Dr. Daniel Basco is Kindsight's Senior Director for iWave and Data Intelligence, where he drives product innovation and oversees data science efforts, building new predictive models across Kindsight's product suite. Dan is a nationally recognized leader in strategic data intelligence and...
Dr. Rick Virgin is a nationally recognized, entrepreneurial, innovative leader in higher education with 20 years in executive leadership, and was named a Latino Leader of Influence in San Diego. As Vice President for University Advancement at University of San Diego, Rick directs all fundraising...
Jethro recently formed Jethro Miller & Associates LLC to focus full time on fundraising consulting. In the past year, he has provided support for organizations including New York Climate Exchange, UNICEF USA, Doctors Without Borders USA, GoFundMe.org, Community Catalyst, Mi Familia Vota, and NYC...
Kristin Sukraw is chief storytelling officer and author of StoryFind: The Handbook for Finding and Telling Your Nonprofit’s Most Impactful Stories—endorsed by charity: water’s Scott Harrison as a must-read. As a licensed professional counselor, Kristin pioneered trauma-informed, ethical storytelling...
Naquana Borrero, CFRE, CCLA is a longtime nonprofit practitioner, executive leader, and fundraising strategist with more than 15 years of experience serving in leadership roles across housing justice, legal services, and arts organizations, where she has raised more than $45 million in philanthropic...
Sami Grisafe is Head of Relationships at Instil, a relationship intelligence platform serving nonprofit organizations, and a three-time USA Women’s Tackle Football World Champion. A recording artist, actor, and nationally recognized speaker, Sami brings an unusual interdisciplinary lens to...
FRANÇAIS After two years of work, and input from hundreds of AFP members, AFP’s new Code of Ethics was launched on October 1—the start of Ethics Awareness Month— and will come into effect on January 1, 2025. “It’s a code that has been written for today and for the future,” says Canadian Andrea...
It may not feel like it yet in D.C. with temperatures still well over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but yesterday marked the unofficial end of summer here in the U.S. – Labor Day. I promise Mike’s Monday Message hasn’t been replaced with Mike’s Tuesday History Lesson, but I do want to reflect briefly on...
As a 6-foot-2-inch man, I am the last person you’d think of as someone who has experienced sexual harassment on the job. Some folks have even told me I look “intimidating.” Anyone who knows me knows I am about intimidating as Don Knotts. (If you don’t remember Don Knotts you can look him up on the...