Meet Our Advisors

Since FS launched in 2003, we’ve been blessed to have an Editorial Advisory Board made up of some of the most knowledgeable and passionate people in the fundraising sector. Meet some of our 2008 board here, and look for the rest next month and, in coming months, Q-and-A interviews with each where they’ll share their insights on fundraising.

Katya Andresen is VP of marketing at Network for Good, a nonprofit that helps other nonprofits raise money online, and keeper of Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog: Getting to the Point. Named one of FS’ Fundraising Professionals of the Year in 2007, she pens our monthly column, To the Point, and is author of the book, “Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes.”

Kurt Aschermann is president/COO of Boston-based consultancy Charity Partners, which provides fundraising solutions for respected charities throughout the world. Kurt also is the former senior VP of resource development and marketing for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He’s a no-nonsense, incredibly talented speaker and, to that end, a bit of a rabble-rouser. If you get a chance to hear him speak, grab it!

Shaw Drummond is VP of Internet solutions at Charleston, S.C.-based technology/service provider Blackbaud. He manages the Blackbaud Interactive business unit, which provides end-to-end services including strategy, design and development, training, deployment, hosting, and ongoing support for Blackbaud’s Internet solutions.

Clint O’Brien is VP of business development for Care2, the hip global network that brings together socially conscious people from around the world. He markets Care2’s menu of promotional services to its nonprofit partners to help them recruit new members and donors from Care2’s dynamic community. Prior to Care2, Clint worked for seven years at PBS.