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| Danielle Bayard Development and Partnerships Manager Hutt St Centre Danielle is Development and Partnerships Manager at Hutt St Centre, with responsibility for the team which runs the Fundraising, Marketing, Media activities and other Special Projects. Danielle’s key responsibilities are Corporate Partnerships, Major Donors, Trusts and Foundations and Bequests along with mainstream media communications, PR and some major community projects thrown in. Danielle has been at Hutt St Centre for 11+ years. Danielle had previous fundraising experience at United Way SA, Amnesty International, Flinders University and SPARC Disability Foundation. | |
| Jes Bland Direct Marketing Project Manager RSPCA South Australia Jes is the Direct Marketing Project Manager at RSPCA South Australia. In this role she is responsible for multiple Donor Acquisition campaigns including Direct Mail, F2F, Digital and Mobile and also looking after the Regular Giving program. Since joining RSPCA SA she has been involved in a 100 percent increase in the number of Regular Givers and assisted in developing custom dashboards to help track campaign performance and gain insight into donor demographics, which in turn help to guide campaign direction. Before joining RSPCA South Australia in 2015, she was based at Wellington SPCA in New Zealand for 3 years, where she managed the Major Giving and Trusts and Foundations Program and assisted with corporate partnerships, and helped to raise the over $3 million required to move Wellington SPCA into a new facility. | |
| Luke Edwards MFIA Director Elevate Fundraising Luke started Elevate Fundraising 5 years ago and works with clients such as MS Society, The Fred Hollows Foundation, RSPCA, Cancer Council and a range of others to develop and implement digital strategies that deliver results. He is also co-founder of the Great Cycle Challenge which has raised $3.3m in the past 2 years. Luke is passionate about results and developing strategies that utilise the appropriate channels to drive response by leveraging existing behaviour…not trying to change it. | |
| Rob Edwards Chief Executive Officer Fundraising Institute Australia In his role at FIA Rob is charged with leading organisational change to ensure that the Institute continues to meet the needs of members and provides leadership in respect to professional development and advocacy, especially in this time of a new regulatory regime being introduced. Rob recently served on the ATO’s Charities Advisory Committee. Prior to taking the role at FIA he spent 18 years as CEO of ADMA. During that period he presided over growth of the Association from a minor niche player in the marketing sector to become the largest marketing industry association of its kind in Australia. Much of his work in that period encompassed working with all levels of Government on complex and sometimes controversial public policy issues such as Privacy and Data Protection, Anti-Spam legislation, Children’s Online Privacy and On Line Behavioural Advertising. Rob’s work has been recognised internationally by being elected Chair for a four year term of the International Federation of Direct Marketing Associations and his frequent overseas speaking engagements include sessions at the United Nations Telecommunication Union in Geneva. Rob held senior management roles at O’Brien Glass, was General Manager, Marketing at Pacific Aviation, an Ansett subsidiary, was Managing Director of Key Direct Response and Vice Chairman of the ADMA Board of Directors. | |
| Charlotte Francis Grants Strategist Strategic Grants With a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages, Charlotte started her career in London in international publishing, selling co-editions, licenses and reprints to US and European publishers. She moved into the not-for-profit sector in 1997 and completed the ICFM Foundation in Fundraising I and II. Based in Oxford, Charlotte was Fundraising Manager at the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust and looked after a broadly based program including events, corporate sponsorship, appeals, trusts and foundations. Before migrating to Australia in 2004, she worked at Forum for the Future, a sustainable development charity, with Sir Jonathon Porritt, British environmentalist and writer. Charlotte migrated to Australia (Melbourne) in 2004 and worked for Plan where she set up a new bequest program and significantly increased their income from major donor and trust and foundation activities. Before joining the team at Strategic Grants Charlotte worked freelance combining grant-writing and copywriting for charities and not-for-profit organisations with feature writing for magazines and newspapers. She has worked with charities including Save the Children, Starlight Children’s Foundation, Sacred Heart Mission, Earthwatch, Bush Heritage Australia, Benetas, Cool Australia, Calvary Silver Circle and Melbourne City Mission. | |
| Darrin Johnson MFIA National Marketing and Fundraising Manager The Royal Society for the Blind Darrin Johnson is currently National Marketing and Fundraising Manager for Royal Society for the Blind (RSB), one of the largest disability agencies in Australia operating in SA, NSW and ACT and serving over 12,000 clients. Darrin has over 20 years’ experience in not for profit management commencing with the Heart Foundation, the Adelaide Football Club and currently the RSB.
A long term FIA member Darrin is currently the Chairperson of the FIA SA/NT Committee.
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| Tracy McNamara BA FFIA F.EdPlus Principal Lead McNamara Inc Tracy currently is the Principal Lead of her business, McNamara Inc. where she works with, and alongside clients to develop and implement effective solutions for their organisation. Specialising in the education and not-for-profit sectors, Tracy has over two decades of experience, as well as a strong record of success in creating successful strategies using contemporary, integrated marketing, communication and advancement programs. Tracy has co-authored and presents the Certified Advancement Practitioner Training Course in Marketing & Communications for EducatePlus and is a confident speaker, having presented internationally and at numerous Australasian Conferences. She is both a member and Fellow of EducatePlus and the Fundraising Institute of Australia where she plays an active role with both organisations.
