A zoo campaign introduced former California Community Foundation president Jack Shakely to fundraising early on.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Proudest fundraising moment: Bringing in more than $10 million in 2001 to keep the prestigious Rancho Los Amigos rehabilitation hospital open and to study the best uses for the hospital. “As a direct result of this study, an individual donor has recently pledged $30 million to keep the hospital open forever.”