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Excellence in Major Gift Fundraising Seminar

Schedule Your 15-Minute, One-on-One ParkBench Session with Faculty.

To ensure every participant has an opportunity to meet one-on-one with a faculty member, please do not schedule more than one (1) ParkBench session with the same faculty member throughout the three-day seminar.

Please note that sessions are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Tammy Zonker

President, Modern Institute for Charitable Giving, Major Gift Expert, Author, and Host of The Intentional Fundraiser Podcast

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Douglas A. Dillon, CFRE

Dean, Modern Institute for Charitable Giving, and Chief Executive Officer of Jerold Panas, Linzy & Partners

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Birgit Smith Burton

Founder and CEO of the African American Development Officers (AADO)

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Beau Cummings, CFRE, MBA

CEO of Paschal-Murray Executive Search

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Cherian Koshy, ACFRE, CAP

Vice President at Kindsight, and Author

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Ashley C. Nall, MS, CFRE

Senior Director of Development, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation

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Jeff Spitko, CFRE

Senior Director of Integrated Fundraising at San Diego Foundation

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Terry Heilman Sylvester

Trustee emeritus and a member of the Executive Board of Advisors for the University of Richmond

If you have any questions about scheduling your ParkBench, please reach out to trent@modernicg.com.