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7:45 a.m.
8:30-10:00 a.m.
- Jean McCutcheon, Director of Development, Cape Cod Academy, President, Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod
- Wendy Northcross, CCE, Chief Executive Officer, Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce
- Mindy Todd, Producer and Host, The Point, WCAI
Over the past few months we’ve asked Cape and islands non-profits to participate in a detailed survey on the state of fundraising. Now, join us as we reveal the results. What are the philanthropic trends on Cape Cod? How much money is actually raised? Is the amount of money raised and the number of donors contributing to our organizations increasing or decreasing? How can our organizations leverage this data to understand our community and our philanthropic efforts. Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Wendy Northcross opens with an overview of the state of Cape Cod and the islands. Radio personality Mindy Todd joins her to present the survey results with a look at what it all means and where we go from here.
10:00-10:30 a.m.
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
This session will provide a hands-on approach to one of the most important issues in direct marketing: donor attrition and retention. Through the use of real case statements and interactive problem solving you will learn strategies and proven solutions that you can institute tomorrow, no matter the size of your shop. The presentation will offer a real life solution to the struggle of collecting email addresses. You will also learn three practical steps to getting a second gift, and how ROI can help you define your strategy.
Social media marketing carries both benefits and risks, and while it is low-cost to most nonprofits, it is by no means zero-cost. How do you manage the expectations of your management, board, donors, and constituency while running your social media marketing campaigns? What are some pitfalls to avoid, and how you can best set up your organization for success.
- Deb Baker, President, Development Solutions of New England
- Pat Armstrong, Director of Recreation for the Town of Yarmouth, Flax Pond Capital Campaign Liaison
- Elizabeth Butler, Library Director, Centerville Public Library
- Tavia Ossola, Chair of Fundraising, Brewster Meeting House Restoration Project
- Carole Ridley, Chair, Capital Campaign, Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School
Is your organization considering a capital campaign? This session will provide an overview of the art and science of pre-campaign planning. You will learn how to assess your case for support, define the support amongst your constituency, and decide what tools you will need to launch a campaign. After this session you will better understand if your institution or organization is ready for a capital campaign and the steps necessary to make your efforts successful. You will also hear case studies and practical tips from local organizations that have gone through the process and launched successful campaigns.
You've completed your grant writing course and come back to the office with verve, confident in your research and writing skills! You know that there is money to be had from grant funders, but, do your fundraising and program staff work together to optimize the grant process? And whose responsibility is it anyway? This session will provide practical tips and case studies from seasoned grant writers on how to get from the enthusiasm that starts at the RFP, through the proposal and budget writing process, to the successful implementation of your project.
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
1:45-3:00 p.m.
Are you struggling with where Philanthropy fits into your organization’s strategic mission? Successful fundraising is a team effort that includes both an engaged board and staff members. This session – exclusively for EDs and CEOs - will give practical advice on how to inspire reluctant boards (and staff) to fundraise and how to prioritize philanthropy on your never-ending “To Do” list. Join renowned industry expert Allen Peckham for this interactive discussion – bring the questions and your constructive frustrations that you need addressed to move your philanthropy program forward as you build a lasting and vibrant culture of philanthropy! Pre-registration required.
So you have surrendered and accept the fact that Social Media is here to stay? You have a plan to use Social Media, but are struggling to find the time? Hear from a Cape-based social media expert and some real-life nonprofits with limited resources that have successfully identified new ways to reach new audiences, new supporters and new awareness. Be inspired and learn how to harness the power of social media by strategically and affordably integrating social media into your overall communications/fundraising mix.
Can planned gifts be understandable, practical and rewarding for both your organization and your donors? The answer is yes! Attend this session and learn how to use what you already know to launch a practical and effective planned giving program. Discover how you can find what you don’t know – the technical side of planned gifts – as you need it. Hear practical examples to show how you can encourage your donors to get their estate plans organized in a way that benefits them and your organization with cutting-edge planned giving practices.
The session will include data and trends about volunteering. You will hear from volunteers and nonprofit representatives about what builds a strong and effective relationship between volunteers and organizations. These relationships can add value in many ways including skills, goodwill, and fundraising dollars. Participants will also hear the volunteer perspective about what motivates them to become involved with an organization and what helps to build a stronger relationship between the volunteer and the organization. The session will also present ideas for developing a volunteer program for your own organization.
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
3:30-4:45pm
A common factor among strong nonprofits is a highly performing board. Participants will learn the roles and responsibilities of the board as a governing body and the distinction between the work of the board and the work of individual board members. Tips on how to keep board volunteers engaged, involved and performing will be highlighted. Nonprofit leaders will learn how to expand their board with proven techniques in attracting, recruiting and orienting new members. Pre-registration required.
