Officers
President
Don
Eachus
Director of Development
Memorial Foundation/JDCH
Foundation
Email: deachus@mhs.net
Don
Eachus is Director of Development for the Joe DiMaggio Children's
Hospital Foundation and Memorial Foundation. Don has served as
Treasurer, Secretary and Director of Communications for the chapter.
He currently serves as President Elect of the chapter. Don lives in
Plantation with his wife, 2 daughter, 2 dogs and 2 cats.
President
Elect
Carol
McKeever, M.A
Director of Development
Lighthouse of
Broward
Email: cmckeever@lhob.org
Carol
McKeever is Director of Development at the Lighthouse of Broward
whose mission is to teach blindness skills to blind and severely
impaired babies, children and adults. Carol is the VP membership for
AFP Broward Chapter and serves on the National Philanthropy Day
Committee.
Immediate
Past President
Kathryn
J. Cousins, CFRE
Chief Development Officer
Junior Achievement
of South Florida
kathryn@jasouthflorida.org
Kathryn
started her fundraising career 18 years ago in the Alumni &
Development Office at Mount Allison University in Sackville,
NB, Canada, where she served as an Annual Fund Supervisor. Before
joining JASF, Kathryn guided the Broward Chapter of the American Red
Cross in all of their development and communications efforts for
seven years. The Association of
Fundraising Professionals of Broward County awarded Kathryn the
prestigious “Outstanding Fundraising Executive” award in
2006 Kathryn has been an internationally-recognized Certified
Fundraising Executive (CFRE) since 2006.
Secretary
Vanessa
Molina
Annual
Giving Coordinator
Holy Cross Hospital
Email: vanessa.molina@holy-cross.com
Vanessa
Molina is the Annual Giving Coordinator at Holy Cross Hospital,
Broward County’s only full-service, religiously affiliated
nonprofit hospital. Prior to her role with Holy Cross Hospital,
Vanessa managed fundraising and grant making for the Sun-Sentinel
Children’s Fund at Sun-Sentinel Company. She graduated
from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree.
Treasurer
Eric
Combast
Philanthropy
Director
International Game Fish Association
Email: ecombast@igfa.org
Eric
Combast is the Development Director for the International Game Fish
Association. He is currently overseeing the IGFA's "Campaign for
Game Fish Conservation," which is a $15,000,000 fundraising
campaign to support game fish conservation and education. Prior to
joining the IGFA Eric was the Vice President of Development for the
Alzheimer's Association, Southeast Florida Chapter.
VP
Membership
Paul
Keefe
Director
of Planned Giving
HospiceCare
of Southeast Florida
Email: pkeefe@hospicecareflorida.org
VP
Communications
Danay
Torano
Vice President of Development
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Broward County
Email: danayt@bbbsbroward.org
Danay
is the VP of Development for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Broward,
whose mission is to transform the community by
providing and supporting high quality relationships between children
and a caring, well trained adult mentors. Prior to joining BBBS,
Danay was the Charities Manager for the Sun-Sentinel and has served
on multiple boards, including Hispanic Unity, ASPIRA Broward and
Donors Forum of South Florida.
VP
Professional Education
Meredith
D. Ray Feder
Starlight
Starbright
Development Officer
Email: meredith.ray@starlight.org
Meredith
D. Ray Feder, Senior Development Officer, joined
the staff at Starlight Starbright as the Development Officer in
November 2005 after relocating to south Florida with her husband,
Jason Feder, who has since established his own law practice in the
area. Prior to joining Starlight Starbright, Meredith served as the
Director of Development for Lee’s Place, a non-profit grief and
loss counseling center for three years. She received her MA from
Florida State University, her BA from University of West Florida and
a certificate in the Appraisal of Fine and Decorative Art from New
York University.
Directors
Doris
K. Sipos, MA, CFRE
Principal
Philanthropic
Development Solutions, LLC
Email: dkscfre@bellsouth.net
Doris
K. Sipos, MA, CFRE has
worked in the field of philanthropy for over 30 years and has raised
more than 100 million dollars for the non-profit community, working
primarily in higher education and healthcare. She is the co-founder
of the Partnership In Philanthropy, which enables small non-profits
to enhance their capacity to serve the community. Doris retired in
2002 as Executive Director of the Memorial Foundation and Joe
DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation, in Hollywood, Florida,
and founded a consulting firm, Philanthropic Development Solutions. A
member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Doris has
served on the National Board of Directors of the organization, as
well as on its Foundation Board. She has been honored by her peers
with the Robert J. Smythe Award as Outstanding Professional
Fundraiser in New Jersey, and was honored as Outstanding Professional
Fundraiser in Broward County, Florida, in 2002.
