Recruiting and Retaining Faculty and Staff Mentors for Minority Students

While many institutions have peer-to-peer mentoring programs in place, more departments are now charged with creating formal mentoring programs for minority students involving faculty and staff. Loyola University Chicago has several such faculty/staff mentoring programs to retain their students of color. Join us online to learn about one of Loyola’s minority mentoring programs – Loyola […]

Strategies to Build Your Donor Base: Comprehensive Multi-channel Solicitation Calendar

As competition for donor dollars increases, it’s more important than ever to build solid strategies around the three critical components of the annual giving fundraising cycle: acquisition, participation, and retention. Join us for a discussion series to learn new ideas for how to build and sustain a healthy donor base. In community with other annual […]

Strategies to Build Your Donor Base: Artificial Intelligence

As competition for donor dollars increases, it’s more important than ever to build solid strategies around the three critical components of the annual giving fundraising cycle: acquisition, participation, and retention.   Join us for a discussion series to learn new ideas for how to build and sustain a healthy donor base. In community with other annual […]

Strategies to Build Your Donor Base: Digital Engagement

As competition for donor dollars increases, it’s more important than ever to build solid strategies around the three critical components of the annual giving fundraising cycle: acquisition, participation, and retention.   Join us for a discussion series to learn new ideas for how to build and sustain a healthy donor base. In community with other annual […]

Ben Jones, MA, CFRE, PMP

Ben blends his extensive Internet startup experience seamlessly into finding entrepreneurial approaches to increasing private foundation and corporate support in Higher Education. He has over a decade of experience in corporate and foundation relations, coupled with over fifteen years experience in Internet business development and production management. Over his career, he has raised over $30 […]

Jennifer Faust

Jennifer has extensive experience in faculty affairs administration including strategic planning, labor relations and grievance handling, faculty policy, faculty and department chair training and development, and faculty personnel management. As a long-time faculty member and a department chair prior to becoming an academic administrator, Dr. Faust understands the unique context that academic departments present as […]

Lisa Simmons

Lisa Simmons has 15 years of administrative experience with orientation, transition, and retention programs. She directs Student Orientation and Transition Services at Utah State University, an office that houses orientation, parent and family programs, first-year experience, and advising for students taking a leave of absence. She developed an orientation program that provides customized, just-in-time information […]

Eda Roth, MFA

Eda Roth is an actress and consultant who for over twenty years has been bringing theatre-based skills to executives in various industries. Through her highly creative work, tailored to the specific needs of each individual she coaches, she helps leaders become more effective in every area of their work. Eda helps clients break through inhibitions […]

Bruce Flessner

Bruce is a founding partner of BWF and has spent his entire career in development. He began his career as the annual fund director at Kalamazoo College and served as a vice president for the University of Minnesota Foundation until forming BWF in 1983. Since then, Bruce has consulted for hundreds of major clients, including […]

Kambiz Khalili

Kambiz has over 26 years of experience in higher education. He holds a master’s degree in business administration and has been the director of Housing and Dining Services at the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Kambiz has demonstrated a strong track record in supporting student development initiatives and is […]