This panel of veteran major gift professionals will offer practical advice on how to move your program forward – regardless of the size of your philanthropy department. This discussion will offer real life tips on starting a pipeline, engaging volunteers in prospect identification and cultivation (yes this means your Board members) and moving from introduction to ask.
- Debbie Booth, Volunteer Chair, Reds, Whites and Blues Auction; Co-Chair, Evening by the Sea
- Julia Burgess, Executive Director, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services Possible Dreams Auction
- Andi Genser, Executive Director, We Can
- Christiane Perry, Harwich Chamber of Commerce, Toast of Harwich
Let’s get real – special events on Cape Cod are an essential means to raise funds and friends. This session will present practical advice on assessing the viability of an event – how do you maintain a successful event and keep it fresh? These experts will offer tips on converting attendees to donors, building strong sponsor relationships, and keeping the focus on your mission.
4:45 – 6:00pm
Pat Armstrong, Director of Recreation for the Town of Yarmouth
Flax Pond Capital Campaign Liaison
Pat Armstrong moved to Cape Cod in 1986 to become the first fulltime Recreation Director for the Town of Yarmouth. As a Senior Director for the YMCA of the USA in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut and Massachusetts, Pat was aware of the power of partnerships and helped model Community Visions, Inc. (CVI), a 501©3 dedicated to supporting public recreation initiatives in the mid-Cape area. She holds ex-officio member status on the CVI Board of Directors and acts as the staff liaison between CVI and the Town of Yarmouth.
In 2009 Pat partnered with Bill McClennan to design a recreation focused public/private partnership in Yarmouth. Together they crafted the Flax Pond Renovation Project Capital Campaign and implemented a successful strategy that raised $1,075,000 in grants, foundation gifts and private donations over 18 months. Those funds were used to make renovations to a public park that hosts a significant summer child care program as well as other activities. Phase 2 is well underway and $413,000 has already been collected to fund the anticipated $1,000,000 renovation. An additional $500,000 state grant for this second phase is pending.
Ashley Baker, Director of Foundation and Government Relations
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Ashley has been with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) for over seven years and is responsible for foundation and government fundraising worldwide. Prior to IFAW, Ashley served as Director of Development for the Cape Cod Foundation and the YWCA of Asheville, NC and as Regional Associate for the North Carolina Community Foundation.
With over fifteen years of experience, Ashley’s career has included foundation, corporate, major donor, government, and face-to-face fundraising for a wide variety of causes.
Deb Baker, President
Development Solutions of New England
As the Founder and President of Development Solutions of New England, Deborah Baker’s career spans more than 23 years in development and institutional advancement. She is a well-rounded fundraiser and public relations specialist, creating multi-faceted outreach programs for organizations of all sizes, including the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands, Heritage Museums and Gardens, The Rehabilitation Institute and The Boy Scouts of America. Deb’s expertise in the art of donor solicitation yielded individual gifts in excess of $100,000 to over $1 million for each of these organizations.
Deb takes a very hands-on approach to managing DSNE and is principal advisor to both clients and staff. Whether working directly with Deb, or with one of her skilled consultants, clients can be sure that she will be actively involved in developing individual solutions to their fundraising, marketing and communications needs. In addition to providing direct services, Deb has shared her exceptional skills through effective training programs for staff, board members and volunteers on the many aspects of fundraising from donor cultivation and solicitation to moves management to community building.
Well-known throughout the non-profit community, Deb is respected for her many achievements, innovative thinking and direct approach. She is active in many local and national professional organizations and is the Past President of the Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod.
John Betz, Principal
Vital Data Management, Inc.
Prior to purchasing Vital Data Management, Inc., John Betz worked with the American Cancer Society nationally and in five states. During his last year with the American Cancer Society he served as a lobbyist in DC. Prior to the American Cancer Society, he was with the United Way of America in communications.
After leaving the American cancer Society he became the Senior Account Representative for MCI Direct in the Non- Profit Division. During this time he specialized in working with healthcare systems and institutions. He worked very closely with university medical centers and children’s hospitals. Some of these included Duke University Medical Centers, Wake Forest University affiliated Medical Center and The University of North Carolina Medical Center.
In 1995, John purchased Vital Data Management, Inc. He re-aligned the company to make non-profit institutions the only clients. In addition, he created a business model that required senior account managers to be former development officers.
John currently sits on the Board of Directors of the New England Association of Healthcare Professionals. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Fundraising Professionals for Massachusetts. Prior to Roger Williams University, John attended Brewster Academy.
