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Tanya Astolfo

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Post date October 5, 2016

Associate

Tanya Astolfo is a seasoned information professional with over 20 years of experience with hospital foundations and consulting firms. Tanya’s career began in academic libraries and evolved into prospect research and prospect management. She has built and managed a research office and collaborated in the development of a prospect management system at a healthcare foundation. Tanya is an APRA International and APRA Canada member and volunteer. She earned a bachelor’s degree in History and Anthropology from St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Tanya’s core expertise is in Advancement Services. She also has extensive experience in prospect research and prospect management.

Sector Experience: Consulting, Hospital Foundations, Healthcare

Tanya’s fundraising must have: Strong prospect pipeline and informed fundraisers

Contact Tanya at: tastolfo@ssutton-and-associates.com

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Kristina Anastasopoulos

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Post date October 5, 2016

Junior Associate

Kristina has close to 10 years of experience in marketing and communications, with a focus on creating inspiring content and collateral for print and digital platforms. She began her career working in professional sports and currently works for the fundraising arm of a university healthcare facility. Kristina earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Concordia University in Canada.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Kristina’s core expertise is in Donor and Constituent Engagement. She likewise has a wide experience leading marketing and communication projects, developing and aligning strategic messaging to specific audiences, and sharing engaging stories with the community at large.

Sector Experience: Hospital Foundations; Healthcare

Kristina ‘s fundraising must have: Compelling stories – they are how we connect with our families, friends, and community. Ask us how we can help with that.

Contact Kristina at: kanastasopoulos@ssutton-and-associates.com

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Gillian Aitken

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Post date September 21, 2016

Junior Associate

Gillian Aitken has over 5 years of experience in fundraising and strategic development. In this time, she has executed a wide range of fundraising initiatives from writing grant proposals and cultivating funding relationships with corporations and foundations, to managing major gift programs and direct mail campaigns. While most of her career has been spent fundraising for charities in Canada, she spent four months in Varanasi, India, preparing successful grant proposals for a local literacy charity. Gillian earned her bachelor’s degree in Global Politics from Carleton University.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Gillian’s core expertise is in Major and Principal Gifts. She also has extensive experience in Donor Engagement and Donor Journey; Direct Mail; Board Relations; Fundraising Events.

Sector Experience: Education; Youth Empowerment; International Development

Gillian’s fundraising must have: Internal donor strategy meetings.

Contact Gillian at: gaitken@ssutton-and-associates.com

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Jason Bateman

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Post date September 21, 2016

Associate

Jason Bateman brings more than two decades of senior leadership experience in nonprofit development and revenue growth. He has led high performing teams that generate referrals and close six- and seven-figure gifts across mission driven organizations. Jason is known for rebuilding advancement infrastructure, aligning fundraising strategy with mission and values, and executing revenue plans that deliver sustained, outsized growth.

A defining strength of Jason’s career is his ability to fundraise for institutions rooted in intellectual leadership, public recognition, and cultural influence. At the Ayn Rand Institute, Jason led development efforts for an organization centered on literature, ideas, and intellectual legacy, including essay prizes and programs designed to activate young people through reading and public discourse. He stewarded donors motivated by long-term cultural impact, prestige, and legacy.

This work was complemented by Jason’s leadership at XPRIZE, a recognized prize-based institution, where he directed major gifts and stewardship strategies tied to high-profile competitions. Jason demonstrated the ability to tailor donor strategies while positioning institutions as idea-shaping platforms with lasting influence.

Earlier in his career, Jason held senior leadership roles at PragerU, as well as national and regional leadership roles at Vistage and Gen Next. He rebuilt advancement infrastructure during periods of organizational transition, strengthened stewardship practices, and managed complex revenue portfolios. These experiences sharpened his ability to align stakeholders while reinforcing donor confidence in leadership, governance, and impact.

