Category: Our Associates

Junior Associate

Krisztina Quick is a seasoned fundraising professional with over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit field. She started her development career by connecting communities to causes through fundraising events and has honed skills in community programs and outreach, strategic planning, and project management for clients in healthcare and business associations. She has managed walks, bike tours, climbs, and galas with thousands of participants, raising millions of dollars in support of organizational missions. Most recently, Krisztina worked as an expert contributor to national and regional organizations where she created strategic plans and event resources to support successful fundraising campaigns. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Oregon State University and a Professional Event & Meeting Planning Certificate from California State University of Long Beach.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Krisztina’s core expertise is in Board Training and Governance. She also has extensive experience in Fundraising Events and Community Engagement.

Sector Experience: Health and Human Services

Krisztina’s fundraising must have: Clarity on the organization’s strength and weakness to create the most effective and impactful plans.

Contact Krisztina at: [email protected]

Executive Associate

Nationally recognized senior corporate and foundation relations (CFR) executive, Debbie Perrone has more than 35 years of experience, 23 with Johns Hopkins University. Throughout her career, she has focused on short- and long-term strategic planning, institutional leadership engagement, faculty advising and collaboration, donor relationship-building and stewardship, staff management and development, Development officer training, institutional policy formulation for CFR, and proposal writing.  

Debbie has a strong record of success in securing support for scientific research, academic and community-based programs, capital projects, and endowment needs, including professorships and scholarships. She is dedicated to advancing the CFR profession through a commitment to excellence, teaching and advising and broad sharing of best practices.  

Debbie holds a Master of Liberal Arts and a Master of Writing from Johns Hopkins University, a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economic and Social Studies from the University of Manchester (U.K.) and passed comprehensive exams with distinction at Boston University during doctoral study in Applied Anthropology. 

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Debbie’s core expertise is in Corporate & Foundation Relations. She is also skilled in Fundraising Campaigns & Strategic Planning, and Development Program Review & Expansion Strategies. 

Sector Experience: Higher Education, Healthcare, Arts & Culture

Debbie’s fundraising must have: A commitment to excellence that is grounded in critical analysis and driven by strategic advantage.

Contact Debbie at: [email protected]

Senior Associate

Kathleen Patrick has more than 25 years of experience as a philanthropy executive, successfully orchestrating capital campaigns, developing sustainable major giving programs, and fostering meaningful relations with diverse stakeholders. In her previous roles, she was responsible for soliciting six-to-seven figure donations for the Roy and Patricia Disney Cancer Center and the Neuroscience Institute at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, launching Marymount University’s Inaugural Parents Advisory Council, overseeing the transition of the VHH Foundation after it was purchased by USC, and executing major fundraising initiatives at Dignity Health. Kathleen earned her Registered Nursing Degree at Pasadena City College and also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California. She has completed a Certification from the Madison Institute for Campaigns and Major Gifts, a Planned Giving Certificate from the Pantera Executive Development Program, and an Executive Management Certificate from the University of South California, Marshall School of Business. Kathleen sits on the board of USC’s Trojan League of Los Angeles and has been a goodwill ambassador to Japan and Germany.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Kathleen’s core expertise is in Major and Principal Gifts. She also has a wide experience in orchestrating and managing capital campaigns, development of major and planned giving programs, grateful patient programs, prospect pipeline and moves management development, building and stewarding strategic relationships with philanthropists, clinicians, board of trustee members and volunteers to benefit an organization’s mission.

Sector Experience: Healthcare, Academia, and Political Fundraiser. International Development

Kathleen’s fundraising must have: Passion for this noble profession. We get to teach others the joy of giving and in return, get to experience immense gratitude.

Contact Kathleen at: [email protected]

Associate

Barzella Papa has a proven track record of nonprofit leadership and exceptional communication as a published author and sought-after keynote speaker over the course of her 20-year career in the nonprofit sector. She is the current President and CEO of the Community Foundation of North Central Florida, and during her 14-year tenure, she has raised more than $36 million in local support for a variety of causes. Under her direction, the Community Foundation has grown to more than $21 million in charitable funds, been awarded more than $21 million in grants, secured $15 million in planned gifts, and launched such successful initiatives such as the Women’s Giving Circle, the Amazing Give and the Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
She is a past president of the Junior League of Gainesville where she created the League’s signature fundraising event: The Tour of Kitchens. Her service to the League earned her the Most Outstanding Volunteer Award and the Legacy Award within seven years of service.
Her many other awards include the Girl Scouts Women Who Make a Difference, the Fierce Award recipient from Business in North Central Florida Magazine, and a Paul Harris Fellow from the Rotary Club of Gainesville.
Barzella graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Communications and worked in major publishing houses before transitioning to the nonprofit sector. She is also an alumnus of Leadership Florida Class XXVII and has served on the Board of Directors for the University of Florida Performing Arts Center and the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Barzella is an expert in Board Training, Management and Governance. She also has extensive experience in Development Program Review and Expansion Strategies, Donor and Constituent Engagement, Fundraising Campaigns and Strategic Planning, Major and Principal Gifts, Planned and Legacy Gifts and Project Management

Sector Experience: Community Based Membership and Advocacy; Nonprofit Management; Membership-based Organizations; Foundations

Barzella’s fundraising must have: Infrastructure and processes in place for transparency, donor management, and accountability. Late thank you notes, donations not attributed properly and no follow up with donors are sure-fire ways to lose their support forever!

Contact Barzella at: [email protected]