Karen Bissonnette, CFRE, Chief Development Officer
Community Health Center of Cape Cod
Karen Bissonnette has over 20 years of nonprofit management and fundraising experience and possesses diverse experience in healthcare and educational philanthropy. Karen has special expertise in major gifts, planned giving, capital campaigns, healthcare foundation management, annual giving and event planning.
For seven years Karen has served as the Chief Development Officer at the Community Health Center of Cape Cod and prior to this was the Executive Director of the Falmouth Hospital Foundation. Before returning to Falmouth, she held the senior Development position at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts, was the Director of Annual Giving at Wheaton College, in Norton and worked in the securities industry, in Boston.
Ms. Bissonnette serves on a number of professional boards including the Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod, The Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation, Falmouth Road Race, Lawrence/Falmouth High School Athletic Hall of Fame and is a corporator with Heritage Museums and Gardens, The Greenwood School, Woods Hole Foundation, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank and maintains memberships in NEAHP and in the Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod where she also served as President. Karen is a founding member of the Philanthropy Day on Cape Cod Committee, where she served as Chair for several years.
Karen is a graduate of Falmouth High School and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois which she attended on a track and field scholarship. She lives in Falmouth with her two sons Andrew and Gregory.
Susan Blood, Freelance Marketing Manager
Cape Cod Opera Company; WHAT
Susan Blood has worked in the performing and visual arts for over 20 years, as an art gallery manager, live music publicist, art school administrator and theater marketing director. She is an arts reviewer, a columnist for The Magazine of Yoga, and author of the website and radio show Opera Betty. The advent of social media has allowed Susan to be the voice of a wide variety of organizations, from the "10th Sexiest Beach Bar in the World" (Travel Channel) to a “consistently exciting, top-notch theater” (New York Times), all from the relative comfort of her couch. For this she is deeply grateful.
Simon Bloomfield, Licensed Agent
New York Life
Simon Bloomfield LUTCF is a partner with New York Life Insurance Company and based at their Hyannis offices. He is President of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod as well as a member of Rotary International. Simon’s career in financial services spans over 25 years in Europe and the US. He has been with New York Life since 2005 and specializes in the areas of charitable giving and the application of life insurance in philanthropy. Having moved from the south of England to New York City in 1993, Simon relocated to Cape Cod in 1998 and lives with his family in Brewster.
Debbie Booth, Volunteer Chair, Reds, Whites and Blues Auction; Co-Chair, Evening by the Sea
Debbie Booth is Vice President/Branch Manager at The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod and has been with the Bank for 19 years. She currently volunteers with Hospice and Palliative Care of Cape Cod and for the past 5 years has been the Co-Chair of their "Evening By The Sea" Auction. She was a committee member for 3 years prior to becoming co-chair.
Debbie is also currently a Board Member of Alzheimer's Services of Cape Cod and the Islands and for the past three years has been Chair of their Reds Whites & Blues Event.
J.C Bouvier, Social Marketing Lead
,International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
J.C. comes to Philanthropy Day from the International Fund for Animal Welfare headquarters in Yarmouthport, where he works as Social Marketing Lead. In this role, J.C. distills the constant flow of information from this global animal welfare organization's regional campaign work into digestible actions for its growing Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube followings. J.C. also is a member of the editorial board for IFAW.org, working to gather program field reports, opinions and expert analysis of animal welfare policy. His efforts have helped IFAW gain over 60,000 fans on the IFAW Facebook fan page, several thousand twitter followers and more than three million views of IFAW YouTube video uploads. You can start following J.C.'s work for IFAW on twitter IFAW @Action4IFAW.\
Julia Burgess, Executive Director
Martha's Vineyard Community Services
Julia Burgess has been the Executive Director of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services for nearly six years. Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, MVCS is the largest human service provider on Martha’s Vineyard. It provides a broad array of programs, including mental health and substance abuse, early childhood development, domestic violence and sexual assault, services for the disabled, and a thrift store. In addition, each summer MVCS continues to hold its popular fundraiser, the Possible Dreams Auction.
Julia’s past experience includes work in Chicago and nationally as an executive director and program director providing services and technical assistance to community based organizations, especially in health care and youth development. She received a Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan and has also completed post-graduate course work in Political Science at Howard University.
Elizabeth Butler, Library Director
Centerville Public Library
Beth is a native Cape Codder and attemded Boston College. She taught first grade in Washington, DC for one year before becoming a full-time mom in 1969. Once her children were grown, Beth began working at the Centerville Public Library in 1988 and became the Children’s Librarian in 1992. After ten great years, Beth was appointed Library Director in January of 2002. In addition to Beth’s usual duties as the Library Director, she is also currently overseeing a $2.5 million capital campaign for the renovation and expansion the Centerville Public Library.
