Giving Institute

"The Giving Institute, formerly the American Association of Fundraising Counsel (AAFRC) sought to enhance the professionalism of a field that was disorganized and sometimes misunderstood and mistrusted. "

Board of Directors
Accessed September 2011:
 * Chair-Mr. Thomas W. Mesaros, CFRE 	Alford Group, Inc.
 * 1st Vice Chair-Mr. David H. King, CFRE 	Alexander Haas
 * 2nd Vice Chair-Mr. Jeffrey D. Byrne 	Jeffrey Byrne & Associates, Inc.
 * Secretary-Mr. Donald Fellows 	Marts & Lundy, Inc
 * Treasurer-Ms. Sarah J. Howard, CFRE 	Compton Fundraising Consultants, Ltd.
 * Past Chair-Ms. Nancy L. Raybin 	Raybin Associates
 * Anthony Alonso 	Advantage Consulting
 * Audrey Brourman, CFRE 	AL Brourman Associates, Inc.
 * John M. Biggins 	American City Bureau
 * Leo P. Arnoult, CFRE 	Arnoult & Associates, Inc.
 * William Tippie 	Bentz Whaley Flessner
 * Rachel Hutchisson 	Blackbaud
 * Peter J. Fissinger, CFRE 	Campbell & Company
 * William L. Carlton, ACFRE 	Carlton & Company
 * Frederic J. Happy 	CCS Fundraising
 * Aggie Sweeney 	Collins Group
 * Leonard J. Moisan, PhD 	Covenant Group
 * Michelle D. Cramer, CFRE 	Cramer and Associates
 * W. Keith Curtis 	The Curtis Group Consultants, Inc.
 * Jon Biedermann 	DonorPerfect
 * Richard J. Dunham 	Dunham & Company
 * William A. Durkin 	Durkin Associates
 * Robert I. Evans 	EHL Consulting Group, Inc.
 * Rita J. Galowich 	Fund, Inc.
 * Robert K. Lewis, CFRE 	Global Advancement, LLC
 * John Glier 	Grenzebach Glier and Associates
 * Russell Hodge III, CFRE 	Hodge Group
 * L. Gregg Carlson 	IDC Ltd
 * Jack H. Miller 	Miller Group Worldwide LLC
 * Henry Goldstein, CFRE 	Oram Group, Inc.
 * Poonam Prasad 	Prasad Consulting & Research
 * George C. Ruotolo, Jr. CFRE 	Ruotolo Associates, Inc.
 * James D. Yunker, EdD 	Smith Beers Yunker & Co, Inc.
 * Joseph L. Staley, CFRE 	StaleyRobeson
 * Wayne Kyle 	Woodburn Kyle & Company

Giving Institute Past Presidents & Chairs
Accessed September 2011:

Past Presidents
 * 1935-36 	Cornelius M. Smith
 * 1936-37 	Bayard M. Hedrick
 * 1937-38 	Harold J. Seymour
 * 1938-39 	Clarence J. Myers
 * 1939-40 	Christian H. Dreshman
 * 1940-41 	Arnaud C. Marts
 * 1941-42 	James E. Almond
 * 1942-45 	Lewis H. Stoneman
 * 1945-47 	Carlton M. Sherwood
 * 1947-48 	John Price Jones
 * 1948-49 	John Crosby Brown
 * 1949-50 	Carlton G. Ketchum
 * 1950-51 	Cornelius M. Smith
 * 1951-52 	Bart R. Brammer
 * 1952-53 	Christian H. Dreshman
 * 1953-55 	Arnaud C. Marts
 * 1955-56 	Howard T. Beaver
 * 1956-57 	Carl A. Kersting
 * 1957-58 	Herman F. Reinhardt
 * 1958-59 	Carlton G. Ketchum
 * 1959-60 	Alexander E. McIntosh
 * 1960-62 	Raleigh L. Smith
 * 1962-64 	Lowell H. Brammer
 * 1964-66 	Erwin D. Tuthill
 * 1966-68 	Austin V. McClain
 * 1968-69 	Edwin F. Armstrong
 * 1969-70 	David S. Ketchum
 * 1970-71 	A. Creed Barnett
 * 1971-72 	J. O. Newberry

Past Chairs


 * 1972-73 	Roger H. Wilson
 * 1973-74 	Melvin D. Brewer
 * 1974-75 	George A. Brakeley, Jr.
 * 1975-77 	Edgar D. Powell
 * 1977-78 	Donald R. Hannum
 * 1978 	James E. Nagle
 * 1979 	R. Blair Schreyer
 * 1981 	James J. Biggins
 * 1982 	John G. Forest, Jr.
 * 1983 	Charles R. Feldstein
 * 1984-85 	John Grenzebach
 * 1986-87 	Robert L. Thompson
 * 1988-89 	George Brakeley III
 * 1990 	Robert C. Conner
 * 1991 	James R. Norvell
 * 1994-95 	Patrick J. Ryan
 * 1996-97 	Diane M. Carlson
 * 1998-99 	Jimmie R. Alford, CFRE
 * 2000-01 	Russell G. Weigand, CFRE
 * 2002-04 	John J. Glier
 * 2004-06 	C. Ray Clements
 * 2006-08 	George C. Ruotolo Jr., CFRE
 * 2008-10 	Nancy L. Raybin
 * 2010- 	Thomas W. Mesaros

Contact
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