The American Diabetes Association has fundraising down to an art and a science

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Looking back
Bennett projects an easy charm but can barely contain herself when asked to sit for an hours-long interview. Hers is a palpable energy that makes it easy to see how she could have effected such a tremendous change in fundraising philosophy and results at ADA, where she took over in 1995 as vice president of development. Her post was elevated as the department grew, in large part, by her own design.