Join us for a panel discussion on Working with Your Organization’s Top Donors, moderated by Founding Advisor Ron Schiller, to discuss the importance of building philanthropic partnerships with top donors. You and your colleagues will have the opportunity to hear from experts and ask questions based on your own experiences.
Ron will be joined by:
- Chris Street, President and CEO, All Stars Project
- Amy Weinberg, Board Member, All Stars Project
- Gabrielle Kurlander, Founder, Performance Lab
Ron has held leadership positions in seven educational and cultural institutions, including the University of Chicago, where he led a team of more than 450 that completed a $2.3 billion campaign and facilitated two nine-figure gifts. He serves on the faculty of the annual CASE conference, “Inspiring the Largest Gifts of a Lifetime,” and has served as co-chair of CASE’s Winter Institute for Chief Development Officers.
He is the author of four books:
- Raising Your Organization’s Largest Gifts: A Principal Gifts Handbook, (CASE)
- The Chief Development Officer: Beyond Fundraising, published by Rowman & Littlefield
- Belief and Confidence: Donors Talk About Successful Philanthropic Partnership, (CASE)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Advancement: A Guide to Strengthening Engagement and Fundraising Through Inclusion(CASE), co-authored with Angelique Grant.
He is a regular speaker for regional and national conferences of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, CASE, the League of American Orchestras, and gift planning organizations, among others, and he is a recipient of CASE’s Crystal Apple Teaching Award.