Casey joined the NMBL team after serving as the Director of Visitor Services and New Business Development at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, she has worked with her events team to book new corporate and private events resulting in a 50% increase in earned income revenue.  Most recently, she led a team to welcome back visitors to the Freedom Center in a safe and effective manner while increasing membership renewal rates. She works to engage the public as they learn about the history of our country through the lens of freedom. Previously, she has taken a leadership role with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation managing public and private events on the Gateway Arch grounds as well as in city parks.  She worked to create welcoming events for the St. Louis community to attend and experience all that downtown St. Louis has to offer. Events such as yoga and bootcamp that are part of the Health and initiative in Kiener Plaza saw large growth during her time. It is helpful that she has a passion for health and wellness as a fitness coach herself, teaching kickboxing, cycling, and yoga after work.  

Prior to that, she was the Director of Earned Income and Operations for the National Blues Museum from 2015 to 2018, helping to establish and open the museum in April 2016. She was a part of the team that created the brand strategy for the museum and the structure for the gift shop as part of the new museum.  Her crossover event with those two organizations, the National Blues Museum and the Gateway Arch Park Foundation, was a weekly live Blues music concert series in August on the riverfront called Blues at the Arch. The event created support for downtown businesses while bringing amazing live music with a historical context to a large diverse crowd. 

Casey’s work has led her to manage many different projects in the museum industry, from event development and donor relationships to more recently establishing protocols and safe visitor experience management techniques for COVID-19 procedures at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

Miriam King is the founder of The E.V.E. (Empowerment Via Education) Consulting Firm, a professional development consultancy whose work and philosophy are centered on closing generational gaps between creatives, professionals, and capacity builders. As a leadership development coach, she works with organizations and their leaders to foster purpose-driven impact, excellence in cultivating strong teams, and cultural safety in the workplace. Miriam is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator, community leader, and advocate. She has found her uniquely diverse skill sets to be both transferrable and transformational in her work as a consultant. Nearly 20 years of her professional career were committed to arts and humanities education before she became a consultant.

Andy Howell is the CEO of Uncommon Giving, a Charleston-based social impact platform that helps companies engage their employees in workplace giving and volunteering – think of it as “generosity-powered” employee engagement.

With 24 years experience leading a variety of philanthropic and marketing efforts across national and local non-profit sectors (healthcare, education, environment and religious), I have established a diverse and proven record of fundraising success. I take genuine pride in with working with each client to determine strategic vision, achieve campaign goals and create a culture of organization-wide philanthropy. My experience ranges from strategic planning and campaigns to leadership coaching and planned giving. To say that I enjoy my work is an understatement. Each client teaches me more about the good this world has to offer to those in need. I am proud to join non-profits arm in arm on their journey to make a difference, while providing a clear path forward for financial growth and sustainability.

Patrick Kirby is the Founder of Do Good Better Consulting, author of the Amazon best seller Fundraise Awesomer! A Practical Guide to Staying Sane While Doing Good, host of The Official Do Good Better Podcast, and a believer that “we’ve always done it this way” is the most dangerous phrase in the English language.

Patrick has spent nearly 2 decades working as a fundraiser in the nonprofit industry, for organizations of all shapes and sizes, most notably as the Senior Director of Development at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Minneapolis, MN and the Chief Development Officer at the Anne Carlsen Center, based in Jamestown, ND.
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He earned his B.A. in “B.S.” (politics) at Loras College in Dubuque, IA, and is hopelessly addicted to super nerdy Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels and old school Nintendo games. Patrick married out of his league to his wife Shannon, has three ridiculously adorable children named Spencer, Preston and Willow, a puppy named Calvin, and lives in West Fargo, ND.