SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

With a transformative journey from the fashion industry to the heart of donor relations, Eileen is honored to have played a role in building bridges, nurturing relationships, and witnessing the remarkable outcomes that emerge when passionate individuals come together to create positive change in higher education. Leveraging her experience to inspire continuous growth and transformative impact through personalized stewardship programs, Eileen believes that the power of philanthropy is not just a career but a calling.

COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SC

Focusing on cultivating strong relationships, Victoria ensures the sustained growth and impact of her organization by fostering a sense of connection and loyalty among donors. Victoria not only develops and implements effective stewardship and donor engagement strategies but also plays a key role in stewarding new gifts, ensuring that donors feel valued and appreciated for their contributions. Victoria believes that fostering strong donor relationships begin with empathy, utilizing research and active listening to create a customized donor experience.

AMPLIFY MISSIONS

Melissa coaches and empowers new and existing passionate non-profit founders to amplify their mission by creating transformative donor experiences through community-centric strategies. A dancer at heart, Melissa infuses her creative mindset into her work, cultivating spaces that authentically connect with individuals, fostering trust, and nurturing a shared purpose among a community of advocates. Melissa believe that every advocacy deserves a chance to be seen and creating transformative donor experiences is how we can achieve that.

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

A dedicated donor experience professional, Flora focuses on impactful endowment reporting and close collaboration with scholarship recipients to amplify their messages of gratitude. Flora believes that donor experience and donor relations are fundamental to fundraising; showing gratitude and the impact of donors’ philanthropy are the basic elements of stewardship and should not be overlooked on the path to the next ask.

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Much of Debbie’s work in advancement is centered around higher education, creating and enhancing operations, communications, donor relations and stewardship programs. In addition to being a donor relations consultant and freelancer, she is also chief inspiration officer at EDiT!, providing editorial direction, inspiration and training to advancement professionals.

THE CITADEL FOUNDATION

Transitioning from front-line fundraising to donor relations has opened Riviere’s eyes to the world of possibilities. Her experience in this role has allowed for creativity and critical thinking to blossom while using data to enhance donor relations at every stage. Riviere believes that donor relations is not just at the end of the gift, it’s one part of the entire gift cycle.