When
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 9:00AM - 10:30AM EDT
Where
Zoom Meeting
Phone: (502) 315-2673
Event Registration
| Ticket Type | Price |
|---|---|
| CNPE Member Ticket | $75.00 |
| Non-Member Ticket | $95.00 |
Event Details
Every nonprofit, whether small or large, once began as the work of volunteers and donors working together—without staff-- to help solve a problem that was not being addressed by the community. Nonprofits are fueled by the passion of volunteers, working hand in hand with staff and funders. We believe that true community engagement by staff and volunteers must come before any successful fundraising. This course will be presented as an informal panel discussion where we talk about best practices in identifying, recruiting and supporting volunteers on boards and committees that are aligned to fundraising and community engagement. We will examine the experience of fundraising from the particular perspective of volunteers who are asked to help each other and staff in this work. Some questions we will address will include:
- What is my currency as a volunteer, why am I here, what is my purpose?
- What are we doing to tether our community and potential donors to our organization?
- How can our board and staff make intentional efforts to expand equity and diversity in our organization and in our work with donors?
- How does my own story, my personal experiences, and my giving philosophy impact and align to my work as a volunteer in fundraising?
- What are personal positive experiences in fundraising and stewardship?
This course is a great opportunity for staff and volunteers who are new to the challenges of Development, fundraising, board-building and community engagement.
Panelists:
Madeline Abramson is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. Over the years, she has served as a leading community volunteer in organizations dedicated to the arts, social services, health care, young people, and education.
Madeline currently serves as chair of the American Red Cross Kentucky Region Volunteer Services Advisory Committee. She is a former Board Chair of the Kentucky Region of the Red Cross and continues to serve on its Board as a Life Member, as well as serving on its Executive Committee. She is co-chairing the historic campaign for Jewish Community of Louisville, which recently went over goal with $42.5 million for new buildings and renovations. Over the past three decades, she has proudly served on the boards of Maryhurst, Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, American Red Cross.
She has twice served as the Chair of the Board of Maryhurst, a Louisville based organization that offers residential and treatment programs for young women who have experienced abuse and neglect and continues to serve on its Board as a Life Member, as well as a member of the Executive Committee. Her efforts also include serving on the boards of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, the Jewish Hospital/St. Mary's Foundation, and the Governor's School for the Arts Advisory Council. She is a former Board Chair, and now Director Emeritus, of the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts and is a Past Chair of the Kentucky Commission on Women.
Nikki Lanier is senior vice president and regional executive of the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Louisville Branch is focused on community development and education, as well as regional economic research and policy input. The branch covers western Kentucky, metro Louisville and southern Indiana.
A native of Hampton, VA, Nikki’s experience includes serving as personnel cabinet secretary for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, chief human resources officer for Charter Schools USA in South Florida, vice chancellor of human resources for Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona, and other positions in both the health care and legal fields. In her positions, her roles focused on strategic planning, community partnerships, advancing equitable workplaces, mediations and labor negotiations. Nikki earned a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Hampton University in Virginia.
Nikki is unrelenting in her commitment to dismantling racism and frequently gives talks on the link between race and economics, community development specifically in black and brown neighborhoods and is sought after for her views on community bridge building. She serves on the boards of Greater Louisville Inc., the Board of Advisors of University of Louisville’s College of Business, the Louisville Regional Airport Authority, the Robert S. Miller Family Foundation for Equity and Justice Inc., the Underestimated People of Purpose, the Global Economic Diversity Development Initiative, WWAR, the Park Community Federal Credit Union Community Advisory Board, and is a trustee for the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She is the Chair of the Board of OneWest as well as the Chair of the Kentucky Kerner Commission 2.0. Ms. Lanier also serves on the LEAD360 Business Development Team and the UNCF Louisville Leadership Council. She is a member of the Kentucky International Women’s Forum and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
In 2021 she was named by Louisville Business First as one of the region’s “Power 50.” She has been honored with several awards including Louisville Business First’s “Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame,” Presentation Academy’s Tower Award, the Robert C. Burks Distinguished Business and Leadership Award, The Business Journals’ “Notable Financial Executives,” The Business Journals’ Influencers, Louisville Business First’s “Woman of Influence,” one of “20 People to Know in Banking and Finance,” “Forty Under 40” and one of the “10 Most Influential Women of Louisville.” She has also authored a chapter in the book Rethinking Human Resources.
Mark Rountree (Moderator) serves as Executive Vice President and Senior Consultant with Ashley|Rountree and Associates in Louisville. Mark has made a career in nonprofit management and fundraising for the past 40 years, serving as both a development officer and a consultant for educational, cultural, human service and health organizations. Prior to joining Ashley|Rountree, Mark was Vice President and part-owner at RuffaloCODY (now RNL) for 12 years where he advised nonprofits nationally on their annual giving programs. In the 1990s, Mark served as Director of Development for the University of Louisville’s College of Arts and Sciences, and prior to that, he lived and worked in North Carolina as a fundraiser in the arts in Durham and also for NC State University. Mark was the youngest Board president ever for Triangle Hospice in Durham, North Carolina (now part of Duke University), and is past-President of Association of Fundraising Professionals, Greater Louisville Chapter. In 2016, Mark was awarded the Frank W. Penick Founder’s Award, the highest honor given by AFP Greater Louisville to fundraising professionals for career achievement and service. He is a member of New Albany Rotary (Indiana). Mark is a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles.
