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Associate

Alice Gordon has over 15 years of nonprofit management and fundraising experience. In various roles working with medical research and advocacy organizations, she has excelled in strategic planning, program development, leading fundraising campaigns, and building relationships with community members, organizations, boards, and donors to advance mission-driven goals. Her professional career was founded on experiences raising funds and awareness for causes including childhood illness, abuse and neglect, breast cancer, animal welfare, and food safety standards. She holds a Master of Arts in Communication Studies with a concentration in intercultural and organizational communication and a bachelor’s degree from California State University.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: A seasoned development professional, Alice’s expertise is in Major and Principal Gifts. She also has experience in Donor and Constituent Engagement, Fundraising Campaigns and Strategic Planning and developing customized programmatic fundraising channels.

Sector Experience: Over 15 years of experience working with organizations in Community Based Membership and Advocacy.

Alice’s fundraising must have: I work best with organizations that embrace change.

Contact Alice at: [email protected]

Executive Associate

Donna Mullen Good has thirty+ years of experience working on major events and projects, almost entirely in the non-profit sector. Over those years, and always in a leadership capacity, she has run international summits and events, and worked both nationally and internationally on health and human service issues.

Serving as the first President of Operations and Finance for the Biennial of the Americas, an international event aimed at producing greater understanding and cooperation among the countries of the Western Hemisphere, Donna led a team which produced 300+ events in 30 days, raising $4M USD in six months.

Serving as President and CEO for the Center for Women and Enterprise in Boston, Massachusetts, she expanded and enhanced entrepreneurship options for women at all economic levels by hosting the only venture capital forums for women on the East Coast of the United States.

Donna also served as Manager for the Denver Department of Human Services under Mayor Wellington Webb. In that position she was directly responsible for a $250 million budget and the oversight of 1,200 personnel in five satellite offices. In 2003 she won both the Governor’s (Bill Owens) and Mayor’s (Webb) award for running the most innovative human services programs in Colorado.

Highlights of her international experience include serving as Executive Director on the U.S. Host Committee – International Summit on Hazardous Waste Disposal – U.S. Department of Energy, and Executive Director for the Denver Summit of the Eight Host Committee (the first G-7 to become a G-8 with Russia joining world leaders for the first time), where she hired and managed all staff, was the chief fundraiser, organized and executed nine Summit events involving world leaders and other dignitaries, and developed and managed a 4,000-person volunteer base serving the summit.

Donna also served as Vice President of PSI, Inc., the largest international health social marketing firm serving the third world, where she worked widely across the Middle East and Sub Saharan Africa.

In addition to the aforementioned, Donna brings to the firm, as a strategic expansion advisor, training for board members, CEO’s and staff, to facilitate ambidextrous gift discussions when meeting with potential and current donors.

Donna holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration Finance from the University of Colorado, a Master’s Degree in Information Management from Simmons University, Boston Massachusetts, and a Master’s of Public Administration Degree in Public Policy from the University of Colorado.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Donna’s predominant expertise is in Fundraising Campaigns and Strategic Planning. She also has extensive experience in Project Management, Major and Principal Gifts, and International Fundraising.

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

Donna’s fundraising must have: People who want to change how they interact with potential and current donors to enhance what happens in their organization that they never thought possible— dreamers with commitment, motivation, and belief they can grow themselves.

Associate

Maxine has more than 25 years of experience in higher education management, including 13 years as the Senior Director of Development Operations and Medical Annual Giving at the Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine. She also serves on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Medical Philanthropy Summer Institute which exposes leaders in the field of medical philanthropy to the overarching model, tools, and practices that have contributed to the success of philanthropy at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Maxine is a Certified Public Accountant, received her Bachelor of Science Degree in accounting (summa cum laude) from the University of Maryland and is a candidate for a Master of Arts in Public Management at Johns Hopkins University. 

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Maxine’s core expertise is on advancement services. She also has extensive experience in CASE standards for gift processing, financing and budgeting for fundraising organizations, developing creative stewardship of donors, improving utilization of fundraising data and implementing medical annual giving strategies.

Sector Experience: Education, Healthcare, Community Based Membership and Advocacy 

Maxine’s fundraising must have: Every fundraising organization should be looking at their data in descriptive, predictive and prescriptive ways, being able to describe what is happening, what is likely to happen and what should be happening. Ask us how we can help with Data Analytics. 

Contact Maxine at: [email protected]

Associate

Jessica is an independent fundraising and organizational development consultant with over 14 years of experience working in the arts, community impact and public service media sectors. She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She is also certified by Duke University in Nonprofit Management and certified in Technology of Participation™ strategic planning and facilitation methods. Jessica serves on multiple nonprofit boards, assuming the role of board chair for the Montford Park Players (one of the country’s longest-running Shakespeare festivals), and director for the Foundation of the Alliance for Community Media.

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Jessica’s core expertise is in Donor and Constituent Engagement. She likewise has wide experience in Data Analytics; Development Program Review and Expansion Strategies; Fundraising Campaigns and Strategic Planning; Annual Giving and Direct Marketing; Board Training, Management and Governance.

Sector Experience: Membership and Audience Engagement, Nonprofit Management, Public Media, Podcasting, Faith-based and Secular Communities

Jessica’s fundraising must have: Commitment to member service, open communication and a high standard of excellence.

Contact Jessica at: [email protected]

Executive Associate

Tom Forbath has more than 30 years of senior management experience in the for-profit sector, specifically in the fields of banking, commercial finance, financial planning, and projections. Tom’s experience in the financial sector includes Vice-Presidential roles with Manufacturers Bank, Fleet Capital Corp., and Wells Fargo Capital Finance where he managed a team with a combined portfolio of asset-based transactions of $2.3 billion for Fortune 1000 companies. Tom later became Partner and Founding Manager of Leverage Global Partners, Founder/President of Pure Aesthetics and Wellness, and later Co-Founder/COO of Asset Retrievers.

Having successfully founded, managed, and grown two start-ups over the course of his career, Tom has harnessed this knowledge to advise new businesses and nonprofit entities to help them conduct industry research and develop innovative business plans.  

In addition to his vocational work in the private and nonprofit sectors, Tom serves as a board member for several nonprofit organizations and is currently a long-time board member for the EduCare Foundation, a nonprofit that provides afterschool education to approximately 30,000 underprivileged public-school youth annually.  

Tom graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, and he also holds a Master’s in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.  

Fundraising Area of Expertise: Tom’s predominant expertise is in Development Program Review and Expansion Strategies. He is also skilled in Strategic Planning, Project Management, Risk Management and Fundraising Governance, and the related disciplines of finance, operations, and grants management. 

Sector Experience: Education, Healthcare 

Tom’s fundraising must have: A strong commitment from leadership, solid and professional team to implement, and a well-defined development plan and mission that inspires the team and donors. 

Contact Tom at: [email protected]