Beth is married to attorney, William Butler and is the mother of two married daughters and grandmother of four wonderful grandchildren.
Georgia Cavalho, PhD., Grants Developer
Cape Cod Community College
As most grants professionals, Georgia took a somewhat unorthodox road to the profession. After finishing a Ph.D. in Environmental Policy, she spent 4 years teaching at Bridgewater State, then joined Woods Hole Research Center where, in addition to research on improving conservation practices in the Amazon basin, she learned to develop and write proposals and manage projects. Georgia has since moved and has been directing the grants office at Cape Cod Community College (CCCC) since September 2007. At CCCC, Georgia works with many colleagues in planning, developing, and writing proposals for a wide range of projects.
Sarah Cusick, Director of Community Relations
Cape Abilities
Cape Abilities is a non-profit that provides services for people with disabilities across Cape Cod.
Kiley Donovan, Program Coordinator
Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
As the Program Coordinator for the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Kiley's primary responsibilities include event coordination, marketing, and operations management. Before the AFCC, Kiley was living in New York City, where she was, among other things, a creative writing student at Hunter College of the City University of New York, a copywriter for a luxury menswear brand, and a manager in the hospitality industry. She grew up on Cape Cod and graduated from Barnstable High School, where she developed her lifelong love of the arts.
Beth Dunn, Community Manager
HubSpot
Before joining HubSpot, an all-in-one marketing software company based in Cambridge, MA in 2009, Beth was Director of Communications and Technology at The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. She holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA from Simmons College. Beth has been blogging for ten years at An Accomplished Young Lady (www.accomplishedyounglady.com), and is also a regular contributor to the popular history blog Wonders And Marvels (www.wondersandmarvels.com). Follow her on twitter at @bethdunn.
Bob Dwyer, Executive Director
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
As President and Executive Director of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster, Bob Dwyer has been successful in sustaining the museum’s reputation and focus on salt marshes, the shoreline, seabirds and other related ecosystems. Educated at Northeastern University and Harvard, Bob has served in the past as Director of Educational Programming at the University of Massachusetts and as a media and Internet consultant, and has written for numerous academic journals, in addition to presenting at numerous seminars and conferences. He currently serves as a trustee of the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, Coast Guard Heritage Museum, the Cape and Islands Boy Scouts, Cape & Islands Historical Association and is a past chairman of both the Duxbury Historical and Cable Commissions. He has been the recipient of conservation trust and community service awards.
Arleen Ellis, Director of Philanthropy
Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod
Arleen Ellis has been Hospice and Palliative Care of Cape Cod since 1995. The Philanthropy department has responsibility for raising nearly $2,000,000 to support the programs and services of Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod.
Having an AB from Regis College and Masters from UMass, Arleen came from Washington, DC as a young child to live in Chatham. Her varied background includes CEO of Computers for Seniors, Fundraising for Girls Scouts of SE Massachusetts, Director of Volunteers for MSPCC, Executive Director for RSVP, nonprofit consulting, commodity lumber purchasing and technical writing and editing.
Arleen’s interests have included board seats on a healthcare organization and the Brewster Ladies Library; membership in Community Leadership Institute, AFP, NEAHP, WID, Estate Planning Council of Cape Cod, Friday Forum and the Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod. She serves as contact person for Professionals in Development on Cape Cod.
Arleen now resides in Brewster with her husband, their Siamese cat and (getting larger each day) Leonberger puppy.
Elizabeth Gawron, President
Cape Cod Foundation
Elizabeth Gawron is the President of the Cape Cod Foundation, assuming those duties in December 1999. The Foundation manages more than 270 charitable funds including one supporting organization and has assets of nearly $40 million. Since its inception in 1989, the Foundation has distributed more than $41 million in grants and scholarships.
A University of Massachusetts, Amherst, graduate and western Massachusetts native, Gawron has more than thirty years of senior-level experience in community service development and foundation management. Before moving to Cape Cod, she served as executive director of the Arlington (VA) Community Foundation for seven years and assistant county manager for nine years in Arlington County, Virginia. She was active in the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers and served on its Board of Directors. She also worked as the director of technical assistance services for the National Association of Counties and as a regional planner in South Carolina.
Community and professional activities over the years that have engaged Elizabeth include: Community Leadership Institute, Cape Cod (CLI); Leadership Arlington, 1998‑1999; Arlington Chamber of Commerce; Senior Executive Institute Advisory Committee, Charlottesville, VA; Estate Planning Council of Cape Cod; and the Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod. She has also been a presenter at numerous national and local conferences some of which include National Association of Fund Raising Executives, the Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod, Estate Planning Council of Cape Cod and many Cape Cod civic organizations.
