Tips from the 2020 FFG Cohort
Cohort Members
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Malik Benjamin Business Development Manager Elevate Energy |
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Beth Bentley Director of Major Gifts After School Matters |
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Lauren Berndt Major Gifts Officer |
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Wilonda Cannon Sr. Director of Development Breakthrough Urban Ministries |
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Sarah A. Danahy Major Gifts Officer OSF HealthCare Foundation - Little Company of Mary Medical Center |
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Lauren Gaynor Director of Development Urban Initiatives |
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Jaye Hobart Director of Development The Civic Federation |
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Lorraine Anderson King Head of External Affairs Braven |
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Karen Kliebhan Director of Philanthropy Northwestern Memorial Foundation |
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Jan V. Kostner Sr. Vice President Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce |
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Angeline Mather Director of Development, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Iowa State University |
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Sara Meno Managing Director of Development at City Year Chicago City Year Chicago |
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Brenda Morris Senior Director of Advancement Cristo Rey Network |
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Sheila Owens Director, Donor Relations Boys Hope Girls Hope Illinois |
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Andrea Porter Major Gifts & Planned Giving Officer Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law |
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Nicole Rakers Director of Major Gifts Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana |
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Mary Pat Rooney Major Gifts Officer United Way of Metro Chicago |
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Betsy Rubinstein Major Gifts Officer Lambda Legal |
Executives in the 2020 Fundraising for Good cohort share tips of the trade and reflections on the cohort experience.

















