Sean Kramer

Sean brings more than two decades of fundraising success and experience in achieving outstanding results for capital campaigns and other major development initiatives. As a non-profit professional, Sean has dedicated his career to creating impact on the world. Throughout his career, Sean has developed and closed successful capital campaigns, including a $30 million campaign for the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. He has also increased annual revenue by over 60% in 2 years at the Parkinson’s Foundation while upholding an extensive background in volunteer and board development and management. Equally, he increased revenue at the Diabetes Research Institute over 100% in 2 years during the pandemic.

Lauren Winther-Hansen

Lauren is the Nonprofit Training lead at FreeWill. She creates highly lovable, best-in-class trainings and resources that help their 1,200 nonprofit partners drive fundraising success with the FreeWill tools, create connections among the nonprofit community, and make complex concepts simple and easy to understand. Lauren leads cross-functional collaboration across their Partner Success and Marketing teams to develop thought leadership for development professionals at nonprofit prospects and partners, disseminate valuable learnings and research to the nonprofit market, and teach FreeWill partners to adopt best practices in using FreeWill’s tools and strategy to drive non-cash donations at scale.

Grace Green

Grace Green is a Partnership Success Specialist at Double the Donation, the leading automated matching gift software provider for nonprofits and educational institutions. Through Double the Donation’s partnership program, Grace is able to work with other nonprofit technology leaders to empower organizations and help drive donations through employer matching gift programs.
Grace and team are committed to closing the billion dollar fundraising gap that exists between fundraising organizations and corporate giving programs to help organizations do more good.

Sarah Olivieri

Sarah Olivieri is the change you’ve been searching for. The breath of fresh air that will reinvigorate your organization and reignite your spark of joy for the impact you can have. A globally-renowned speaker and #1 international bestselling author, she has two decades of nonprofit leadership experience and she’s poured her insight, expertise and vast knowledge into creating The Impact Method™️ – a powerful framework that helps nonprofits and for-profits alike simplify their operations, improve their capacity, build aligned teams, and make a bigger impact without getting overwhelmed or burning out.

Sarah holds a BA from the University of Chicago with a focus on globalization and its effect on marginalized cultures, and a master’s degree in Humanistic and Multicultural Education from SUNY New Paltz. When she isn’t helping nonprofit leaders or on “mom duty”, you can find her out sailing on the Hudson River.

Patrick Larkin

Patrick is dedicated to excellence in leadership and operations within the nonprofit community. Prior to joining the CSR team and founding PSL Consultants, Patrick worked in the nonprofit cultural organization world. In his more than 25 years crisscrossing the country in leadership roles at varied institutions, he has learned the myriad ways diverse institutions can serve the needs of the public in balance with their unique missions. Known as a creator of solutions, he has delighted in the opportunity to learn about the challenges each institution faces and work collaboratively with the board, staff, volunteers, and community to develop and implement strategic and operational plans to further realize its potential. In this time, he developed expertise in fundraising, board development, program creation, and organizational change. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Public Gardens Association and is a Peer Reviewer for the Accreditation Program for the American Alliance of Museums. He is a BoardSource Certified Nonprofit Board Consultant.

Linda Peavy

Linda is the owner of LiPav Consulting, LLC, a marketing, grant writing, and communications firm. With over 21 years of marketing experience, Linda has developed marketing campaigns and collateral for special events, plays, educational programs, musical events, schools, authors, religious leaders, conventions, and major conferences across the country. As a non-profit consultant, she has provided services for more than six denominations and numerous organizations. Through her grant writing services, Linda has worked with the largest foundations in the region as well as governmental entities. She secured funding and business development over $17,000,000 for non-profit organizations. Additionally, Linda consults with foundations to provide seamless grant administration. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the American Grant Writing Association.

Bill Tenny-Brittian

Bill Tenny-Brittian is an author (12 books so far), church leadership coach, and church consultant. He has been a successful church pastor and church planter for 40+ years and was recruited into church consulting early in his career because of his success. Bill helps pastors in stuck churches to become their congregation’s church growth catalyst so they can spend less time managing members and more time transforming lives and growing their church. He’s the president of The Effective Church Group, the publisher of Net Results Magazine, and Co-Host of ChurchTalk Tv.

Asaf Darash

Asaf Darash is the founder of Regpack, an online registration system used by more than 6,000 organizations and 25+ million users worldwide. Regpack’s technology is based on Asaf’s Ph.D. research that dealt with computer data connections and networks and is the foundation for the flexibility of the Regpack system. Asaf also has extensive experience as an entrepreneur and investor.

Vanessa Ruiz

Vanessa Ruiz is a Nonprofit Senior Account Executive at Redpath Consulting Group, a Salesforce consulting partner. Vanessa’s professional background is in nonprofit marketing and CRM administration, along with 5+ years of nonprofit Salesforce consulting. Vanessa lives in Denver, and she loves talking about how nonprofits can use technology to further their community impact!

Amy Funk

Amy brings over two decades of high-energy, results-driven nonprofit leadership to her clients. She helps nonprofits refine their mission-driven storytelling, maximize their revenue, and ensure that infrastructure is in place for capacity building. She has a passion for reinventing processes and has provided counsel to organizations with budgets ranging from $1.2 to $40 million in the performing arts, healthcare, and human services fields. In 2022, she was elected to the board of the Chicago Association of Fundraising Professionals.