PROFILEA Gift for GiftingTwelve years ago, Beth Gentner, CFRE

Education: Graduated from Duke University with a bachelor of arts degree in art history in 1991.

Role models: Her grandparents. She says she is grateful they taught her strong values from the 1930s and 1940s.

Why she chose fundraising as a career: "My third internship in college was in the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Development," she says. "I quickly knew that this field was a good match for my skill set and personality."