Category: Our Associates

Lorin Diehl

Post author By mturner
Post date October 5, 2016

Senior Associate

Lorin Diehl is an accomplished integrated fundraising, development, marketing, and communications leader who has over 25 years of experience working with non-profit organizations, including in the global space to support children, young adults, and communities.

He has an entrepreneurial spirit, strategic focus, and a proven history of success in developing, managing, and implementing profitable donor and customer-centric programs in both the nonprofit and for-profit arena. Lorin earned an MBA from Fordham University in New York, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Lorin’s core expertise is in strategic and campaign planning. He also has wide experience in annual and individual giving; donor relationship management; CRM; integrated multi-channel marketing; communications/public relations; branding; resource advancement and engagement; program, campaign, and project management; direct response marketing; team/mentor development; research/prospect evaluation; and business development.

Sector Experience: Global relief and development; humanitarian/community services; children’s services/sponsorship; secular/faith-based international organizations; social services; advocacy; healthcare/medical services.

Lorin’s fundraising must have: Lorin believes that fundraising must have transparency, accountability, a true collaborative spirit, and a deep-abiding mission focus

Contact Lorin at: ldiehl@ssutton-and-associates.com

Canada Associates Our Associates

Lisa Di Veto

Post author By mturner
Post date October 5, 2016

Senior Associate

Lisa Di Veto is an accomplished fundraising and communications professional who has made significant contributions to strategic development and marketing programs for leading nonprofit organizations. She has served in a number of diverse development functions for religious institutions, children’s causes, and natural resource associates. As a consultant, her clients have included the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, and the Royal Botanical Gardens. In these capacities, Lisa was responsible for drastic increases to fundraising revenue and donor bases, as well as the successful development and implementation of numerous strategic plans.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Lisa has extensive experience in all aspects of charitable fundraising including creating and implementing innovative strategies to diversify income and increase revenue from annual giving, major gifts, legacy giving, government and foundation grants. In addition to helping charities reach and exceed revenue goals, she enjoys finding previously unrealized income potential, enabling the organization to advance its mission for years to come.

Sector Experience: Over the past decade, Lisa has helped hundreds of churches with declining donations and increasing expenses strengthen their sustainability through the development of revenue generation strategies for major and legacy gifts, grants and annual giving programs. She also successfully counseled arts and cultural organizations as well as charities in the health, science and environment sectors.

Lisa’s fundraising must have: A compelling case for support, motivated board, knowledgeable staff, solid financial data and strategic plans are all useful when creating a tailored approach to meet your group’s needs.

Contact Lisa at: ldiveto@ssutton-and-associates.com

America Associates Our Associates

Jon Dellaria

Post author By mturner
Post date October 5, 2016

Senior Associate

John Dellaria is a dynamic leader with over 20 years of experience advising and collaborating with nonprofit organizations to enhance fundraising and donor development. John has particular expertise in managing programs, operations, personnel, fundraising campaigns, and volunteer development for prominent national and state-wide organizations. His portfolio includes numerous instances of successful strategic planning, financial management, program efficiency reviews, and relationship building with diverse constituencies. He has held various development and executive roles with nonprofit organizations and consultancies in the health care, media, and public relations and communications sectors where he drove innovative thinking and made numerous appearances before civic and donor groups to communicate the organization’s mission. John holds a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Board Training, Management & Governance. He also possesses expertise in Fundraising, Donor Development, Strategic Planning, Client Relations, Financial Planning, Operations Management, Business Development, Change Management, Public Relations, Branding/Marketing, Team/Partnership Building, Budgeting, Negotiations, Process Improvement, Training/Development, Project Management, Presentations and, Team Leadership/Motivation

Sector Experience: Healthcare, Arts and Culture and Advocacy.

Jon’s fundraising must have: Stakeholders’ full understanding of the organization’s mission, vision and responsibilities to the organization

Contact Jon at: jdellaria@ssutton-and-associates.com

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Christopher Clinton Conway

Post author By mturner
Post date October 5, 2016

Senior Associate

Christopher Clinton Conway is an accomplished and globally-engaged nonprofit leader serving iconic nonprofit institutions and high-net-worth individuals in pursuit of meaningful impact and lasting change. Christopher launched his career assisting Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter pursue an innovative global health agenda at The Carter Center of Emory University. He went on to hold key development positions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), UCLA Health, and the Doheny Eye Institute at the UCLA Stein Eye Institute, and became President & Executive Director of The Joffrey Ballet. In these capacities, Christopher launched and managed multi-million dollar endowment drives and capital campaigns, facilitated the successful application of significant research grants, and implemented strategic plans to enhance fiscal stability and grow donor pipelines. Christopher received a J.D. from Washington University, School of Law, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has also achieved certificates from the Madison Institute for Healthcare Philanthropy at the University of Wisconsin, School of Business, and Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management in Nonprofit Executive Education.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Planned and Legacy Gifts.

Sector Experience: Fundraiser and legal advisor across healthcare, international development and high-profile cultural non-profits.

Christopher’s fundraising must have: Transparency, accountability and mission.

Contact Christopher at: cconway@ssutton-and-associates.com

Canada Associates Our Associates

Frances Buczko

Post author By mturner
Post date October 5, 2016

Associate

Frances Buczko is a passionate and savvy fundraising professional with almost 15 years of experience collaborating with organizations like WWF-Canada, Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation, Bridgepoint Health, Gallery Lambton, and YWCA. She has a track record of exceeding objectives through skilled capital campaign management and has led projects from $3 – $60 million.

Working in the banking industry for nearly 20 years, Frances possesses a formative perspective and diverse skill set. She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science degree. She holds certificates in Fundraising Management, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Management, and completed The Original Canadian Gift Planning Course and the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ First Course in Fundraising.

Frances is committed to community engagement and encouraging a culture of philanthropy. She has been an active volunteer with the Bata Shoe Museum Resource Development Committee, Canadian Association of Gift Planners, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Rotary Club-Toronto Forest Hill, United Way, CNIB, and Women’s Assault Helpline.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Frances’ core expertise is in Fundraising Campaigns and Strategic Planning. She also has extensive experience in Campaign and Volunteer Management, Major Gifts and Sponsorship Solicitation, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Campaign Audits, Feasibility Studies, Proposal Writing, Planned Giving, Prospect Identification, , Leadership and Human Resource Management, Event Sponsorship Solicitation and Project Management

Sector Experience: Healthcare, Arts & Culture, Social Services

Frances’s fundraising must have: Passion – stakeholder engagement that is built on relationship building through information sharing, collaboration and brand awareness.

Contact Frances at: fbuczko@ssutton-and-associates.com

America Associates Our Associates

Nicole Brown

Post author By mturner
Post date October 5, 2016

Associate

With more than 15 years of experience in non-profit, health and international sectors, Nicole is experienced in communications strategy development, direct marketing, corporate social responsibility, data analytics, donor and constituent engagement, technical writing and proposal development. Some of her prior successes include: developing the first communications and advocacy strategy and writing six annual reports for the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance; increasing international membership and engagement opportunities at the American Dental Association for dentists in other countries; and leading a rebranding campaign and supporting materials and messaging development for a $200 million capital campaign at Lions Clubs International Foundation. She holds a Master of Science in Journalism from Roosevelt University and Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Indiana University. She has traveled in professional capacities to more than 65 countries and is proficient in French.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Direct Marketing

Sector Experience: Healthcare, International Development, Community Based and Association Membership and Advocacy

Nicole’s fundraising must have: Determining the audience in order to develop messaging that most resonates for exciting and engaging donors

Contact Nicole at: nbrown@ssutton-and-associates.com