PROFILEA Gift for GiftingTwelve years ago, Beth Gentner, CFRE

Fundraising experience: Former director of development for the John Glenn Institute at Ohio State University, where she arrived in time to participate in its landmark $1 billion+ capital campaign and remained for five very successful years. She also was a regional major-gifts officer and managed both annual fund programs, as well as prospect-research operations. Prior to her job at Ohio State, she worked in development at the Smithsonian Institution for seven years.