Jordan Berger

Jordan has worked with Salesforce at nonprofits, foundations, government agencies, and Fortune 50 companies and is excited to be able to use his skills to help nonprofits and foundations to achieve their goals.

Jordan has a MA in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is a Salesforce Certified Administrator, Nonprofit Cloud Consultant, Sales Cloud Consultant, Experience Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, Data Architect, Business Analyst, Sharing and Visibility Architect, Platform App Builder, and Strategy Designer.

Jordan lives in rural Washington County, NY, with his wife, new baby boy, and dogs. You can find him tending to his bees, working in his garden, swimming, fishing, and hiking in his spare time.

Ron Barrett

Ron Barrett is the VP of Nonprofit Services at COGENCY GLOBAL, a professional registered agent company. Mr. Barrett developed a comprehensive suite of nonprofit products and services that COGENCY currently offers to legal, accounting and nonprofit clients. He is the author of Nonprofit Fundraising Registration: Nolo’s 50-State Digital Guide, has authored numerous articles and has presented public and in-house CLE and CPE seminars on state charitable registration requirements around the country. Mr. Barrett is also a Standards for Excellence Institute Licensed Consultant. He is a Founding Member of The Nonprofit Alliance, a member of the Nonprofit Advisory Board, a current member and former President of Capital Toastmasters in DC, Corresponding Secretary of the Baltimore Kickers, and is the President of the Ellicott City Rotary Club.

Elyse Wallnutt

Elyse Wallnutt is a senior marketing and tech leader with 16+ years of experience driving results at the intersection of revenue, advocacy, brand, and policy objectives.

After nearly two decades working in leadership roles for some of the largest nonprofit brands in the world — including Amnesty International, Heifer International, Feeding America, UNICEF USA, The Nature Conservancy, and World Food Program USA – she launched Agility Lab Consulting to help nonprofits understand and adjust for the impact that audience demand for privacy is having on mission reach and donor acquisition strategy.

Shannon Cooper

Shannon believes that while our world is constantly changing, philanthropy has proven time after time that people are always willing to help each other. With over 30 years spent working in the philanthropy industry, Shannon considers it a privilege to use her skillset to strengthen organizations so they in turn can enhance and empower their own communities. She has a depth of expertise in systems and operations including, but not limited to, program management and optimization, business analytics, training and implementation, and data and system development.

At BWF, Shannon helps organizations optimize their philanthropic service efforts and advance their missions through innovative technology and process improvement. Her tenacity and ability to assess and solve complex business challenges, paired with her seasoned experience, helps her effectively and thoroughly guide organizations to increased success.

Shannon has served on the program committee for the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits. When she’s not optimizing systems, she enjoys building furniture, growing plants from scrap food products, traveling, and spending quality time with family and friends.

Auctria

Auctria serves as a user-friendly and robust solution for managing fundraising events, offering support for various event and auction formats, including online, silent, live auctions, donations, ticket sales, and more. As best-in-class, Auctria simplifies the entire process, from the initial donation to the final receipt, along with all the activities and bidding in between.

Since its inception in 2011, Auctria has been enabling organizations of all sizes to conduct successful events and auction fundraisers, ranging from small-scale endeavors to those that have raised well over $1 million. As a leading provider in its field, Auctria continuously enhances its features based on user feedback. Since 2011, it has assisted more than 50,000 organizations in raising over $500 million.

Auctria is committed to the belief that user-friendly, powerful, and flexible tools should be accessible to all groups, helping them achieve and even exceed their auction fundraising objectives.

Mogli

The mission of Mogli is to improve humanity and the environment by providing effective mobile messaging tools native to Salesforce®, and strategic technology consulting services to domestic and international businesses.

Mogli’s native Salesforce SMS and WhatsApp™ application provides Education, Nonprofit and Financial Services (and other) industries with text messaging functionality to nurture the entire lifecycle.

Mogli clients leverage this robust functionality to market, capture and qualify leads, engage and delight current students, beneficiaries and clients (as well as alumni donors), gather feedback from all relevant constituents. Plus, MogliPay makes it easier to fundraise or settle balances quickly and in remote/digital settings.

Mogli Salesforce ISV Partner that continues to focus on aiding foundations, impact investors, nonprofits, education institutions and social ventures.

Sherry Truhlar

Sherry Truhlar, CMP, CAI, BAS is President of Red Apple Auctions, a boutique auction firm focused on nonprofit galas. Since leaving her corporate marketing job, she’s worked as a cheeky auctioneer onstage and a trusted resource offstage for anyone seeking to improve the profitability of a fundraising gala. Though her public work has taken her to nearly every state and placed her alongside A-list celebrities, most days she is educating gala planners via her Benefit Auction Ideas series. She’s spoken at many AFP regional conferences and been covered in The NonProfit Times, Florida’s Sun Sentinel, Town & Country Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Vineyard Gazette and dozens of other resources. Learn more at www.RedAppleAuctions.com.

Tim Krull

Tim leverages his background in finance and accounting along with experience in quantitative analysis, benchmarking, and staffing analytics to assist JGA clients in putting their data to use for better fundraising outcomes. Tim ensures consistency and security in JGA’s data operations, including Acuity®, development audits, wealth screening, benchmarking, and feasibility studies.

Prior to joining JGA, Tim was a senior accountant at Alerding & Co., consulting with construction, manufacturing, not-for-profit, pension, and service industry clients. Tim’s focus on providing exceptional service to his clients and his job costing and project management skills will be valuable for assisting JGAs client work teams in accurately projecting and estimating client work.

Tim also worked as a district manager with ADP, a payment and benefit solutions provider, earning multiple awards for exemplary sales and customer service. Before joining ADP, he served as controller for Indesign where he managed accounting, financial and benefit programs for the company. His introduction of a new costing and work flow system created greater efficiency and accuracy for client work estimates.

A graduate of Butler University and Certified Public Accountant, Tim volunteers with Reach for Youth as a board member, previously as the Board Chair. Previously, Tim volunteered at Actors Theater of Indiana, as a board member serving on the Finance Committee.

Jennifer Bingham

Jennifer Bingham is the VP of Operations at MemoryFox, a tech startup revolutionizing the way nonprofits collect and share stories of impact with their community. Before coming to MemoryFox, Jennifer spent over 5 years working in the nonprofit sector where she helped build and launch a tech platform to connect military and veteran families to life-changing resources. During this time, she also gained hands-on fundraising experience, drafting and promoting peer-to-peer campaigns, coordinating live and silent auction events, and overseeing external communication and marketing efforts. As a result of her experience, Jennifer is passionate about the importance of data and how, if harnessed correctly, it can drive successful and powerful outcomes for nonprofits.

Amanda Speer

Amanda Speer has over 10 years of experience working with nonprofits in content and communications. At Tatango, she aims to provide nonprofits with the content they need to amplify their mission and increase donations through text fundraising.

She earned her Master’s degree in Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia from Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs between 2012 and 2014. Additionally, Amanda holds a Google Ads Display Certification from Google, which she achieved in September 2021.