Best Practice Team

Resource Documents

• Process & Protocol - Committee Structure (PDF)
• Process & Protocol - Sub-Committee Chair Description (PDF)
• Process & Protocol - Committee Volunteer Description (PDF)
• Process & Protocol - Timelines (PDF)
• Process & Protocol - Submitting Best Practices (with Templates) (Word)

Committees

Advancement Management

• Chair: Elizabeth Toman Tavares, Loyola University of Chicago
• Derek Clark, University of South Carolina
• Vanessa Kaskiris, University of California Berkeley
• Martha Lauria, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• Melanie Majikas, Cuyahoga Community College
• Blanca E. Mesta-Martinez, MLK Community Health Foundation
• Bob Rickards, St. Norbert College
• John Taylor, John H. Taylor Consulting, LLC

Advancement Technology

• Chair: Chris Amherst, University of Chicago
• Robyn Doughty, University of California Berkeley
• Vidya Kagan, Menlo School
• Turner McCulley, Washington State University Foundation
• David Woodley, University of Alaska Foundation

Donor Relations and Stewardship

• Chair: 
• Melanie Armstrong, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Tracy Forkin, Johnson & Wales University
• Vaishali Revollo, Conquer Cancer Foundation
• Rick West, St. John’s College
• Beth Wood, Trustees of Dartmouth College

Prospect Development

• Co-Chair: Carolyn Vasquez, Holy Name Medical Center
• Co-Chair: Lauren Woodring, Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Jessica Channell-Iler, University of Naveda-Las Vegas
• Nicole Combs, University of Colorado
• Ruthie Giles, University of New Hampshire
• Sara Groh, National MS Society
• Hope Hudson, Freelance Researcher
• Emily Kahn, Drexel University
• Alexa Makhani, Washington State University Foundation
• Lindsay Rogillio, Virginia Commonwealth University
• George Tabet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Kyle Weber, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Records Management

• Co-Chair: Wendy Bucci, University of Rhode Island Foundation
• Co-Chair: Dina Sorrentino, Ringling College of Art & Design
• Beverly Bain, Fundraising Database Consultant
• Lynn Becker, Principal, Advancement Services
• Jason Boley, BWF
• John Crowley, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Scott Fendley, Central Washington University Foundation
• Elma Goduto, EARTH University Foundation
• Alan Hejnal, Smithsonian Institution
• Cynthia Hornbeck, Texas Woman's University
• Ann House, University of Miami (retired)
• Preston Lundgreen, University of Arizona
• Megan McCord, Rutgers University Foundation
• John Taylor, John Taylor Consulting, LLC
• Shelby Tudor, Children's National
• Eric Valdescaro, University of Memphis