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GIVING Magazine: Submit Your Ideas

Are you a nonprofit executive who’s responsible for hiring?

Are you an executive search firm or placement agency that works with fundraisers?

We want to hear your best hiring advice—not just for job-seekers, but for employers, too.

The details:

  • From The Hiring Table is limited to 350 words or less.
  • You must supply a short author bio—250 words or less.
  • You must submit a high-resolution (300 dpi) headshot of the author.
  • All submissions are subject to editorial approval, and may be edited for clarity.
Questions to Ponder:
  • What questions should development shop candidates always ask?
  • How can a candidate successfully negotiate an appropriate salary?
  • What should nonprofits look for in a successful candidate?
  • What should executives look for before changing jobs?
  • Does for-profit experience help in a fundraising role? If so, how?
  • What advice would you offer a new hire looking to chart their fundraising career?

Here are 22 additional introspective questions (PDF download). You’re also welcome to suggest your own.

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Contributing isn’t just about writing an article—it’s about lifting up your peers, sharing what works, and helping others navigate the challenges of fundraising. Whether you’re offering a fresh idea, a hard-earned lesson, or a new way to approach donor relationships, your words can make a real impact.

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  • Increase Your Professional Opportunities – Many past contributors have gained speaking engagements, consulting clients, and new business opportunities.

Adam Fazio, Benefactor Group

Adam Morgan, MVP Advisors

Aguanetta Betts, George Mason University

Allen Thomas, Thomas Charitable Advisors

Anne McClintock, Harvard University

Ben Madonia, Hamilton College

Beth Kanter, The Smart Nonprofit / Happy Healthy Nonprofit

Brad Caswell, Acadia Squam Group

Brent West, High Peaks Alliance

Brent West, Highpoint Alliance

Brian Marquez, Southern Scholarship Foundation

Brian Saber, Asking Matters

Cam Kelly, Duke University

Camilyn Leone, University of Virginia Law

Cassandra Grimes, English Hudson Consulting

Catherine Pulkrabek, L’evate Non-Profit Consultants

Chelsea Brown, Outlier Media

Cheryl Mott Smith, Kairos Trust

Chris Needles, Wounded Warrior Project

Claire Axelrad, Clairification

Cole Eason, Truman Heartland Community Foundation

Conrad Teitell, Taxwise Giving

Courtney Backen, GiveMN

Craig Shelley, Carey & Co.

Creal Zearing, Gathering Waters: Wisconsin’s Alliance for Land Trusts

Cynthia Pritchard, State System Foundation

Dan Miller, Navy Seabee Foundation

Dan Rice, Alliance Community Foundation

Dan Rice, 4Alliance Community Foundation

Daniel Burgner, The George Washington University

Daniel Minich, CSU Pueblo Foundation

Daniel P. Condoluci-Smith, Humane Animal Partners

Dale Keshishian, HealthWorks Academies

Deb Havighorst, Prairie State College Foundation

Debbie Shupp, The Parkesburg Point

Dennis Carlson, General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists

Dennis Haber, Ziglar Legacy / Don’t Play With Fire

Dien Yuen, Daylight Advisors

Dolores Nypaver, Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh

Doris Parent, Philadelphia Orchestra

Dwayne Walton, The Parkesburg Point

Ed Cable, Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Eddie Thompson, Thompson and Associates

Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Kronstadt Consulting

Elizabeth Racheva, The Phillips Collection

Elizabeth Thompson, World Relief

Ellen Jones, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Emily Wills, Madison Reading Project

Erin Lawson, United Way of Frederick County

Gary Bukowski, Sarah A Reed Children’s Center

Gail Perry, Gail Perry Group

Heidi Bagwell, Easter Seals Midwest

Jack Duggan, Launch Legacy Consulting

James Gold, Accordant Health

James Salley, Africa University

Jan Rich, For the Love of Cats

Jane Danek, Princeton University

Jennifer Amarnick, Jupiter Medical Center Foundation

Jennifer Green, Alpha Bravo Canine

Jeff Cline, ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter

Jeff Comfort, Oregon State University

Jeff Mueller, American Heart Association

Jeffrey W. Cline, ALS United Mid-Atlantic

Jessica Gottlieb, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Jim Langley, Langley Innovations

Jim Murphy, Episcopal Church Foundation

Joe Anderson, Lutheran Life Communities Foundation

Joe Garecht, Garecht & Associations

Joe Tumolo, Donor Centric Fundraising

John Lepp, Agents of Good

John Nersesian, PIMCO

Johnne Syverson, Charitable Giving Resource Center

Josefa Bethea-Wall, Africa University, Inc.

