Session:

• Increasing Traction for our Teams and Organizations

HOPE International

CHRIS HORST

Chris Horst is the chief advancement officer at HOPE International, where he employs his passion for advancing initiatives at the intersection of faith and work. Chris serves on the boards of the Denver Institute for Faith & Work and the Mile High WorkShop. He loves to write, having been published in The Denver Post and Christianity Today and co-authored Mission Drift, Entrepreneurship for Human Flourishing, and Rooting for Rivals with Peter Greer.

Session:

• Five Strategies of Fundraising: Annual Giving

Denver Rescue Mission

GRIFF FREYSCHLAG

Griff is the V.P of Development at the Denver Rescue overseeing an annual budget of approximately $23 million. The Mission has 5 locations serving more than 600,000 meals a year and providing more than 160,000 nights of shelter. 

Session:

• Rule of Life for the Fundraiser

Praxis

JENA LEE NARDELLA

Jena believes deeply in building the durability and sustainability of nonprofit organizations and leaders. At the age of 21, she cofounded Blood:Water alongside the band, Jars of Clay. Under her leadership, the organization raised more than $20M to provide grants to grassroots organizations addressing HIV/AIDS and water in sub-Saharan Africa. Jena now serves as a Partner at Praxis, focused on equipping nonprofit leaders with the community, content and practices that build and sustain redemptive ventures.

Session:

• Claiming the Vocational Work of Fundraising

Denver Institute for Faith and Work

brian gray

Prior to landing at DIFW, Brian served in pastoral ministry for thirteen years and at Denver Seminary for four years. His vocation includes moving ideas out into life through relationships and conversation – whether that applies to God, work, the Church, good beer, or Liverpool Football Club. He married way out of his league, and spends most of his free-time being parented by his two daughters.

Session:

• Failures and Celebrations on Display

• Five Strategies of Fundraising: Grants

Prodigy Ventures

STEPH FRANCES

Steph's expertise lies in activating talent in youth on the margins and creating dynamic cultures that engage youth in their intrinsic motivation to learn. She has led Prodigy’s enterprise to double-digit year-over-year sales growth and accolades such as Best New Coffeehouse in Denver, and built an apprenticeship model for disconnected youth with an 85% completion rate. She was the Denver Business Journal 2018 Outstanding Women in Business finalist.

Sessions:

• A Vision for the Fundraiser

• Three Postures and Our Relationship with Money and Power

• Five Strategies of Fundraising: Case Studies

• Increasing Traction in Each of the Five Strategies

• Becoming an Elite Fundraiser

Seed Fundraisers

DAN REED

With a desire to actively unite people with stories beyond themselves, Dan has served as a professional fundraiser for over 15 years. For causes ranging from public education to the advancement of free enterprise to animal health, he’s helped organizations raise over $50 million dollars in private philanthropy.

Dan serves as Seed's CEO.

Session:

• Failures and Celebrations on Display

Denver Metro Young Life

JOHNELL MOODY

Johnell Moody is born and raised in Denver's Five Points neighborhood. He is currently an Area Director with Denver Metro Young Life and leading the development of multiethnic youth in northeast Denver and South Denver.

Session:

• Failures and Celebrations on Display

Denver Zoological Foundation

MARIANNA DIVIETRO

Marianna DiVietro is the Director of Major Gifts and Annual Giving at the Denver Zoological Foundation. In this role, she leads a team working to build its first major gifts program for the zoo. Previously, in her roles at the University of Colorado Denver and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Marianna focused on major gift work in the arts, sciences, public affairs, and business.

Session:

• Increasing Traction: Grants

Blood:Water

aaron sands

Aaron Sands lives with his family in Nashville, TN. He helped launch the nonprofit Blood:Water, and has spent the past 15 years in various roles and capacities across operations and fundraising.

Sessions:

• Failures and Celebrations on Display

• Homily

CrossPurpose

JASON JANZ

Jason co-founded CrossPurpose with Juan in 2008, influenced greatly by spending his childhood and adolescence in poverty. Jason’s passion for social entrepreneurship and serving the poor is satisfied through his role as CEO where he builds our staff team, sets the organizational culture, and raises funds.

Session:

• Failures and Celebrations on Display

CrossPurpose

DALE SCOTT

Dale came to CrossPurpose in April 2018, bringing a degree in business and over 12 years of experience in retail banking, finance, and investment to his role as the Senior Development Officer.

Session:

• Five Strategies of Fundraising: Events

Changing Our World

JESSI MARSH

Jessi has over 20 years experience working in nonprofit organizations both internally and as a consultant. At Changing Our World, she serves organizations looking to make a bigger impact in both the nonprofit and for profit sectors through major data-driven philanthropic initiatives.

Session:

• Reclaim the Morning

PelotonU

SARAH SAXTON-FRUMP

Sarah is the co-founder and chief operating officer of PelotonU, an organization committed to ensuring working adults can earn a college degree on time. With 45 million Americans with some college and no degree, PelotonU has redesigned the college experience to increase the odds of graduating by 5x. They serve students in Austin, TX and teach folks across the country how to bring this model to their own community.

Session:

• Failures and Celebrations on Display

Changing Our World, ONE HUNDRED

scott koskoski

Scott has over 20 years as both a frontline individual contributor and development administrator, both participating in and leading fundraising teams and campaigns in the higher education, nonprofit and ministry spaces.

Session:

• Five Strategies of Fundraising: Annual Giving

Blood:Water

MINDY SCHUTZA

Mindy is the Donor Relations Specialist at Blood:Water who previously worked as a video editor for a digital marketing agency, and a freelance musician, which included lobbying congress on behalf of songwriter rights.

Session:

• Five Strategies of Fundraising: Corporate Sponsorship

Sharefest

CHAD MAYER

Chad is the founding director of Sharefest Community Development and has years of leadership experience building community relationships, acting as a networking catalyst to mobilize citizens, the faith community, community-based organizations and businesses to get involved in community service and youth development.

Session:

• Increasing Traction: Annual Giving

Kumwe Systems

BLAKE STOCKARD

Blake founded Kumwe Systems to partner with social-sector organizations to bring clarity to their organizational systems in order to drive deeper impact through systems design, implementation, and support. Blake lives in Nashville with his wife and three children.

Session:

• Five Strategies of Fundraising: Case Studies

Praxis

MARY ELIZABETH GOODELL

After winning a pitch competition with a social enterprise idea to support sexually exploited women, Mary Elizabeth was introduced to Praxis, and caught a vision for redemptive entrepreneurship.

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