She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Associated Grant Makers (AGM) and past president of the Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod and was chair of the 2003 and 2004 Philanthropy Day on Cape Cod.
She and her daughter live in Eastham, MA and both thoroughly enjoy the arts, the beach and the pace of life on Cape Cod.
Andi Genser, Executive Director
WE CAN
Andi has held a range of management roles in the human services field during the past 30 years. Her work has included: directing a child care program; serving as Executive Director of the Child Care Resource Center; being a Senior Associate at the School Age Child Care Project at the Wellesley Centers for Women; co-founding/ directing the Wheelock College Center for Leadership and Career Initiatives; managing a collaborative AIDS Charity Bike Ride and creating and managing BE SAFE a collaborative youth health effort based at the AIDS Action Committee of MA.
Currently, Andi is the Executive Director of WE CAN, a Cape Cod organization that empowers local women to achieve lasting, positive change. In all of these roles Andi brings her passion for social justice, commitment to working in collaboration with others and focus on providing client-centered services.
Lisa Guyon, Director of Resource Development
Housing Assistance Corporation on Cape Cod
As the Director of Resource Development at Housing Assistance Corporation, Lisa develops the funds, partnerships and volunteer base to ensure safe, secure and decent housing for all residents of Cape Cod and the Islands.
Early in her career, Lisa built her skill set in commercial real estate ventures and the hospitality industry. In 2004, she founded Building Impact, an award winning non-profit organization in Boston dedicated to increasing corporate citizenship in the small and medium business sector. Lisa has been recognized as a Social Innovator for her non-profit business ventures by the Social Innovation Forum in Cambridge and was recently selected a ‘40 Under 40’ rising business leader by the Boston Business Journal.
Lisa is a graduate of Harwich High School and Wheaton College. She resides in West Barnstable and is involved with many organizations as an advisor and volunteer and recently became a board member of Cape Cod Young Professionals.
Paula Hersey, President
Penguin Digital Design
Paula J. Hersey is President/Owner of Penguin Digital Design, a Hyannis-based web design and development company founded in 2003. She started the business after a career in retail and only after teaching herself the basics of computer repair/maintenance, HTML, Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Today, Hersey enjoys helping her small business and non-profit clients understand how their websites and social media fit into their overall marketing and customer/donor retention and acquisition programs. She boasts the “uncanny ability to communicate the most technologically complicated issues in lay man’s terms while diminishing the irrational fear people have of technology by making it user-friendly for them.” She resides in Marstons Mills and is the new Director of Operations/Instructor for the Geek Girl Educational Training Center on Main Street, Hyannis.
Jerome Karter, Executive Director
Cape Cod Symphony and Conservatory of Music & Arts
Jerry Karter spent two years on the Board of Trustees for the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra (CCSO) and served as Vice Chairman just prior to being elected the Executive Director of the organization in 2007. Currently, Jerry Karter oversees all operations as Executive Director of both the CCSO and the Cape Cod Conservatory of Music and Arts, which merged with the Symphony on September 1, 2010.
After obtaining an Economics degree from Oberlin College, Jerry Karter spent 35 years in the insurance and reinsurance industry, 18 of which were spent in London, Paris and Brussels before retiring to Orleans in 2002 and becoming involved with the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra. He retired from SCOR GROUP of Paris, France, one of the world’s largest reinsurance firms, where he served as President and CEO of the U.S. subsidiaries from 1989-2002. He simultaneously was a member of the Executive Committee of the Group in Paris. In “retirement,” Jerry founded “Sage Consulting,” a reinsurance arbitration and expert witness practice before he turned his attention to the Symphony.
Bonnie Loedel, Chief Fiduciary Officer
Cape Cod Five Trust and Asset Management Team
Bonnie Loedel joined Cape Cod Five’s Trust & Asset Management team, in April of 2008. Prior to joining Cape Cod Five, she served as Vice President and Wealth Advisor for a leading Wealth Management Group where she managed high net worth client relationships and served as a Fiduciary Specialist. She has also served as Senior Trust Officer and as a Trust and Estate attorney, providing counsel to individuals and families on Cape Cod since 1998.
Bonnie is an honor’s graduate of Binghamton University and earned her Master’s Degree from U.C.L.A. She later earned her Juris Doctorate from Boston University’s School of Law. Bonnie is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Cape Cod and a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Originally from New York, Bonnie resides in Harwich with her husband Mark Russell and their two sons.