Jory Barrad, The Pathway School

Judy Frazier, We The Kids, Inc

Kara Robertson, Prism Philanthropy

Karla Aho, Michigan Technological University

Kathryn Miree, Kathryn W. Miree & Associates, Inc.

Keith Jameson, Dementia Society of America

Kevin L. Brown, Fundable and Findable

Kenneth Meifert, National Baseball Hall of Fame

Kyle Rhinehelder, Navy SEAL Museum

Larry Chinn, New Life Church

Larry Raff, Copley Raff

Laura Alpert, MAB Community Services

Laura MacDonald, Benefactor Group

Leigh Brown Perkins, Blackbaud

Linda Garrison, Acuity Consulting

Lizzie Covington, Wisconsin Humane Society

Lynn Brynes, The Bryn Mawr School

Lynn Elsken Brynes, The Bryn Mawr School

Lynn Ierardi, University of Pennsylvania

Marc Pitman, Concord Leadership Group

Marilyn Van Houten, NYU Langone Health

Marlo Schalesky, Wonder Wood Ranch

Mark Mills, Smithsonian Institution

Mark Seeley, Reformed Theological Seminary

Mark Troyer, Asbury University

Marcus Ippolito, Community FoodBank of New Jersey

Marjorie Parker, JobsFirstNYC

Mary Paxton, JumpStart Inc.

Matt Sleezer, Kaleida Health Foundation

Melissa Braillard, WUCF TV & WUCF FM

Megan Simmons, Benefactor Group

Meredith Sossman, MM&C Consulting

Michael Einbinder-Schatz, Life Lessons Collective

Michelle Aquino Mooney, Philanthropy.org / Rise Against Suicide

Michelle Gollapalli, ECRI Institute

Michelle Khateri, Pacific Charter Academy

Mike Esposito, Fundraising Consultant / Mike Esposito Fundraising

Mindy Aleman, Kent State University

Nancy Fridman, Fridman Strategies

Nate Broeckert, Coal Creek Meals on Wheels

Nathan Alvarez, Greater New Orleans Foundation

Nigel Allen, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation

Patience Boudreaux, Rideout Foundation

Patrick O’Donnell, GIVING Magazine / Philanthropy.org

Paul Chip Hurd, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley

Paul Weaver, Akron Zoo

Paul Yeghiayan, American University of Armenia / AFP Global

Pazit Levitan, The Path to Impact

Penelope Burk, Cygnus Applied Research, Inc.

Petrina Williams, Susan B. Anthony

Phil Bloyd, SAR Foundation

Rhett Wilson, White House Historical Association

Rebecca Locke, American Red Cross

Rebecca Price-Janney, Author

Rebecca Watkins, National Park Foundation

Richard Olson, Shriners Children

Ron Smith, ViTreo Group / AFP Calgary

Roxanne Smith, University of Louisiana Monroe Foundation

Russell James, Texas Tech University

Ryan Park, Upbring

Sam Samuels, Smith College

Sandra Pollack, Daughters of the American Revolution

Sara Bastiani, Queen of Green

Scott Janney, The Salvation Army

Scott Lumpkin, Scott R. Lumpkin & Associates

Scott Thomas, Stewardship Matters, Inc.

Seetha Aiyar, Hindu American Foundation

Shannon Neblett, Heart of the Valley YMCA

Shari Hunter, Two & Company

Shelita G. Bourgeois, The National World War II Museum

Stuart Sullivan, Shriners Children

Steve Clark, Virginia Tech

Steve Grourke, The American College

Stephanie Cory, Stephanie Cory Consulting

Stephen Frey, Geneva College Foundation

Sue Harpole, St. Jude Children’s Hospital

Susan Campbell, Polk County Community Foundation

Suzanne Lutz, Robert Kennedy Center for Justice

Tania Yount, Barnabas Center

Todd Wenzel, WYZE / seCuREgift

Troy Nuss, Ronald McDonald House of Delaware

Vincent Robinson, The 360 Group

Wayne Lynch, Global School Consulting Group

Wayne Olson, Shriners Children

Wes Davis, West End Neighborhood House

William Curtis, CommonSpirit Health

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