides expert guidance and comprehensive assistance with resource development strategy, fundraising, board development and communications for small to mid-sized nonprofits. Clients include American Venous Forum, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Project Ministries, Fenway Alliance, Lee Academy Pilot School and MathPOWER. Most recently, Tina was the Development Practice Leader at Management Consulting Services where she consulted on strategic management and development issues with community-based organizations such as African Community Economic Development of New England, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Mutual Assistance Association Coalition, Up You Mighty Race and Urban Improv. Although originally educated as a scientist, she transitioned into development first as a Senior Liaison Officer at the MIT Office of Corporate Relations and then as a Development Officer for a $100M capital campaign to establish The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. Tina obtained a B.S. in biochemistry from Yale, a Ph.D. in biology from MIT and worked as a researcher in the pharmaceutical industry for several years before moving into development. She resides in Dorchester with her husband and two children.

Rebecca Yturregui employs quick wit, bold voice, and visionary skill in her award-winning marketing communications work. Becka’s 15 years of nonprofit and higher education experience includes brand development and management, direct response marketing, engagement and social media marketing, and fundraising and alumnae communications. She has evaluated, created, implemented and promoted numerous effective marketing communications initiatives including annual fund campaigns, multi-million-dollar comprehensive campaigns, verbal and visual identity systems, and effective stewardship initiatives.