Our Board of Directors
The DMFA Attracts the Most Reputable and Knowledgeable Professionals in the Industry
In order to bring fresh ideas and vitality to the Association, each year we ask our members to nominate those who they think will best serve on our Board.
Being on the DMFA Board of Directors helps keep you in the mainstream of the Fundraising Industry while providing a great opportunity to work with, and get to know other talented fundraising professionals.
Executive Committee
President
Cara Marinelli
Vice President, Client Strategy RKD Group
Vice President
Kristen Shank Finn
Vice President, Avalon Consulting Group
Secretary
Jenn Bullard
Senior Account Manager, Production Solutions
Treasurer
John Briley
Membership and Marketing Director
Letal Zidkony
Director, Retention Marketing & Donor Services, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Presidents Advisory Council
Steve Froehlich
ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Amy Ricigliano
Eidolon Communications
Bryan Terpstra
Bryan Terpstra Consulting, LLC
Britt Vatne
Adstra Nonprofit
Valerie Vierengel
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Directors
Kim Abuelhaj
Glaad
Nosa Adetiba
ACLU
Karen Barr
Save the Children
John Bell
MMI Direct
Amy Bobrick
ABD Direct
John Como
True North
Megan Den Herder
Wildlife Conservation Society
Stephen Godbout
CDR Fundraising Group
Joseph Gomez
Production Solutions
Paul Habig
Sanky Communications
Bruce Hammer
Path2Response
Jennifer Ingram
Wiland
Grace Leonardo
Data Axle
Jason Lott
EveryAction
A. J. Minogue
UJA-Federation of New York
Ashley Moore
Adstra Nonprofit
John Perell
Smithsonian Institution
Cameron Popp
Wiland
Tiffany Quast
Fuse Fundraising
Marty Rego
Century Direct
Jason Robbins
ROI Solutions
Fern Sanford
Fern Sanford Creative
Jann Schultz
Multiply Strategies
Risa Sudnow
Association Director, DMFA
Shayla Titley
The Public Theater
Katie Valvo
Epsilon
Gerri Zimbardi
Eidolon Communications
Honorary Board Members
Timothy Taylor, True North
Past Presidents
2019-21 Joseph Gomez
2017-19 Britt Vatne
2015-17 Amy Ricigliano
2013-15 Valerie Vierengel
2011-13 Steve Froehlich
2009-11 Bryan Terpstra
2008-09 Elena Megaro
2007-08 Kim Walker
2006-07 Stephanie Ceruolo
2005-06 Jo Sullivan
2004-05 Thomas A. Daubert
2003-04 Linda Ferruzzi
2002-03 Amy Tripi
2001-02 Monica E. Kim
2000-01 Giselle P. Holloway
1999-00 Bonnie Catena
1998-99 L. Scott Fenwick
1997-98 Joan H. Smyth
1996-97 Moira H. Kavanagh
1995-96 Waddy Thompson
1994-95 Christine A. VanLanen
1993-94 Michell Hinz
1992-93 Amy F. Leveen
1991-92 Julie A. Richman
1990-91 Edwin C. Briggs
1989-90 Edwin C. Briggs
1988-89 Sandra Tanzer
1987-88 Harry Lynch
1986-87 Mary Cooke
1985-86 Sheila Stanford
1984-85 Judith A. Maneval
1983-84 Emily McKoane
1982-83 Bill Rich
1981-82 Betty Tellus
1980-81 Joanne W. Lawson
1979-80 Toy Baker
1978-79 John Gardner
1977-78 Dick McPherson
1976-77 Lorraine Kupper
1975-76 Sanky Perlowin
1974-75 Bill Wilkinson
1973-74 Tom Megan
1972-73 Ben Petersen