RAISE Podcast

About Howard Howard Heevner joined the University of California, Berkeley in 2019 as the Executive Director of Annual Programs. In his current role, he oversees Annual Giving, Leadership Annual Giving, Milestone Giving, Next Generation Giving, and Parent Philanthropy and Engagement. With more than 20 years of higher education fundraising experience, he has held a number of roles. Prior to coming t...

About Ashley Ashley Budd is director of digital marketing for alumni affairs and development at Cornell University. She is based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., working remotely for the university as a digital strategist and project manager for the division. She runs a small team based in Ithaca, N.Y., executing social media, digital content and digital marketing analytics. Prior to joining the digital...

On this episode of the RAISE podcast, Brent catches up with Nick Fulton from the University of North Carolina Rams Club, the fundraising arm that supports Carolina athletics. Nick and his team have ambitious goals to continue to grow membership and revenue while maintaining industry leading retention rates. Nick shares some of the innovative tactics the Rams Club is employing to accelerate relatio...

Laura Day, Director of Annual Giving at Williams College, joins Brent Grinna on this episode of the RAISE podcast. Williams boasts one of the highest participation rates in the US. Six years into her tenure, Laura is constantly asking how to improve and is striving for 100% participation. She is an active participant in the Schuler initiative to increase young alumni engagement, and she will share...

About John John Tatum Grice began his career in philanthropy as a Student Foundation member at Kansas State University serving within the K-State Proud Student Campaign. This experience jump-started his passion for higher education philanthropy. Following graduation in 2012, John began his tenure in KSU Foundation’s Annual Giving department focused on direct mail, phonathon, student philanthropy,...

About Arup Arup is the CEO and Co-Founder of Windfall. Windfall is a data company focused on modeling out the net worth of every person in the world. Prior to Windfall, Arup served as SVP, Product at Radius, a B2B predictive marketing company that raised over $125 million from firms like Founders Fund, AmEx Ventures, and Formation 8. Arup is also a product alum of GoodData and Box. Prior to busine...

About Nico Nico Karagosian is the President & CEO of the Ohio University Foundation and the Vice President, Division of University Advancement. He brings more than 20 years of experience in fundraising, having previously served in a variety of leadership positions at the University of Cincinnati Foundation. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Karagosian is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) who...

About Keith Keith Hannon is a major gift officer for athletics at Cornell University. Previously, he was a member of Cornell’s alumni affairs and development’s digital innovation team where he managed online alumni communities and developed digital strategies for major- and leadership-level donor discovery and cultivation. He’s a recovering television/film professional who is quickly approaching 1...

About Glenn Dr. Glenn F. Kosse was appointed Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations at Bellarmine University in December 2005. During his tenure at Bellarmine, he’s led the University to the completion of a $100M capital campaign, the largest in its history. The highlight of the campaign was the effort to raise $25M for Centro, the largest building project the University has undertake...

About Elizabeth Elizabeth Breidinger currently serves as the Director of Institutional Advancement at The Pingry School. Previously, she’s worked in fundraising at the University of Chicago, Brown University, and Bennington College, where she has held leadership positions in alumni relations, development, and major giving. She quickly found that fundraising was a natural fit when she began her car...

About Patrick Patrick Lynch currently serves as the Senior Director of Strategic Engagement and Alumni Relations for the College of Engineering at Ohio State. Prior to this opportunity at Ohio State, Patrick spent nearly adecade in Charlotte, North Carolina. He started his career in the for-profit industry managing operations for a natural resource product manufacturing facility and then pivoted t...

About Regan Regan Holt is the former CEO of Uprising and current Senior Director of Product at EverTrue. While working in advancement services at Northwestern, Regan realized that there was a big need for modern, automated search and data aggregation tools for higher ed advancement. After building a reputation in the advancement space as an ultra-capable and collaborative data wizard, Regan founde...

About Anna Anna helps amazing people find meaning and impact through their support of the Eastman School of Music. She joined the team in 2014 as the Director of Advancement and has since started pursuing a doctorate in Higher Education with a focus on fundraising at the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester. Previously, she’s earned her an Masters of Education in Institutional...

About John John Morris joined the Kansas State University Foundation in 2016, as the Senior Vice President of Development. Morris leads all aspects of fundraising, working with Foundation leadership, campus partners and the KSU Foundation Board to strengthen the Foundation’s overall fundraising capacity. He is the primary architect of the University’s $1.4b campaign and under his leadership annual...