The field of fundraising is quickly changing before our eyes: AI integration, privacy issues, legal challenges and more. Join us for a session that will cover what’s hot, what’s not, and big initiatives coming down the pike that impact and affect fundraising. We’ll also share the latest feedback about what donors want from the organizations they support.
This session is perfect for leaders of all types who find themselves responsible for fundraising: CEOs, board members, fundraising professionals, and other nonprofit staff who feel like fundraising “fell in their lap.”
About Our Speakers
Edna Meza Aguirre JD, CFRE
A first-generation Tucson native, Edna is fluently bilingual and bicultural, with Spanish as her first language and learning English at age seven. She received her B.A. from the University of Arizona and law degree from the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law. Edna self identifies as BIPOC/Latinx, and she is governed by the tenet that representation is crucial. Edna is with the Arizona Center for Women’s Advancement, the first think tank by and for Arizona Women, providing information and advocacy to women working to improve their communities. She serves on the board of the Southern Arizona Chapter of Fundraising Professionals as the CFRE (Certified Fundraising Professional Executive) chair where she conducts a study course for the CFRE exam. She also previously served on that board as National Philanthropy Day co-chair (2013) and chair (2014). In 2015 she was awarded the AFP Fundraising Executive of the Year award for her career spanning the areas of higher education, not for profits, and hospitals and health care. She proudly serves on the board of the University of Arizona Consortium on Gender Based Violence. Edna also teaches International Alternative Dispute Resolution as well as the Deposition collaborative course at the University of Arizona Rogers School of Law.
Jennifer M. Tersigni In 2009, Jennifer started Raise the Bar Consulting out of a desire to provide relevant and innovative consulting solutions that help organizations to thrive, so that they could meet their mission and further their goals in contemporary and cost-effective ways. In her 25-year career, Jennifer has served as an interim executive, chief development officer, transitional leader, CEO, university instructor, and entrepreneur. As a fundraiser, Jennifer has raised more than $250 million for amazing missions. She and her team at Raise the Bar Consulting have worked with more than two-hundred organizations to support fundraising, organizational strategy, and leadership success, all designed to help organizations to grow, and flourish.