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

From up-and-coming fundraisers (above) who made a splash with social media, we turn to one who was nominated "because she has applied her formidable talents to achieving excellence in good, old-fashioned fundraising."

According to Heather Laing, development director at Calvary Women's Services, "Lisa Buchs builds and nurtures relationships, she helps individuals and institutions find meaningful ways to connect with philanthropic work, and she keeps the clients we serve at the center of all that she does. Through those efforts, she has dramatically increased institutional support at our organization and exceeded ambitious goals to fund new programs and services."