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CSI 2008

A symposium for nonprofit professionals,
board members, and volunteers

September 19, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR CSI 2008

AFP Members:
 $95 full day
$65 half day
(lunch included)

Non-Members:
$145 full day
$105 half day
(lunch included)

BOOK STORE INFORMATION

Kent State University Stark Campus -
Professional Education and Conference Center
6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton OH 44720
FREE PARKING
For directions and a campus map, visit http://kentstate.kent.edu/directions/stark/directions.asp

Reservations Required • Deadline: Friday, September 10, Noon

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CFRE CREDITS

AGENDA

Full participation in this program is applicable for 6.0 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification. Click here for the documentation.

SPONSORS

Reach 100+ of Northeast Ohio’s key nonprofit leaders by sponsoring
CSI 2008

SPEAKERS

• Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE, President/CEO, Capital Venture

  Linda Lysakowski is one of fewer than one hundred people world-wide to hold the coveted Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive (ACFRE) designation. She is the founder and President/CEO of CAPITAL VENTURE. Her company celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Linda is an internationally recognized author, speaker and trainer. She has trained more than 10,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada and Egypt as well as in almost all of the fifty states in the United States. Linda is the author of many books including Nonprofit Essentials: The Development Plan, The Fundraising Feasibility Study: It's Not About the Money, and Nonprofit Essentials: Recruiting & Training Nonprofit Volunteers. She has also led numerous web conferences and audio conferences for AFP, Charity Channel, Affinity Seminars, and the Philanthropy Journal.

Thomas G. Hofmann, CFRE

• Thomas G. Hofmann, CFRE, President, Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services Foundation

  Mr. Hofmann has over 34 years of experience in fundraising, organizational development and volunteer management. Since OPRS Foundation’s inception in 1986, he has carried the senior responsibility for fundraising and operations. The Foundation has had a significant increase in gifts received, and is well known nationally as a leader in fundraising in the retirement community industry. Mr. Hofmann previously served OPRS as Vice President for Development and Development Officer. Before coming to OPRS, he was Director of Development for the Boy Scouts of America in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Hofmann has been an active participant in AFP and served as President of the Central Ohio Chapter in 1986. He was also a member of the AFP National Board. In 1996, the Central Ohio Chapter of AFP presented Mr. Hofmann the Outstanding Fundraising Executive of the Year award. He has spoken throughout the United States on the various phases of fundraising, and has helped numerous organizations improve their fundraising programs through his consulting.

Dr. Suzanne Allen

• Dr. Suzanne Allen, VP-Development, Akron Community Foundation

  Dr. Suzanne Allen brings a wealth of experience from over 25 years in marketing and development roles in public and private organizations. She holds degrees in marketing, human resource development and strategic planning. Currently, Suzanne serves as the Vice President for Development at the Akron Community Foundation, a 53 year old public foundation with a $140 million endowment and a growing family of more than 300 funds. Suzanne is on the board of AFP North Central Ohio, and co-chair of AFP's National Philanthropy Day. She is a member of the Akron Chapter of “Leave a Legacy” and the Northern Ohio Planned Giving Council. She also serves as a volunteer with the American Heart Association and is a member of the “Go Red Day” committee. Suzanne has volunteered her time with United Disabilities Services (UDS) on the “Basket Ball Gala” Committee. She is a member of the Leadership Akron Alumni Association (Class XII), and is a member of the Council on Foundations.

• Laura Tinney, Director of Institutional Advancement, Our Lady of the Elms

  Laura Tinney has served as the Director of Institutional Advancement for Our Lady of the Elms School for the past 6 years. Laura has leadership responsibilities at the Elms for all areas of development, marketing, strategic planning and capital improvements for the school, as well as serving on the Council of Leaders, a four-member team that governs the school on a day to day basis. During her tenure at the Elms, Laura has facilitated a 6 million dollar gifts and several additional future figure gifts to the school. She is also the on-site owner rep for the new gymnasium and performing arts center currently under construction. Laura is involved in the Akron community, serving on the boards for One of a Kind Pets Rescue and Akron YMCA Camp Y-Noah. She is currently on the board of AFP North Central Ohio, and is co-chair of the Chapter’s National Philanthropy Day. She is a member of the Summit, Portage, and Medina County Chapter of “Leave a Legacy”. She is also a member of the Leadership Akron Alumni Association (Class XXIV) and has a Bachelor of Science from Ohio University.

• Leslie Ungar, President, Electric Impulse Communications, Inc.

  As president of Electric Impulse Communications, Inc., Leslie Ungar helps individuals and corporations supercharge their leadership performance. She can help you identify your competitive edge to improve individual and company performance. Her clients see her as someone to "think with." Her goal for you is to always, always, always speak with the clarity, confidence, and conviction to move your agenda forward. Ungar hosts a monthly Time Warner television show called Civic Forum. This show and her work within the corporate world provide access to executives and how they think. She writes a monthly column for the Florida-based magazine Affluent, and is often interviewed and quoted frequently in regional and national media. Ungar serves as adjunct faculty at The University of Akron. Her bachelor’s and Master's Degrees are both in Communication and Rhetoric.

