Meet Our 2014 Editorial Advisors

More about Geoff:

• Fundraising philosophy: The holy grail of fundraising is speaking to your donor as if she is sitting across the table from you, about the issues that interest her, in the language she speaks — yet doing so on a scale that helps your charity thrive.
• Best fundraising advice: Emotion opens wallets. Showing impact opens wallets again.
• Best life advice: Be yourself, but keep working on yourself. Such a cliché, I know, but it makes you better at everything from public speaking to being a parent.
• Heroes: Ben Franklin. Statesperson, inventor and a guy who understood the value of compound interest.
• Personal motto: Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender who you are for what you could become. And view the world’s problems in the same way.
• My life in six words: Family, friends, baseball, beer and cats.

Steve Kehrli
(@PETASteve)
Development director, PETA Foundation
Steve’s career has focused on target marketing, fund development and donor engagement, among other things. He joined the PETA Foundation in 2007 and brought with him enthusiasm, energy and compassion for all beings. He has been a friend to animals as far back as he can remember and practices that same compassion through a vegan lifestyle. In his off time, he spends a great deal of energy testing his culinary skills and relaxing with his partner, K.C., and two rescued cats, Gustav and Maxine.