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Meet the Staff

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 will work 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.

MARGARET BATTISTELLI, Editor-in-Chief MARGARET BATTISTELLI, 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.
   

 

JANET SPAVLIK, Managing Editor
JANET SPAVLIK, Managing Editor
Before joining the staff of FS, Janet was managing editor for our sister publications, Book Business and Publishing Executive. Previously, she was a staff editor and writer for The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J., and also held positions as managing editor of book production for Information Today Inc. and production editor for W.B. Saunders Co. (now Elsevier). In June 2007, Janet published her first book, "Images of America: Collingswood," with Arcadia Publishing. She has a bachelor's degree in English and Communication from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. Reach her at jspavlik@napco.com.
   
JOSEPH BOLAND, Target Marketing Group Copy Editor JOSEPH BOLAND, Target Marketing Group Copy Editor
Prior to joining the Target Marketing Group editorial team in January 2008, Joe 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.


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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.
KATYA ANDRESEN KATYA ANDRESEN
Katya is VP of marketing at Network for Good, a nonprofit that helps other nonprofits raise money online and keeper of Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog: Getting to the Point. She pens FS' monthly column, To the Point, and is author of the book, “Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes.”

SARAH DURHAM
Sarah is founder and principal of New York-based consultancy Big Duck. She writes FS' bimonthly feature, Brandraising, and is author of the book, "Brandraising: How Nonprofits Raise Visibility and Money Through Smart Communications."


TOM HARRISON
Tom is the president and CEO of Pasadena, Calif.-based agency Russ Reid.


GISELLE HOLLOWAY
Giselle is the director of direct response at the Internatinal Rescue Committee.


BERNARD ROSS
Bernard is director of the U.K.-based agency The Management Centre (=mc).

DANE GRAMS DANE GRAMS
Dane is the development director at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students. Prior to joining GLSEN, he was the online strategy director for the Human Rights Campaign.

JO SULLIVAN
Jo is the senior director of integrated marketing at CDR Fundraising group. Prior to joining CDR, she was the executive vice president of external affairs at the ASPCA.