Dr Ruth Knight is a researcher and lecturer in nonprofit management and social enterprise at QUT’s Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies. Ruth has extensive experience in nonprofit leadership roles and gained her PhD researching workplace culture, change readiness and organisational sustainability. Her special interests are nonprofit innovation, measuring social outcomes, developing high performing leaders and teams. Ruth is on a mission to advance quality research and practice in the sector to enable organisations create effective strategies to improve their impact.

In his previous role as Assistant Director of Outreach at Knox College in Illinois, Adam was part of a small team that developed Knox’s first Giving Day. This success, with Knox surpassing its 2,000 donor goal, made it evident to Adam that Giving Days engage donors that have been impossible to reach. At QUT, Adam used this experience to inform the plan for QUT’s inaugural Giving Day. This campaign far exceeded the original goal of 500 donors, actually quadrupling this original benchmark, and securing more than $1.6M for vital QUT programs. Adam has now moved into a new role as Development Coordinator, Annual Giving.

Adam came to Australia through the CASE Graduate Trainee Program and has benefited from mentorship and training as a member of the inaugural cohort. He credits his passion for higher education fundraising to his undergraduate experience and the many scholarships that he received to make his education possible. Adam has experience in student affairs, employee management, communication, and TESOL education.