Peggy
Hooper
Planned
Giving Officer
American Cancer Society
Email: peggy.hooper@cancer.org
Peggy
Hooper is the Director of Estate Planning for Broward, Miami-Dade,
Monroe Counties and the Eastern area of the North Region of the
Florida Division of the American Cancer Society. Prior to joining the
American Cancer Society, Florida Division, Peggy was a Financial
Planner with Morgan Stanley, and with Paine Webber on the New York
Stock Exchange, giving her valuable knowledge and experience in
charitable giving.
Diana
Metcalf
Major
Gifts Officer
Junior
Achievement of South Florida
Email: diana@jasouthflorida.org
Prior
to working in the charitable area, Diana and her husband owned
Flightplan International, an aviation consulting and brokerage firm.
During that time, she was involved on a volunteer level with several
organizations, becoming President of PAWS and the 1000+ Club of the
ACS. The volunteer experience gave her a valuable insight when
dealing with donors and volunteers. Prior to joining Junior
Achievement, Diana worked for the American Red Cross Broward County.
Rick
Schuster
Development
Coordinator
Congregation
B'nai Israel of Boca Raton
Email: sprv01a@bellsouth.net
After
28 good years as a development professional in Miami-Dade, Broward
and Palm Beach Counties, Rick is enjoying his time coordinating an
endowment campaign for his synagogue and creating a supporting
foundation. In his career, he has worked in health care, higher
education and public safety. He is a generalist with a strong
background in foundation administration, case development and in
managing those things that need to be reduced to order in order to
raise money. Rick has served the AFP Broward Chapter as
Treasurer, Chair of National Philanthropy Day and done all sorts of
other stuff for the advancement of the profession.
Kathy
Thomsen
Director
of Development
Legal Aid of Broward County
Email: kthomsen@legalaid.org
Regional
Director of Development for Legal Aid Service of Broward County,
Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida and Legal Aid Service of
Collier County. Before joining Legal Aid, Kathleen was Director of
Sales and Marketing for Budget Rent a Car in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
and St. Louis, Missouri.
Kathleen
has been a member of AFP/Broward County Chapter since 2003 and prior
to serving as Treasurer, participated in National Philanthropy Day by
serving as Co-chair of Table Honorees for two years.
Jennifer
Stewart
Director
of Development
Women in Distress
Email: jstewart@womenindistress.org
Jennifer
Stewart is the Director of Development at Women in Distress, Broward
County’s only state certified, nationally accredited full
service domestic violence program. Prior to her role as the
development director, Jennifer served as the Agency’s Manager
of Grants & Foundations for approximately three years.
Before entering the nonprofit field, she has held positions in
marketing and event management in the corporate and media sector.
Jennifer serves as the Secretary for the Broward AFP chapter.
Peggy
Calhoun, ACFRE
Senior
Principal
Miller,
Calhoun & Company
Email: calhoun@millercalhounandcompany.com
Peggy
Calhoun, an Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive, has served 30
years as a full time fundraising professional. She is Senior
Principal of Miller, Calhoun and Company, a firm credited with having
been involved in more than $750 million raised for charities
including health organizations, social service agencies, educational
institutions, and cultural and religious organizations.
She
began her career in 1978 as Executive Director of a crisis
intervention agency serving three states. Her extensive staff
professional experience includes raising $3.7 million in nine months
for the Boca Raton Museum of Art, overseeing a $60 million national
campaign for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation at the
University of Miami School of Medicine, and successfully concluding a
capital campaign while increasing the endowment from $2.6 million to
$10 million – for The Salvation Army in Fort Lauderdale. In
1998, Ms. Calhoun became the 33rd professional to receive the lifetime accreditation of the Advanced
Certified Fundraising Executive; a distinction earned by only 81
colleagues of the 29,000 members of the Association of Fundraising
Professionals.
Terri
Wallace Flannery
Executive
Director
Skills
Essential For Life Foundation, Inc.
Email: tflannery@selffdn.org
Terri
is an accomplished director, manager and fund-raising professional
with more than 15 years of progressive experience in not-for-profit
management, special events, corporate giving, grant writing and
solicitation, fund and program development, and evaluation
experience. With more than 20 years of business experience in sales
and marketing, she also has proven success in cultivating new
business and relationship-building and -development. She has a M.B.A.
degree from St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida and received her
bachelor’s degree from Barry University in Miami, Florida.
Terri is an active member of Leadership Broward Foundation (Class
XXIV), Association of Fundraising Professionals (Board Member),
American Association of Grant Professionals, Florida Association of
Nonprofit Organizations and Marine Industry Association of South
Florida.
Tracy
Schuldiner
Development
Coordinator
Dade
Christian School
Email: tschuldiner@dadechristian.org
Matt
Leachman
Director
of Marketing & Development
ARC
Broward
Email: mleachman@arcbroward.org
