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Senior Associate

Amanda Nicol has more than 20 years of experience as a result-driven professional specializing in Business Development, Partnership Management, and Digital Marketing. Amanda’s nonprofit experience has included work in the visual arts, sports, and education sectors. Over the course of her career, she has worked with leading organizations including The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Independent Curators International (ICI), The Peddie School, Princeton Arts Council, the eLab at Princeton University’s Keller Center, USRowing, and Girls on the Run-NJ-East.  

Amanda earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tufts University, a Business Retail Management Certificate from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and a Mini MBA certificate from Rutgers University Business School. 

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Direct Marketing, Donor and Constituent Engagement  

Sector Experience: Arts and Culture, Education, Community Based Membership and Advocacy 

Amanda’s fundraising must have: Long-term goals aligned with daily strategy implementation. Transparency, communication, a team, and executive board willing to take suggestions. 

Contact Amanda at: [email protected]

Junior Associate

Genna Mvalo is an accomplished development leader who has managed complex projects and worked with diverse local, national, and international organizations. Genna’s professional qualifications include multiple roles with the National Brain Tumor Society including Associate Director of Development, Foundation Partnerships, and Advancement Project Management and Board Liaison. She likewise served as Community Health Advisor with the United States Peace Corps in Malawi where she was deeply involved in health, well-being, and anti-discrimination services for marginalized community members, particularly women and persons afflicted with HIV. She graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health and Biology and has previously volunteered with Partners in Health and VNA Hospice & Boston Children’s Hospital. Genna is an enthusiastic leader who has experience advocating for social justice causes and facilitating strategic development projects that focus on empowering individuals, groups, and communities.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Genna’s core expertise is in Project Management. She also has extensive experience in Donor and Constituent Engagement.

Sector Experience: Healthcare, International Development, Community Based Membership & Advocacy.

Genna’s fundraising must have: Passion for the mission and a true desire to make a positive, lasting impact.

Contact Genna at: [email protected]

Senior Associate

John Mullaney is a nonprofit executive with over 20 years of experience helping diverse organizations craft, articulate, and implement their missions. John has guided a variety of foundations, nonprofits, and government agencies to address larger and often more complex policy issues, as well as their sustainable impact on communities. Over the course of his storied career, John has worked in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Africa where he held a variety of roles at the Institute for International Development and the Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities at Harvard University, and the Forjar Foundation. He also led SatelLife and the Nord Family Foundation as the Executive Director, and has served on numerous boards working for local and state-wide constituents. John holds a Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University and completed his undergraduate education at Boston College. He is fluent in Spanish.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Counsel and Support for Philanthropists. He also possesses expertise in Board Training, Management and Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Counsel and Support for Philanthropists, Donor and Constituent Engagement, Interim Program Management, International Fundraising, Project Management, Risk Management and Fundraising Governance.

Sector Experience: Education; Healthcare; Arts & Culture; International Development

John’s fundraising must have: Fundraising must have a genuinely developed mission that impassions people’s most basic instinct to give for the benefit of others.

Contact John at: [email protected]

Senior Associate

Craig Morris is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) with more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit administration and professional fundraising. He has built development departments from scratch and has worked with well-established organizations, focusing on coaching staff and boards, donor-centric relationship management, annual giving and membership campaigns, sponsorship programs and major donor giving. Craig prides himself on using his background as a social worker to grow an organization’s culture of philanthropy with a task-oriented approach.

Craig is committed to ethical fundraising and cultivating worldwide growth of the philanthropic sector. He is a long-time member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and has served as the education committee chair to bring professional development to organizations needing to stay informed of the latest fundraising trends and tactics. Most recently Craig served as treasurer of the board for the AFP Chicago chapter.

Craig holds a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences, with a Major in Biology and a Minor in Spanish from Indiana University, a Master of Arts in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago, with concentration on Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation, and he is a Licensed Social Worker.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Craig’s predominant area of expertise is in Advancement Services including development operations and customer relationship management (CRM) systems. He also has extensive experience in program evaluation and strategic planning.

Sector Experience: Community Based Membership and Advocacy, including child welfare, early child education and advocacy, LGBTQ advocacy, domestic violence prevention and intervention, anti-violence organizations, community centers, federated organizations, homeless shelters, food pantries, emergency services, job training programs, youth development, and associations.

Craig’s fundraising must have: An open-minded leadership committed to writing a focused and engaging case for support underpinning a fundraising plan with long-term goals.

Contact Craig at: [email protected]