Set Up for Success: Strategies for the Forward-Looking Nonprofit

Debbie McCann has been helping nonprofit organizations get the most from their software tools since 2006. She is an expert in working with orgs on big-picture software ecosystem planning, and then breaking down those big plans into manageable projects. With degrees in public policy and urban studies, Debbie is committed to her clients' missions being the driving force behind the tech projects. Her work is also proof that history majors can do anything!

Dr. Shawn Spann Edwards is a diversity, equity, and inclusion, human resources, and management professional and professor. She is the CEO and Principal Consultant of Solutions by Shawn Edwards, LLC, a consulting practice focused on providing diversity, equity, inclusion, and culture alignment strategies, and human resources services to its clients. Shawn has aligned her academic achievement with her passion ensuring that she continues to provide the most up-to-date best practice and strategies for her clients. She holds the designation of Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certified by the Human Resources Certification Institute and is an SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).

The creative solutions that Don Souhrada offers his clients draw on his 30 years of experience working with a broad range of nonprofit organizations. He has worked for major public universities, private universities large and small, a large membership association, and for two of the nation’s top hospitals.

Prior to joining TW&B, Don served as Director of Major Gifts for the University of Chicago Medical Center and most recently as Director of Development for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago where he developed RIC’s grateful patient fundraising program.

Don’s breadth of experience has honed his skills working directly with donors as a frontline fundraiser and as a manager of development officers. He also brings extensive experience using wealth screening tools to identify actionable major gift prospects and build individual giving programs.