Through his work with S. Sutton & Associates Inc., Jason advises nonprofit, philanthropic, and cultural organizations on fundraising strategy, major gift execution, and Board-aligned revenue growth.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Jason’s core expertise is in Donor and Constituent Engagement. He also has wide experience in Advancement Services, Fundraising Campaigns and Strategic Planning, Corporate Sponsorships and Alliances, and New Donor Acquisition.

Sector Experience: Education, Arts & Culture, International Development, Community Based Membership & Advocacy

Fundraising Must Have: A noble mission and a desire to be innovative. If you have a world-changing or life-changing impact and are willing to try new and innovative strategies, then let’s collaborate to make some game-changing moves to yield explosive growth and inspirational stewardship.

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Mark Banbury

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Post date September 21, 2016

Senior Associate

With more than 19 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Mark Banbury’s career has spanned the globe and key philanthropic sectors. Some of his previous professional roles have included Global Chief Information Officer for Plan International (UK), Chief Information and Constituent Services Officer for Heart and Stroke Foundation (Canada) and the Director of Information Systems and New Media for SickKids Foundation (Canada). In these capacities, Mark has managed operational teams including IT, Human Resources, Communications, Operations, Facilities, and Purchasing/Warehousing/Logistics. Additionally, in 2011, he oversaw the global communications aspects of the launch of Plan International’s successful Because I Am A Girl Campaign and the UN International Day of the Girl Child. Throughout his career, Mark has consistently been on the senior management teams of large organizations where he both led and was a key participant in organizational strategic planning.

Mark graduated from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Applied Arts (Honours) in Radio and Television Arts and has taken graduate courses in the areas of organizational development, distance education, and media.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Mark specializes in Advancement Services, Management and Governance, Data Analytics, Project Management, and Fundraising Technology.

Sector Experience: Mark has global experience in the health, education, international development, and membership/advocacy sectors, across several large organizations. His notable work has included the transformation of several large recurring giving programs through the use of applied technology and analytics. Mark has led over a half dozen major nonprofit CRM implementations/stabilizations/replacements across these various sectors.

Mark’s fundraising must have: Integrated systems that present a single source of truth are fundamental to supplying data and analytics that drive good decision making. Building on a good strategic plan and a robust governance structure, technology can make the difference between just sustaining an organization’s mission and transforming an organization into a sector leader.

Contact Mark at: mbanbury@ssutton-and-associates.com

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Georgina Steinsky

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Post date September 21, 2016

Georgina Steinsky has had a multi-faceted career within Canada and internationally as a senior executive. Her experience ranges from being a senior official and Deputy Minister in the Government of Canada, to executive positions in several major Canadian corporations, including Chief Human Resources Officer of Bell Canada. From 1990 – 95 she was an employee of the Bata Shoe Organization, where she led the project to recreate a Bata company presence in post-Communist Czech Republic. In these various capacities she has undertaken foundational work either in creating new organizations or undertaken major organizational restructuring and governance reform.

Georgina gained invaluable insights into the structure and nature of the charitable and nonprofit sector in Canada when she became Chief Executive Officer in 2004 of the-then Canadian Centre for Philanthropy which had just merged with another national nonprofit organization. From 2004 to 2008 Georgina’s task was to put in place a new strategy, and organizational and governance structure for what is now Imagine Canada – a national charity which today works alongside other charitable sector organizations – and often in partnership with the private sector, governments and individuals in the community – to ensure that charities continue to play a pivotal role in building, enriching and defining our Canadian nation. Imagine Canada’s work also included knowledge dissemination about best practices in the nonprofit and charitable sector, including matters related to governance.

Additionally, in parallel with other facets of her career, she has also had extensive experience as a senior volunteer in a number of charitable organizations. Since 2004 she served both as Chair and on the Board of two organizations whose creation was encouraged, and supported by the Government of Ontario: Plexus and OECM. Both are nonprofit corporations created to foster supply chain efficiencies in the Ontario Health and Education sectors respectively. During her tenure, both went from start-ups to fully functioning organizations with governance based on best practices. She is also currently a Director of the Bata Shoe Museum and of the Westpark Hospital Foundation.

Interview with Geogina Steinsky on Czech Radio