The editorial team behind FundRaising Success takes great pride in bringing you the information you need to make your development efforts lucrative and satisfying. The staff is backed by an Editorial Advisory Board that represents decades of experience in fundraising for nonprofits and that works with us to keep FundRaising Success focused and on target.
If you’d like to send a press release or Letter to the Editor, propose a topic or pitch a story, here’s the place to do it. You can contact the staff individually at the e-mail addresses below. To contact us via postal mail: FundRaising Success, 1500 Spring Garden Stret, 12th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19130. By fax: 215.238.5270.
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MARGARET BATTISTELLI GARDNER, Editor-in-Chief Margaret has been with FundRaising Success since its inception in 2003. Before joining the magazine as its founding editor, she was an editor and writer for America Online’s Digital City sites in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Atlantic City. She also was the publisher of PhillyFeast, a monthly magazine about food in and around Philadelphia, and has held chief editor positions at MetroKids magazine, the Atlantic City Press and the South Philadelphia Review. Margaret has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple University in Philadelphia. Contact her at mbattistelli@napco.com. |
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JOSEPH BOLAND, Managing Editor Prior to being named Senior Editor and then Managing Editor of FundRaising Success, Joe joined the Target Marketing Group editorial team in January 2008. Before that, he worked for Montgomery Newspapers, headquartered in Fort Washington, Pa. There, he was a sportswriter and editor, covering high school sports in the local communities of Bucks and Montgomery counties. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a bachelor of arts in journalism. |
FundRaising Success EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD FundRaising Success is privileged to have access to an amazing group of development professionals who serve as our sounding boards, our counselors, our mentors. They’re the members of our Editorial Advisory Board. |
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DANE GRAMS (CO-CHAIR) Before joining Amnesty International USA, Dane was the director of Nonprofit Services & Business Development at Care2. Prior to that he was a fundraiser at GLSEN, and for the Human Rights Campaign for 11 years where he last served as the online strategy director, building one of the most admired online communications programs in the nonprofit community. For more than five years Dane has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of Fundraising Success Magazine and currently serves as the Co-Chair. Dane is also a member of the National Leadership Council for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and is the Race Director of the Front Runners LGBT Pride Run in Central Park. |
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JO SULLIVAN (CO-CHAIR) Jo served as board chairman at Direct Marketing Association Nonprofit Federation, and is also co-chair of the Editorial Board at Fundraising Success magazine. She started her career working in marketing and advertising. |
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KATYA ANDRESEN Katya is chief operating officer and chief strategy officer at Network for Good, a nonprofit that helps other nonprofits raise money online, and keeper of Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog. She is also author of the book, “Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes.” |
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PAMELA BARDEN Having escaped the cold Midwest for Southern California, Pamela sandwiches fundraising consulting and copywriting between hiking, biking, Disneyland and retrieving much-loved direct mail from her mailbox. She also teaches fundraising at UCLA’s Extension School, teaching students that fundraising should always include "fun." |
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ROGER CRAVER Roger is a veteran direct-response fundraiser who helped launch or build many of the nonprofit household names: Common Cause, Greenpeace and dozens more. Editor of The Agitator. Serial Curmudgeon and Optimist. Sworn enemy of the satisfied and complacent. |
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DUKE HADDAD Duke Haddad is Managing Director, Midwest Region, of G J Mongon & Co. Prior to join gin G J Mongon, Duke was senior director of philanthropy at the Make-A-Wish Foundation. |
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TOM HARRISON Tom joined Russ Reid in 1985 after a long and productive term with the international public relations firm of Edelman Worldwide. There he served as Executive Vice President, and was a member of the International Board of Directors. Tom has managed marketing and communication programs for a client roster that includes Toyota Motor Sales, Mattel Toys, American Honda, Catholic Charities USA, General Mills, Boys Town, World Vision, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Operation Smile, City of Hope and North America’s leading Rescue Missions. Tom is a regular columnist for FundRaising Success Magazine and a long-time member of the magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board. He serves as vice chair of the DMA Nonprofit Federation’s Advisory Council and was chair of the Direct Marketing Association’s 2008 Nonprofit Leadership Summit. |
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CHRISTINA JOHNS Christina L. Johns is the Director of New Media for the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. She has a passion for helping nonprofits use social media to achieve their goals and, in her free time, works with several different nonprofit organizations to develop strategy and integration of social technology. In 2010 she was chosen as a “Rising Star” in FundRaising Success’ Fundraising Professional of the Year Awards. |
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JEFF JOWDY Jeff is founder and president of Lighthouse Counsel, a consulting firm serving nonprofit clients in board development, fundraising, strategic planning and communications. The firm serves clients nationwide out of offices in Franklin, Tennessee, and Athens, Georgia. Jeff is also a member of the FundRaising Success Editorial Advisory Board. Jeff has more than 25 years of nonprofit leadership experience. As senior vice president of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, he led one of the nation’s most successful YMCA fundraising programs. He has also served as senior managing director for one of the nation’s largest fundraising consulting firms, as executive director for a statewide organization, and as advancement director at a 124-year-old private school. Prior to joining the development field he was a human resources executive for a major medical center. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and also studied Speech Communication on the graduate level at the university. Jeff is a past president of the Nashville Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and has been recognize as the chapter’s Fundraiser of the Year. |
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