Announcing the results of the 2007 Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

TOP MEN IN FUNDRAISING — ORGANIZATION

Gerry Brisson
Vice president of development
Gleaners Community Food Bank

The nomination for Gerry Brisson stresses his 22-year commitment to working with organizations to raise funds to keep their missions alive in ways that can be sustained over the long haul. His career hasn’t been glitzy, but he’s helped organizations — as a staff person, independent consultant and even as a volunteer — to steadily increase their revenue through common-sense development strategies. His most recent accomplishment: In less than a year with Gleaners, he’s well on his way to realizing a 50 percent increase in direct-mail income, taking it from $997,760 in FY 2006 to a projected $1,564,000 in FY 2007.