Kathy Hedge Email & Phone Number

Kensington, MD

Provides leadership to a nonprofit educational organization that builds strong, harmonious families by delivering classes, events and other educational resources to parents and all who care for children, toddlers through teens (www.pepparent.org). PEP helps adults foster the values of mutual respect, shared responsibility, competence and cooperation in.

Provides consulting, coaching and training for nonprofit organizations in areas of fundraising, board development, and strategic planning. Training topics include Building the Board’s Fundraising Capacity, Board Roles and Responsibilities, and the Board/Staff Fundraising Partnership. Author of Engaging Your Board in Fundraising: A Staff's Guide (published.

Takoma Park, MD

Oversaw the organization’s financial, fundraising and operations management. Worked closely with executive director and board on organizational and program strategy development, including an organizational strategic planning and restructuring process. Managed financial accounting, human resources, operations, and budgeting for the organization. In.

Incubated and directed strategic and innovative projects, including: created an online community of governance practitioners around the world; co-led a study with FSG Social Impact Advisors on grantmaker investment in nonprofit governance and co-authored report, Advancing Good Governance: How Grantmakers Invest in the Governance of Nonprofit Organizations.

Developed and implemented strategies for foundation and corporate fund raising for an organization with FY 2005 revenue of $5.7 million, of which grant revenue accounted for 46%. Created Grantmakers for Better Boards, a membership giving program for foundations and corporations that in its first year exceeded budget by 50%. Served as key staff contact to.

Directed numerous projects under the direct report of organization’s CEO and Executive Vice President, such as developing an organization-wide business analysis for strategy planning and coordinating key sessions and logistics for 2001 BoardSource Leadership Forum.

Served as BoardSource’s chief fundraising officer during first 5 years with the organization, and again from 2003 to 2005 (see separate listing of this above). Developed funder cultivation strategies that resulted in growth of grant income from $761K in 1995 to $2.7 million by end of 2000. Conducted presentations on the board’s role in fundraising on.

Prepared and co-presented workshops to chapter staff and board members on how to secure grant funding and on major gifts fundraising. Developed Introduction to Red Cross Fund Raising course for 2,500 chapters. Developed donor cultivation presentation for chapters. Raised cash and in-kind contributions as part of $15 million Summer ’94 Flood Relief Campaign.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Developed and coordinated 5 special event fundraisers annually, which raised 35% of the organization’s annual budget. Created new special events and programs, including International Travel Day and hostel-based cross-cultural programs held at the Washington Hostel, which became a model for other AYH chapters in the country. Cultivated leadership volunteers.

Advised visiting Lebanese university students on academic and cultural issues.

Mba, Marketing Concentration

Activities and Societies: Students for Responsible Business, Campus Coordinator; University Fellowship Recipient

B.A., Political Science, French

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa; Studied in Strasbourg, France in one-year overseas study program.