With little to show but enthusiasm, the development staff at the National Constitution Center managed to fund a dream.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Former Philadelphia City Councilwoman Joan Specter was one of those early fundraisers, and she’s still with the NCC development staff. Back then, she was called the campaign manager and set her sights on raising major gifts. Given that the NCC was nothing more than a dream, fundraising was an in-the-trenches kind of experience.