Jock Beveridge is a fundraising executive with 20 years of experience in a range of leading non-profit organisations and institutions. He has led award-winning fundraising campaigns and worked across the health, environment and education sectors in both the USA and Australia. His experience covers the full range of fundraising programs, including Face-to-Face, Direct Marketing, Major Gifts and Bequests. 

Jock currently leads a team of 15 senior fundraisers at Mater Foundation, Brisbane, with responsibility for $10m in annual revenue. Major Gifts is a key area of growth for Mater Foundation, with revenue doubling in four years. 

As a sole practitioner, team leader and senior consultant, Jeff has more than 15 years' experience in fundraising. 

A major capital campaign he directed 10 years ago was recognised by his peers in winning a series of state and national awards. For the last seven years, Jeff has been a Senior Consultant with AskRIGHT (formerly Global Philanthropic) working with a wide variety of clients on many successful fundraising campaigns, feasibility studies, strategic plans, organisational audits, fundraising programs and other many other activities, often where clients have required considerable expertise to navigate very challenging circumstances.

Jeff works with clients (staff, executives, boards) to build their capability to achieve better results across a range of fundraising activities, improve their donor/prospect engagement outcomes, and shift their thinking and behaviour to be more donor-centric.

Now regarded as one of Australia's leading non-profit consultants, Jeff is a mentor and adviser to many fundraisers, chief executive officers and board chairs.

Jeff is an internationally accredited fundraising professional (CFRE) and a long-time member of Fundraising Institute Australia, also serving for three years on the Queensland State Committee. He continues to present regularly at various conferences, forums and workshops for professionals in the non-profit sector.

Due to his reputation for best practice and significant experience, Jeff has accepted occasional roles as a Guest Lecturer at a number of higher education institutions.

Harriett has a passion for writing, is a self-confessed grammar nerd and is fascinated by the power of words to influence and inspire.

As Strategic Grants’ Queensland Manager and Grants Strategist, Harriett works closely with organisations large and small to develop effective grants strategies backed up by compelling cases for support and strong funding applications. Harriett has been instrumental in helping clients source literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in philanthropic funding.

Harriett also draws on past experience as a senior communications specialist in both the public and private sectors, including positions at the Residential Tenancies Authority, CITEC and NOUS Design. 

As a Senior Consultant with Xponential Philanthropy, Sandy has directed Capital Campaigns, Major Gift Programs; Strategic Fundraising Plans; and Campaign Readiness Assessments for clients across Australia.

Prior to joining Xponential, Sandy's fundraising experience included six years with 96five Family Radio in Brisbane as the Fundraising Manager; presiding over significant income growth over every year. Her skills have been developed around operational fundraising for a community organisation, building an expertise in annual fundraising events (radiothons, donor functions, and open days), major gift account management and bequests.

Sandy's personal style is characterised by a commitment to the task's success with a lively spirit. She brings a sense of fun to her projects as a bonus to the success. 

Prior to fundraising Sandy worked in sports’ events marketing and earlier in her career as a psychologist. Sandy’s mix of skills, experience and track record; assure her clients a dynamic and successful program.

Fundraising and philanthropy are in Matt’s DNA as a third generation fundraiser from the Lang clan.

Having worked for some of Australia’s most trusted and enduring charities including The Salvation Army, Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation and currently Mater Foundation, Matt loves to serve the community.

Although Matt has experience up and down the fundraising pyramid, Major Gifts is his primary passion. In Matt’s humble opinion there is no greater feeling than cultivating, securing and stewarding a big gift that makes a big impact on a community need.  

Wendy has worked in, studied and taught philanthropy and fundraising for 25 years.  Her decade of work at QUT spans the cause/giver spectrum (see http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Scaife,_Wendy.html), including research on bequests, major gifts, foundation decision making, nonprofit boards and CEOs, performance measurement, and technology for giving and volunteering, as well as about giving to specific areas such as medical research, education, women and girls, Indigenous needs, and the arts.  

Wendy is currently Project Director of a cross-university team conducting the latest Giving Australia research of households, businesses, foundations, philanthropists and nonprofit organisations for which FIA is a sector partner.  Wendy’s Masters thesis explored corporate support of community causes and her PhD investigated improving the marketing and funding of Australian medical research.  

Wendy assists a range of government and sector committees including the US Association of Fundraising Professionals research committee.  She chairs a small community project and serves on a disaster grants committee. Prior to joining ACPNS Wendy was a State CEO/National Deputy CEO of a major health nonprofit.