Christine McCarthy, Executive Director
Provincetown Art Association and Museum; Lecturer at Boston University
Christine McCarthy is the Executive Director of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in Provincetown, MA (since 2001). She is responsible for all artistic, administrative, fiscal and strategic directions of the largest presenter of Cape Cod art by national, regional and international artists. Programs include visual arts exhibitions, educational initiatives for children and adults, publications, lectures and performances. In 2006, under the direction of McCarthy, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum was awarded Silver LEED Certification as the first “green” art museum in the country upon successful completion of a five million dollar renovation and expansion project. Most recently, Ms. McCarthy completed the accreditation process as set forth by the American Association of Museums. PAAM was awarded accreditation in March 2009.
Since 1985, Christine has worked in numerous galleries and museums in New England. They include the Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery at Providence College; the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT; The Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, NY; and The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA. She received a B.A. from Providence College in Providence, RI in 1989 and an M.A. from Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY in 1992. She is an adjunct professor at Boston University’s Metropolitan College and teaches Managing a Visual Arts Organization.
Priya McCue, Chief Development Officer
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
As Chief Development Officer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Priya McCue leads a team of 14 to raise funds for science, technology and education at the Institution. Prior to her arrival in 2009, Priya spent 12 years in development at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), beginning as an assistant director in Corporate and Foundation Relations, and reaching the position of Associate Vice President for Development before leaving the institute. During her career at DFCI, Priya managed corporate and foundation relations, annual giving, gift planning, and corporate-cause marketing and sponsorship, as well as the institute’s Palm Beach fundraising activities. Areas overseen by Priya have generated nearly $50 million annually in private philanthropic support for DFCI. In addition, Priya played a key role in the planning, marketing, communication strategies and prospecting for DFCI’s $1 billion capital campaign. Priya is a graduate of Cornell University and began her development career at the university’s regional office in Boston. She resides in Marshfield, MA with her husband and two daughters.
Jean McCutcheon, Director of Development
Cape Cod Academy; President, Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod
Jean has worked in the non-profit sector for 19 years. She began her development career at Boston Latin School Foundation, served as Director of Development at Beaver Country Day School in Brookline, MA for a few years, and joined Cape Cod Academy as Director of Development in 1997. At Cape Cod Academy, she has worked directly on two capital campaigns which raised $12 million for new classroom buildings. Prior to working in the non-profit sector, Jean worked in advertising and marketing for Boston radio and television.
Jean is a President of the Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod and serves on the board of Junior Tech. She lives in Cotuit with her husband and two sons.
Lisa McNeill, President and Founder
Cape Cod Volunteers
As President and Founder of the new organization Cape Cod Volunteers (CCV), Lisa McNeill links people with meaningful volunteer opportunities. She was formerly Vice President of the Cape Cod Foundation, and in that role she participated in a national initiative, Community Experience Partnership, which was funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies and focused on civic engagement of older adults. Lisa worked with an active group of community members to develop and launch Cape Cod Volunteers in November 2010, and she continues to enjoy working with the volunteers that make CCV run.
Lisa moved to Cape Cod in 1996, and since that time, she has researched social, environmental, and economic issues facing Cape Cod. She was active in researching and publishing past Cape Cod Sustainability Indicator Reports, and she was the primary author of the Cape Cod Foundation’s 2009 report, Understanding Cape Cod. Since 1992, Lisa has worked for organizations that seek to improve the capacity of nonprofits and people to address community issues, including working with groups in the U.S., the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and El Salvador. She and her husband have been foster parents for about 7 years, and they live in Yarmouth Port with their two dogs. Contact Lisa at lisa@ccvolunteers.org.
Edith Millard, Manager of Annual Giving
Cape Cod Healthcare
Edith Millard is responsible for raising $2.5 million in unrestricted, annual support for Cape Cod Healthcare, a non-profit healthcare system that includes Cape Cod Hospital, Falmouth Hospital, the VNA of Cape Cod, and other facilities throughout the Cape. Edith drives these philanthropic efforts through direct marketing programs, memorial and tribute giving, third party events, and the Lightkeeper’s Society.
Prior to joining Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation, Edith held senior fundraising positions with South Shore Hospital, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Massachusetts General Hospital. Her background also includes more than 15 years’ experience in corporate consulting with John Hancock, Liberty Mutual, Towers Watson, and Mercer. She holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from Babson College.
Wendy Northcross, CCE, Chief Executive Officer
Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce
Wendy is Chief Executive Officer of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and has been with the organization since 1997. Northcross served eight years as the Executive Director of the Hyannis Area (MA) Chamber and as the first executive for the Cape & Islands Community Development Inc., a development financial institution.
