Planning Ahead: Preparing for 2024 Fundraising Events

A.J. Steinberg is the Founder of Queen Bee Fundraising. With over 20 years of experience as a nonprofit event producer and engagement strategist, A.J. Steinberg has worked on over 100 successful events and raised millions of dollars for organizations with her Los Angeles-based production company. In 2015 A.J. launched Queen Bee Fundraising to share the art of nonprofit event planning, sponsorship acquisition, and engagement strategies with organizations worldwide.

Tosha has dedicated her entire career to serving the nonprofit community, first as an auditor and then as a CFO, board member, volunteer, and consultant.

After witnessing the struggles of small nonprofits to find affordable and reliable financial support (or even just answers to their questions!), she started The Charity CFO to help organizations like yours get the help you need to grow and execute your mission.

Tosha’s exposure to hundreds of nonprofits at all levels makes her an invaluable resource on accounting topics, but also fundraising, growth strategy, organizational management, and more.

Her outgoing personality and modern management style set her apart in the sometimes stodgy world of accounting. And that’s made her a sought-after speaker and thought-leader in the world of nonprofit accounting.

Jeff is no stranger to fundraising events, having participated in them for over 25 years. He ran his first fundraiser in 2005 and has managed over 50 auction events and fundraisers for his own charities, not to mention hundreds more with Handbid. Jeff has been involved in technical product and software development since 1996 and has built and managed mobile app solutions since 2008. When it became clear that he and his wife, Kari Porter, needed a better solution for their fundraisers, developing a mobile bidding app was a no-brainer. The result? Jeff and his wife Kari developed and launched Handbid in 2011. The rest is what they call “history”.

Jennifer S. Rubin is a dynamic leader and innovative development and marketing strategist with more than two decades supporting non-profits in achieving financial and organizational growth through integrated marketing and communications strategy, fundraising campaigns, tactical partnerships and positioning, donor cultivation, and overseeing team development and organizational infrastructure. She has served as the Vice President of Partnerships and Special Projects for the American Society of the University of Haifa (ASUH), Senior Development Executive for American Friends of The Hebrew University (AFHU) and Vice President of Development and Marketing for YRF Darca.