Experts Bureau

Donor relations and stewardship are central to all advancement efforts, and ADRP is the leading source for relevant and timely information.

Members of the ADRP Experts Bureau are available for speaking engagements, expert commentary, or other media requests. These prominent industry leaders can provide insight on a variety of topics of interest to all professionals in the fields of development, fundraising and institutional advancement.

Please scroll down to review their specific areas of expertise; click on any individual’s name to learn more.

For further assistance, contact Mary Solomons, Chair of the ADRP Public Relations Committee, at publicrelations@adrp.net.

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Erika Bernal
Manager, Donor Stewardship Services
Hoag Hospital Foundation

Areas of Expertise
• Volunteer Management
• Agreements and Gift Acceptance/Compliance
• Capital Projects: Physical Recognition & Naming Opportunities
• Database Management
• Donor Relations within Development
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Kay Coughlin
Major Gift Officer 
Capital University

Areas of Expertise
• Strategic Planning
• Agreements and Gift
•Acceptance/Compliance
• Database Management
• Donor Relations within Development		 alt
Corinne Cramer
Manager, Donor & Fund Stewardship
University of California, San Diego

Areas of Expertise
• Acknowledgements
•  Stewardship Reporting
•  Endowment Fund Reporting
•  Current Use Gift Fund Reporting
•  Gift Fund Compliance
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Rose Dalba
Director of Donor Engagement & Development Operations
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Areas of Expertise
•  Strategic Planning
•  Gift Stewardship
•  Event Planning
•  Donor Relations within Development
•  Development Communications, including website		 alt
Maureen Donnelly
Director of Stewardship & Donor Relations
Boston University

Areas of Expertise
•  Strategic Planning and SDR Program Design & Development
•  Stewardship Communications
• Principal Gift Stewardship / Individualized Stewardship Plans
Julia S. Emlen
Director of Development
Community MusicWorks, Providence, R.I.

Areas of Expertise
• Management and Organizational Structure
• Strategic Planning
• Metrics
• Giving Societies
• Small nonprofit organization stewardship and donor relations
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Tony Englert
Executive Director
Franciscan Alliance Foundation

Areas of Expertise
• Management and Organizational Structure
• Acknowledgements
• Stewardship Reporting
• Principle Gifts ($1M donors)
• Giving Societies
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Paige Eubanks-Barrow
Associate Vice President
of Donor Relations 
Oklahoma State University Foundation

Areas of Expertise
• Management and Organizational Structure
• Strategic Planning
• Gift Stewardship: Principal Gifts ($1M donors)
• Giving Societies
• Donor Relations within Development		 alt
Lori Green
Planned Giving Officer
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Areas of Expertise
• Acknowledgements
• Stewardship Reporting
• Event Planning
• Planned Giving
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Cindy Hancock
Director, Donor Relations
Riley Children’s Foundation

Areas of Expertise
• Agreements and Gift Acceptance/Compliance
• Capital Projects: Physical Recognition and Naming Opportunities
• Giving Societies
• Database Management
Angie Joens
 Executive Director of Development  Outreach
 University of California, Davis

Areas of Expertise
• Management and Organizational Structure
• Strategic Planning
• Agreements and Gift Acceptance/Compliance
• Giving Societies		 alt
Mark Lanum
Director of Stewardship &
Donor Recognition
University of Washington

Areas of Expertise
• Strategic Planning
• Stewardship Reporting
• Social Media and Technology
• Database Management (Advance)
• Online Stewardship Tools and Systems
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Nancy McKinney
Director, Donor Stewardship
University of California, Berkeley

Areas of Expertise
• Management and Organizational Structure
• Stewardship Reporting
• Giving Societies
• Large, complex, highly decentralized organizations		 alt
Debbie Meyers
Senior Adviser for Donor Relations
Carnegie Mellon University

Areas of Expertise
• Acknowledgements
• Agreements and Gift Acceptance & Compliance
• Stewardship Reporting
• Database Management
• Writing & Editing		 alt
Andrea Orr
Associate Director, Major Gifts
The Princess Margaret
Cancer Foundation

Areas of Expertise
• Stewardship Reporting
• Stewardship of Principle Gifts ($1M donors)
• Capital Projects: Physical Recognition and Naming Opportunities
• Donor Relations within Development

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Alan Pearson, CFRE
Director of Donor Relations
& Development
Living Waters (Bellflower, CA)

Areas of Expertise
• Management & Organizational Structure
• Strategic Planning
• Donor Relations within Development
• Major gift solicitation, recognition & contact planning
• Board development

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Lynne M. Wester
Director of Donor Recognition & Stewardship, Principal
Yeshiva University, Donor Relations Guru

Areas of Expertise
• Strategic Planning
• Metrics
• Acknowledgements
• Social Media & Technology
• Donor Relations within Development