In July, 2009 Northcross successfully completed the Fellowship for Regional Sustainable Development from the Ford Foundation and the American Chamber of Commerce Executives ACCE). She received her Certified Chamber Executive (CCE) designation in 2004 from (ACCE) and is a 1995 graduate of the U.S. Chamber Institutes for Organization Management (IOM).
She has served on the transition team for both Governors Cellucci and Patrick and has been appointed by several governors to the state’s Advisory Council on Travel & Tourism. She was appointed by Governor Patrick to the Creative Economy Council in 2008 and serves on the Commonwealth’s Climate Adaptation Council.
A founder of the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum, Northcross continues to serve on its foundation board. She currently serves on the board of directors of Cape Cod Cooperative Bank, the Cape & Islands Workforce Investment Board, the Graduate Center of Cape Cod, Job Training & Employment Corp., the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod and the New England Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.
Northcross is a past chair of trustees for Cape Cod Community College, is a member and past president of Hyannis Rotary Club and is past chair of the Mass. Association of Chamber Executives. She serves as moderator for West Parish Church of Barnstable. She has received several awards and recognition including New England Chamber Executive of the Year (2003), Pops by the Sea Honorary Chair (1996) and Cape Cod Community College Alumna of the Year (1995).
Northcross grew up on Cape Cod and lives in West Barnstable with her husband, Van who is regional marketing director for Cape Cod Healthcare.
Chris O’Connor, CFRE, President
Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation; Vice President of Development for Cape Cod Healthcare. Chris oversees the Foundation’s staff and is charged with raising funds for all entities throughout the system including Cape Cod Hospital, Falmouth Hospital and the VNA of Cape Cod. Primary amongst his responsibilities is his current management, direction and oversight of a comprehensive $100 million system-wide capital campaign. He has 20 years of non-profit experience and most recently served as Senior Vice President & Managing Director of a leading consulting firm specializing in planning and executing capital campaigns in the healthcare sector.
Chris presently serves on the Board of Directors of the New England Association of Healthcare Philanthropy and is the Chairman of the Board for the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. He holds a Bachelors of Science from Bentley University and is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE).
Tavia Ossola, Chair of Fundraising
Brewster Meeting House Restoration Project
Tavia Ossola worked for 42 years as MSW, LICSW social worker in residential and educational programs at the New England Home for Little Wanderers in Boston as well as The Latham Center in Brewster. During her time with both agencies, Tavia served in the social service department and also as an Administrator and Program Director.
Upon her retirement in 2004, Tavia began to volunteer at First Parish Brewster Unitarian Universalist Church. In her seven years of volunteering, Tavia has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees as well as Chair of the Membership Committee. Tavia is also an active member of the Board of Directors for the Brewster Meeting House Preservation Project. Here she works on fundraising for the $1.8 million project, which aims to restore and preserve the Brewster Meeting House, a historical Cape Cod landmark.
Allen Peckham, Chief Development Officer
Partners HealthCare System
Allen Peckham is the Chief Development Officer for Partners HealthCare. His office provides development services and oversight to the eleven Partners affiliated hospitals and programs including its founding members, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Together, Partners members raise $300 million annually and employ 275 development staff.
Prior to assuming his position at Partners in 1997, Allen was Senior Vice President for Development and Public Affairs at Mass General, a position he held for five years.
In his career, Allen was VP for Institutional Advancement at Bentley College where he also served as the Director of Development and Director of Public Affairs. He was also Director of Development at Children’s Hospital Boston and Director of Public Affairs at Babson College.
Allen has served on the boards of several social and professional organizations and is the past president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). He is the former President of the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy’s (AHP) Health Systems Development Network (HSDN) and a member of the development leadership committee of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC).
Christiane Perry, Membership Services Coordinator
Harwich Chamber of Commerce
Christiane (Chris) Perry has worked in nonprofit management, contract administration, marketing and fundraising since 1983. Her experience includes extensive grantswriting, budget preparation, annual appeals and event planning. She currently works part time as the Membership Services Coordinator for the Harwich Chamber of Commerce and consults for local nonprofit organizations. Chris is past co-chair of Philanthropy Day on Cape Cod and is a member of the Board of the Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod.
Brenda B. Swain, Executive Director
Falmouth Service Center
Since 1983, Brenda has worked in social service settings on Cape Cod, and since 2002 she has been executive director of the Falmouth Service Center, A Community Food Pantry and Multi-Service Agency with 380 active volunteers. Services include food distribution, home delivery of meals to the elderly, a clothing room and a thrift shop off site, processing of food stamp and fuels assistance applications, mass health and other insurance access, community garden where 83 gardeners harvest ½ their food for the food pantry clients, home cooking in our kitchen, holiday programs and a back to school clothing and back pack project for children of our clients.