Most recently, Tracy was appointed CEO of the Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species.
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| Susan Pascoe AM Commissioner Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Prior to becoming the inaugural Commissioner for the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), Susan Pascoe AM was a Commissioner at the State Services Authority in Victoria (2006-2011) focusing on regulatory reform. In this role she chaired the review of the regulation of the not-for-profit sector in 2007-08, co-chaired a review of the design and governance of regulatory bodies in Victoria in 2008-09, and chaired a review of Victoria's Indigenous Employment Strategy in 2008-09. She served as one of three Commissioners on the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. Ms Pascoe's earlier professional background was in education where she served as President of the Australian College of Educators, Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and Chief Executive of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria. She chaired the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, was a Patron for the Melbourne Parliament for the World's Religions, and served on the Board of Cabrini Health and the Senate of the Australian Catholic University.
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| Jason Rowe Performance Improvement Specialist Advanced Solutions International Jason has worked with the Not for Profit industry for more than 20 years, including three years at the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. As Performance Improvement Specialist at ASI Jason is responsible for helping Not for Profit organisations including Associations, Charities and Regulatory Bodies reach their goals and ensuring they are achieving performance improvements with their iMIS Engagement Management System.
Jason has held senior positions with ASI for many years and has a wealth of experience supporting ASI clients across the globe with the member/donor system implementations. More recently his focus has been on ASI’s Asia based clients where he has worked with major charities including Focus on the Family Singapore and National Kidney Foundation.
Jason is passionate about helping Not-For-Profits reach their goals, through adopting new and innovative solutions to help them run more efficiently.
In his spare time, Jason is involved in his local community running an Auskick Centre, is the President of his local tennis club, and School Council President at his two sons' school. | |
| Andrew Sabatino MFIA Executive Manager, Business Development Guide Dogs SA/NT Andrew is also responsible for the marketing strategy behind Guide Dogs being voted as Australia’s Most Trusted Charity two years running. Balancing the broader brand marketing of Guide Dogs with the specific services marketing approach to consumers, Andrew has delivered a detailed Marketing and Communications plan through many channels to many target markets. Currently on the State Executive of FIA SA and Board Member of The Fresh Foundation, Andrew has previously worked with charities such as The Cancer Council NSW, Multiple Sclerosis Society UK, RSPCA UK, Bernardo's UK and the NSPCC UK. | |
| Dave Simms Head of Fundraising Leukaemia Foundation of Australia Dave emigrated to Adelaide in 1995 after a media career in the UK. He has over 23 years’ experience in not-for-profits and been in charge of World’s Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation since 2005. Under Dave’s direction the iconic event has grown from $5 million to $18 million and has adapted to the changing fundraising environment by focusing on mobile technology, account management and customer communication. With a degree in Marketing and Communications Studies, Dave provides leadership and creativity to a bigger range of fundraising programs than ever including Light the Night, U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the Year and many more peer to peer challenge-related events. | |
| Christiana Stergiou MFIA Consultant Scribbly Bark Christiana has worked as Bequest Manager for some of Australia’s best known charities including Mission Australia and the Heart Foundation. Christiana is now a consultant with her own firm, Scribbly Bark, and is an experienced and knowledgeable trainer and presenter. She is one of the trainers of the FIA Certificate of Fundraising. Her fundraising passion is all things bequests. She loves having conversations with donors about bequests and loves sharing her knowledge about this specialist area with fundraisers. Beyond bequests, Christiana has expertise in fundraising strategy, direct marketing, stewardship and donor care. | |
| Stacey Thomas Chief Executive Officer Fay Fuller Foundation An experienced philanthropic and non-profit specialist, Stacey is currently the CEO of Adelaide based Fay Fuller Foundation and also runs her own consultancy in the areas of strategy, communications and program development. Previous positions have included Client and Research Manager in the Philanthropic Services team at the Myer Family Company, National Coordinator of the Community Development Fund at the Telstra Foundation and Manager Charitable Trusts at The Trust Company. She holds a Master of Business majoring in Philanthropy and Social Investment, is on the management committee of Impact100 SA and is a Director of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation. | |
| Sam Tolley MFIA CEO Women's & Children's Hospital Foundation Sam Tolley has held the position of CEO of the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation since May 2009. Prior to this Sam’s career has been in the Australian wine industry including 13 years as CEO of the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation.
Born and educated in Adelaide, Sam is married with two children and lives on a hobby farm in the Adelaide hills. His primary interests are family, farm and sailing. Sam’s commitment to the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation is to see it leading the community that supports what is the state’s only specialist children’s hospital so that it fully meets the needs of its patients, families and staff. | |
| Sean Triner MFIA Co-Founder/Director Pareto Fundraising Sean Triner is co-founder of the Pareto Group of companies. He is also a board member and chair of ChildFund NZ marketing committee. A distinguished speaker with excellent track record and reviews in conferences around the world, Sean's sessions are challenging, fun always practical and full of energy. Sean leaves conference, seminar and masterclass attendees inspired, motivated and buzzing with brilliant ideas about how to take their fundraising to the next level. Whilst known for his mathematical approach to fundraising, Sean is also an accomplished copywriter and strategist working on many incredibly successful campaigns around the world, helping board with strategies and more. | |
