By Mike Suchcicki, Pensacola State College Fundraising specialists from a variety of agencies throughout Northwest Florida were “Fired Up” by fundraising expert Gail Perry, who delivered her “Art of Raising Major Gifts” workshop Sept. 26 at Pensacola State College. The room of 50 attendees listened as Perry, who’s based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, spoke…
MARY CLAIRE WALTHER is a Consultant based out of the Dini Spheris Houston office. Entering college with a vision of changing the world through the foreign service, Mary Claire is now involved in changing lives through the institutions, volunteers and executives she serves as a Dini Spheris consulting team member. Mary Claire enrolled at the…
GAIL PERRY is an international fundraising consultant, keynote speaker, trainer and philanthropy leader, with deep expertise in major gift and capital campaign fundraising. Her Fired-Up Fundraising approach, developed over the past 30 years as a nonprofit philanthropy expert, has helped organizations raise hundreds of millions in gifts. With over 30 years of experience in successful…
CHUCK V. LORING, MBA, CFRE is the senior partner of the Fort Lauderdale and Indianapolis-based firm of Loring, Sternberg & Associates, which provides fundraising and governance consulting services to nonprofits. Chuck is also a Senior Governance Associate for BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards) in Washington, DC, offering expertise in board development and…
DR. DEBBIE DOUMA is the Dean of Grants and Federal Programs at Pensacola State College. Since Debbie Douma stumbled into higher education resource development in 2003, Pensacola State College has been successfully awarded over $45 million in competitive grant funding. Debbie received her A.A. from Irvine Valley College in California, B.A. and M.S.A. from the…
PENELOPE BURK understands donors and what they want more deeply than just about anyone in the business. In the last fifteen years, she and her innovative firm, Cygnus Applied Research, Inc., have conducted surveys and research studies with more than a quarter-million American donors. She has reached back into their lives to find out about…
MICHELLE BUCHANAN, CFRE is a Principal in the Dini Spheris Houston office. When in a tough spot, Michelle will settle for nothing short of success and the celebration that follows achieving a goal. Her goal is to make others better — to strengthen the skills and results of those with whom she works. Building strong,…
CATHY BROWN, a Pensacola, Florida resident, is the Associate Director of Education at The Fund Raising School (TFRS), Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. She currently serves as lead practitioner faculty for many of the face-to-face professional development courses as well as online courses