• Katherine Miracle, President, Miracle Resources, LLC

  Katherine Miracle is Founder & Owner of Miracle Resources, a full service advertising, marketing, public relations and fundraising firm. The Miracle Resources staff specializes in the consultation and implementation of cause related marketing & revenue development programs for corporations, fundraising campaigns for non-profit organizations, advertising campaigns, sponsorship acquisition, capital campaigns and special events. Miracle Resources creates all advertising and handles all media crisis for their clients. Previously, Katherine was a newspaper reporter covering city council and working on investigative stories. Her writing skills led her to public relations work for MDA and then for the March of Dimes. Katherine worked for the March of Dimes 15 years and was promoted 8 times including the highest position in Northeast Ohio as Executive Director. Katherine received the March of Dimes Top 10 "Star Performer" honor 5 times and a staff excellence award for Volunteer Development. As Executive Director, she implemented a complete turnaround in board structure by recruiting and training a new board that is diverse and an Advisory Board of Top Community Leaders. As a board member of AFP of Greater Cleveland, Katherine has served as Vice President of Membership. She is an instructor at Virginia Marti College of Art and Design teaching Salesmanship, Advertising and Promotions and Small Business Management.

• Larry Becker, CFRE

  • Larry Becker, CFRE, has been Gift Planner/Campaign Director at Rockynol Retirement Community and Director of Development at Archbishop Hoban High School, The Benedictine Order of Cleveland/Benedictine High School and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society over a 26 year career. He recently attained his CFRE certification, so he has a very current perspective on the process. He is President-Elect of the AFP North Central Ohio Chapter and a member of First Congregational Church of Akron.

• Joe Macedo, CFRE, Associate Vice President for Gift and Estate Planning. Kent State University

  Joe Macedo, CFRE, is Associate Vice President of Gift and Estate Planning at Kent State University where he has been since 1997. Prior to that, he was at the University of South Carolina for five years. Mr. Macedo has served on the boards of Portage County United Way, various regional AFP Chapters, and the Estate Planning Council of Portage County. He has also been a consultant for the ortage County Community Foundation. He graduated from Dartmouth College.

• August Napoli, President and COO, Summa Foundation

  August A. Napoli, Jr. is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Summa Foundation, one of Akron’s largest foundations with assets more than one hundred million dollars. Mr. Napoli has leadership responsibility for philanthropic planning, fund development and community and government relations in support of Summa Health System priorities. Mr. Napoli has thirty years of nonprofit executive experience in the northeast Ohio region. He led institutional advancement activities at several universities, including Baldwin College and Cleveland State University. He also served as the first President and Chief Executive Officer of the Catholic Diocesan Foundation, which raised more than twelve million annually for Catholic education and charities. In 2002, Mr. Napoli assumed Vice Chairman responsibilities with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Under his leadership more than $340 million was raised from public and private sector sources to support the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center campaign. Mr. Napoli is a graduate of the Franciscan University of Steubenville and serves as adjunct faculty with the Case Western Reserve Mandel School of Applied Sciences and Center for Nonprofit Organizations programs.

• Diane M. Strachan, CFRE, Director of Constituent Development & Gift Planning, Summa Foundation

  Diane Strachan has been working in the non-profit sector for sixteen years, fourteen of those years in development positions. Her experiences include social service, where she served as the Director of Annual Giving at Judson Retirement Community; museum service, where she served as the Director of Development and advanced to the position of Director of Gift Planning; higher education where she served as the Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations at Lake Erie College and at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as Senior Director of Development for Major Gifts. Currently she serves as the Director of Constituent Development and Gift Planning at the Summa Foundation. Through her development experiences, Diane has been responsible for: annual giving programs; planned giving programs; special events planning and implementation; major gift fundraising; and volunteer management. Diane is a past president of the AFP Greater Cleveland Chapter, past president and a founding board member of the Western Reserve Planned Giving Council, and a past member of the steering committee of Leave a Legacy®, Summit-Portage-Medina. Current local volunteer positions include the Northern Ohio Planned Giving Council where she serves as Vice President and with the Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland as a member of the Fund Development Committee. Nationally, Diane serves on the Chapter Support Committee of AFP International. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Cleveland State University and completed CFRE credential in 2003.

Elaine Woloshyn

• Elaine Woloshyn, President and CEO, The Center for Non-profit Excellence

  The President and CEO of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Ms. Woloshyn has nearly thirty years of experience as a Manager and Chief Executive Officer in the public and nonprofit sectors. She has extensive experience in program development and has successfully directed the start-up of a number of significant initiatives such as the Ohio site of the National Channeling Demonstration Project, Child Care Connection and Project Connect. In addition, Ms. Woloshyn taught Nonprofit Resource Development to graduate students at Cleveland State University, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. Ms. Woloshyn has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Thiel College in Greenville, Pa., and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.