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 St., 12th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19130. By fax: 215.238.5270.

MARGARET BATTISTELLI, Editor-in-Chief Before joining FundRaising Success, Margaret was an editor and writer for America Online’s Digital City sites in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Atlantic City. She was the publisher of PhillyFeast, a monthly magazine about food in and around Philadelphia, and has held editor positions at MetroKids magazine, the Atlantic City Press and the South Philadelphia Review. She’s active in fundraising on a local level and is founder/executive director of PhillyTeen Inc., a fledgling nonprofit organization dedicated to helping teenagers make the transition from adolescence to adulthood by providing guidance, support and life-affirming activities in a secure location. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple University in Philadelphia. Contact her at mbattistelli@napco.com.

MELISSA BUSCH, Associate Senior Editor Melissa brings a 12-year professional journalism background to her role at FundRaising Success, having worked at newspapers including The Intelligencer in Horsham, Pa., The Gloucester County Times in Woodbury, N.J., and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She’s written features and hard news items, covering both general interest topics and a variety of beats; and as a reporter, accompanied the Pennsylvania Air National Guard to the Mexican border to report on a crackdown on illegal immigration by the U.S. Military. Contact Melissa at mbusch@napco.com

ABNY SANTICOLA, Target Marketing Group Managing Editor Abny was promoted in the summer of 2007 to the new role of Target Marketing Group Managing Editor after serving first as FundRaising Success’ associate editor and then, most recently, senior editor. In her new role, Abny will handle print and online production for this magazine and the TM Group’s newest launch, eM+C, as well as supervise those processes for the group’s other magazines. Contact her at asanticola@napco.com.

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.

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, and we’d like to introduce you to our lineup of advisors for 2008.

	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. Named one of FS’ Fundraising Professionals of the Year in 2007, she pens our monthly column, To the Point, and is author of the book, “Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes.”

KURT ASCHERMANN Kurt is president/COO of Boston-based consultancy Charity Partners, which provides fundraising solutions for respected charities throughout the world. Kurt also is the former senior VP of resource development and marketing for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He’s a no-nonsense, incredibly talented speaker and, to that end, a bit of a rabble-rouser. If you get a chance to hear him speak, grab it!

	TIM DAUGHERTY Tim is senior director of direct marketing at Habitat for Humanity. Under Tim, the department is responsible for raising about $80 million a year. Prior to working for Habitat, Tim was a fundraiser at a number of nonprofit organizations, including CARE, Save the Children, The American Red Cross, World Society for the Protection of Animals and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

	SHAW DRUMMOND Shaw is VP of Internet solutions at Charleston, S.C.-based technology/service provider Blackbaud. He manages the Blackbaud Interactive business unit, which provides end-to-end services including strategy, design and development, training, deployment, hosting, and ongoing support for Blackbaud’s Internet solutions.

	TONY ELISCHER Tony is managing director of U.K.-based THINK Consulting Solutions. He has 22 years of hands-on experience in the sector, working with British and international nonprofit organizations and consultancies. He’s an internationally regarded expert on marketing, fundraising and creativity, and we personally know him as a powerhouse of a speaker.

DANE GRAMS Dane is the online strategy director for the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national organization advocating the rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. In his role, Dane is responsible for overseeing HRC’s online community of more than 850,000 activists and has grown its sustainer program from 3,000 monthly donors to more than 30,000 — now accounting for more than $450,000 each month.

	CLINT O’BRIEN Clint is VP of business development for Care2, the hip global network that brings together socially conscious people from around the world. He markets Care2’s menu of promotional services to its nonprofit partners to help them recruit new members and donors from Care2’s dynamic community. Prior to Care2, Clint worked for seven years at PBS.

	HOLLY ROSS Holly is executive director of the Nonprofit Technology Network. She has spent more than five years at NTEN, combing through all the technology fads and listening to the NTEN community to line up the organization’s webinars, conferences and research geared toward helping members use technology to make the world a better place.

	JO SULLIVAN Jo is senior vice president of development and communications for the ASPCA. Her responsibilities include planning and execution of the ASPCA’s fundraising efforts, including direct marketing, foundations, planned giving, special events and major gifts.