Reach for the Stars: The 2014 Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards Winners

Swayze is also dedicated to the overall success and growth of the sector and as such is a frequent speaker at conferences around the country. She also served as president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals DC Chapter and was a co-founder of the innovative Bridge Conference.

"Kathy's intelligence, her enthusiasm for each and every client, her unwillingness to settle for just OK, and her insistence on looking at the bigger picture raise the level of everyone she works with," says Dinah O'Berry, a former Impact client. "Kathy is truly a fundraising star."