AFP Member Spotlight: Ciara Ginyard, MPA

AFP Member Spotlights are a recurring series of interviews with AFP members, highlighting the unique individuals and career paths that exist within the fundraising profession. If you know an inspiring fundraising professional who deserves to be featured, please email afpmarcom@afpglobal.org.

In this AFP Member Spotlight, Ciara Ginyard, MPA, development director at Detroit Horse Power, shares with us the seemingly simple advice, "Do the ask." We discuss how fundraisers can remove themselves and their apprehension or anxiety from the equation, speak with compassion, and focus on their organization's mission, to make the ask, resulting in amazing impact for their nonprofits.