Brenda is Co-Chair of the Cape Cod Hunger Network: This group was established to bring all the food insecurity programs across Cape Cod together to look at hunger needs from the Hungry Persons eyes. This group is very active and the co-chairs spend time writing grants and developing programs that benefit the network. Member Barnstable County Human Services Advisory Board, Member of the Policy board to End Homelessness, Governor appointment to the Department of Transitional Assistance Advisory Board, Member Greater Boston Food Bank Agency Advisory Board, Falmouth Town Meeting Member, former member (9 years) and co-chair Falmouth Human Service Committee, Member League of Woman Voters, Initiator of TAG – transportation action group and a Sober House Ad hoc Committee to tackle two issues of dire concern to many Upper Cape households.
Brenda holds a M. Ed.in Human Development from Harvard University and a B.S. Early Childhood Education from Drexel University. She is married with 4 grown children ages 22 to 30 and two grandchildren – a newborn baby girl and an 8 year old. Contact Brenda at fsc_dir@cape.com.
Mindy Todd. Host/Producer of The Point
WCAI
Mindy Todd, host and producer of The Point on WCAI, examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands. She brings 30 years of experience in radio and television to the job. After starting her broadcasting career as a midday DJ at WARE in Ware, Massachusetts, she quickly advanced to host of the morning drive show, which in 1981, made her one of the few women in broadcasting to anchor her own morning show. Her career has covered nearly all aspects of broadcasting. She has been a radio disc jockey, a traffic reporter, a television news anchor and reporter, a program director, talk show host, and even a ski reporter. Her television work as a reporter and news anchor brought her to White River Junction, VT, Portland, ME, Indianapolis, IN and Nashville, TN. Mindy also worked at radio stations in West Palm Beach, FL, Hartford, CT, Boston, MA and Lebanon, NH. She has received numerous awards, most recently another National PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Association) award for best Call-in program in the country.
Mindy sits on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Sea Grant Marine Outreach Guidance Group, Marine Biological Laboratories Falmouth Forum Fundraising Committee, NOAH Telethon Steering Committee and the Falmouth Fund and the Turkey Land Cove Foundation on Martha’s Vineyard.
Janet Totten, Deputy Director
Highfield Hall
As the Deputy Director of Highfield Hall in charge of operations, Janet is responsible for developing and implementing programs and community events, managing private functions and coordinating the scheduled use of the building. She is also responsible for managing Highfield’s volunteer programs and participates in various aspects of Highfield’s art exhibits and cooking programs.
Janet previously worked at Falmouth Historical Society and Museums on the Green, where she managed the marketing and membership functions. Prior to entering the not-for-profit world, Janet worked for Time-Warner Cable in Boston, Denver and New York as a project manager for IT operations and development. She also has extensive experience in research-based management consulting, with a primary focus on comprehensive employee and customer satisfaction studies as well as due diligence and win-loss analyses.
Janet was a founding partner of JP Licks Homemade Ice Cream Company (Jamaica Plain/Boston), where she enjoyed some of the proudest moments of her early professional life: the creation of avocado, “negative chip” and cucumber ice cream flavors! She has served on the boards of the Falmouth Service Center and the Cape Cod Theatre Project and was a member of the steering committee that started the Emerald House Thrift Shop. She and her husband, Noah, have lived in Falmouth for 25 years.
Sarah Tribuzio, Director of Development
Habitat for Humanity
Regarded as an accomplished fundraising professional, Sarah brings a unique and deep understanding of the overall fund development process. She is a leader who is confident in managing diverse people and interests, juggling multiple projects and meeting revenue goals. Previously, Sarah worked in Chicago and Boston which offered her numerous opportunities to work closely with a variety of colleagues, developing effective relationships across organizations. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod and the Community Leadership Institute of Cape Cod and the Islands.
Sarah is a graduate of Cape Cod Academy and Wheaton College and volunteers for several local organizations. She resides in Sandwich with her husband David and three children.
Kathy Zagzebski, M.E.M., President & Executive Director
National Marine Life Center (NMLI)
Kathy Zagzebski joined the National Marine Life Center as President and Executive Director in March, 2005. For the previous seven years, she led the Stranding Department at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, where she was responsible for rescue operations along a 600-mile stretch of the California coast. From 1997 to 1998, she served as Program Manager for the Georgia Coastal Management Program, and helped achieve a federally-approved coastal zone management program for the state.
An alumna and board member of the Cape Leadership Institute of Cape Cod and the Islands, Kathy also serves on the board of the Buzzards Bay Vitalization Association, on the Main Street Steering Committee of the Bourne Financial Development Corporation, and on the advisory committee of the Environmental Technology Program at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School.
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