ProFile: Ben Vitale

Nonprofits increasingly are modeling their practices after for-profits. This helps fundraisers professionalize their organizations and hold themselves fiscally accountable.

One fundraiser who's seen this evolution take place and even helped it along is Ben Vitale, who was recently named president of The Climate Trust, a Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit promoting climate change solutions. Vitale has 
a background in both nonprofits and for-profits — Vcapital, Motorola and Conservation Inter-
national — which he's used to form innovative programs in his career.