If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you.

I started my career as a professional fundraiser in 1989. So many things about the charitable sector have changed since then – new innovations, different challenges, and an incredibly fluid ecosystem in which charities must operate.

One thing hasn’t changed, and that’s the need to stay ahead of the curve. Anticipating what comes next is fundamental to effective planning and execution.

Challenges can be transformative. I love that a long career gives me the ability to help clients see around the next corner and anticipate all the twists and turns in the road ahead.

Just a quick moment to talk about experience.

Credentials.

     

  • Bachelor of Public Relations (BPR) – Mount Saint Vincent University – 1987
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  • High Impact Presentation Training – Saint Mary’s University) – 2005
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  • Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE International) – 2008
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  • Non Profit Strategy Planning & Positioning for the Future – Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University – 2023
Strengths.

     

  • Strategy development
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  • Operational & management planning
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  • Opportunities analysis
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  • Training teams
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  • Coaching leaders
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  • Communications creative | concepts | messaging
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  • Moves management for transformational giving
Highlights.

     

  • Local | regional | national | international experience
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  • 60+ major campaigns led and advised
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  • 80+ client engagements since 2009
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  • 12 years as an in-house University senior development director
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  • Atlantic Canada’s most experienced capital campaign specialist
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  • Multiple awards

And then there's the amazing clients.

2B Theatre

Acadia University

AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation)

Atlantic Collaborative for Injury Prevention (ACIP)

Barrett Corporation

Big Brothers Big Sisters Atlantic Region Agencies

Big Brothers Big Sisters Nova Scotia Foundation

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Halifax,

Bishops College School

Brunswick Street Mission

Bryony House

Camp Brigadoon

Canadian Cancer Society

Canadian Cancer Society, Nova Scotia Division

Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO)

Canadian Sea Turtle Network

Cancer Care Foundation of Newfoundland & Labrador

Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation

CARE International

CEED Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development

Centre for Women in Business (Mount Saint Vincent University)

Chedabucto Lifestyle Complex

Cobequid Health Centre Foundation

Community Foundation of Nova Scotia

Dalhousie University School of Nursing

Dartmouth Adult Services Centre (DASC Industries)

Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation

Dartmouth Sportsplex

DEVOUR! The Food Film Festival

EMLyon (Lyon Business School), France

Fullbright Foundation Canada

Fredericton YMCA

Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia

Habitat for Humanity Canada

Halifax Grammar School

Health Services Foundation of the South Shore

Holland College

Hooked Rug Museum of North America

Hope Blooms

IWK Health Centre Foundation

IWK Child Saftey Link

IWK SeaStar Child and Youth Advocacy Centre

Junior Achievement of Nova Scotia

Lunenburg Academy for Musical Performance

Mount Saint Vincent University

MT&L (now NATIONAL)

Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research (UNB)

Muscular Dystrophy Canada

National Centre for Arts and Technology, USA

National Gallery of Canada Foundation

NBCC (New Brunswick Community College)

Neptune Theatre

Nipissing University

North East Health Integration Network

Nova Scotia Health Authority & Health Foundations of Nova Scotia

NSCC (Nova Scotia Community College)

Pathways to Education

Phoenix Youth

Pictou County Wellness Centre

Pier 21 Society

QEII Health Sciences Foundation

Rothesay Netherwood School

RSC: The Academies (“The Royal Society of Canada”)

Saint Mary’s Hospital Foundation

Saint Mary’s University

Shelter Nova Scotia

Sobey School of Business (Saint Mary’s University)

Sobeys Inc.

St. John Ambulance NB Council

Strongest Families Institute

Technical University of Nova Scotia (now Dalhousie University)

The David Foster Foundation

The Kidney Foundation

The Moncton Hospital Foundation

The Northwood Foundation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (now Toronto Rehab)

The RP (Retinitis Pigmentosa) Eye Research Foundation

The Wellesley Hospital

United Way of Cape Breton

United Way of Halifax

University of Kings College

University of Prince Edward Island

Welland County General Hospital

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, London, UK

Yarmouth Mariners Centre

YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth

Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa