Become the Major Gift Leader Your Mission Needs.
Helping Executive Directors build the confidence, strategy, and donor relationships to secure transformational gifts through relationship fundraising.
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Every nonprofit leader is at a different stage of their fundraising journey. Whether you're looking for weekly guidance, a clear strategy, or a complete leadership transformation, here's how we work together.
Why Nonprofit Leaders Trust Me
More than 30 years ago, I discovered something that changed the course of my career.
Fundraising isn't about convincing people to support your mission. It's about building meaningful relationships that inspire generosity—and having the confidence to invite donors to make a transformational investment.
That discovery led me to formally study the profession through the Principles and Techniques of Fund Raising program through The Fund Raising School at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. Since then, I've spent close to three decades leading fundraising efforts, coaching nonprofit leaders, and helping organizations secure major gifts through relationship fundraising.
Today, I help executive directors become the major gift leaders their missions need.
My philosophy is simple:
The ask secures the gift. The relationship makes the ask possible.
Too many nonprofit leaders avoid asking because it feels uncomfortable.
Others jump to the ask before they've built the trust that inspires generosity.
I teach a different approach.
You'll learn how to build authentic donor relationships, understand what motivates generosity, and confidently invite donors to make transformational gifts that change what's possible for your mission.
Why nonprofit leaders work with me
- Almost 40 years of nonprofit experience - close to 30 of them in fundraising leadership
- Formally trained through The Fund Raising School at Indiana University
- Coach, speaker, and trusted advisor to nonprofit leaders across the country
- Creator of the Relationship Fundraising Method and the Major Gift Leadership Cohort
- Practical strategies designed specifically for executive directors and organizations without large development teams
