Annual Conference for Donor Relations Professionals

Faculty

Chair

Darnell Hines, Jr.
Executive Director of Donor Services
Wake Forest University

Darnell Hines, Jr. is the executive director of donor services at Wake Forest University. He has worked in the field of donor relations for nearly 10 years.

He began his career as a development coordinator at a small nonprofit organization. From there, he was hired to build a donor relations program at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law where he oversaw the donor relations and reunion programs as director of donor delations and deunion. In 2007, he was elected to a three-year term of the board of directors of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP).

Hines served as chair and member of the professional development and governance committees and member of the finance and nominations committees. He has hosted and chaired two Ohio regional workshops and has given several presentations at the annual conferences of ADRP. He has served on the faculty for CASE's annual donor relations conference for the past five years and chaired the annual conference twice. In recognition of his work, he received four faculty stars.

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Faculty

Kathleen Diemer
Director of Donor Relations
University of Maryland

Kathleen Diemer has more than a dozen years of donor relations experience. In her current role as director of donor relations at the University of Maryland, she provides the overall direction and vision for stewardship of current and prospective donors and is responsible for leading the strategic planning efforts in these areas. She supervises the university's central donor relations unit and works closely with university relations staff and other members of the campus community to ensure that more than 43,000 annual donors are appropriately stewarded.

In addition to supervising her immediate staff, she provides training and education to community members across campus pertaining to donor relations best practices. Her expertise and experience in endowment and scholarship stewardship have made her a frequent speaker at professional conferences. In the past, she has presented at regional and annual conferences for CASE, the Association of Donor Relations Professionals, Sungard Higher Education and the National Capital Area Planned Giving Council. As a result of these presentations, she often fields inquiries from donor relations colleagues at universities across the nation. She is the recipient of a CASE Faculty Star Award and a CASE Silver Circle of Excellence Award.

Diemer holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and a certificate in Leadership Development from the University of Maryland.

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Paige Eubanks-Barrow
Associate Director, Donor Relations
Carnegie Mellon University

Paige Eubanks-Barrow began her career in stewardship and donor relations in 2002 at Spring Hill College, followed by Southern Methodist University. She now serves as associate director of donor relations at Carnegie Mellon University.

A founding board member of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals, Eubanks-Barrow served multiple terms on various committees. In 2006, she was honored with the ADRP Service Award. She was conference chair for the ADRP Annual International Conference as well as the CASE Introduction to Donor Relations Conference. She is a frequent speaker on donor relations topics for nonprofit associations, including CASE, ADRP and AFP.

Her best known work is with leadership giving programs and most recently with her progressive programs in annual giving and donor retention. She is especially interested in the development of initiatives that empower institutions to foster a greater culture of giving through the education of its students.

Eubanks-Barrow received her bachelor's degree from Converse College and her master's degree from Spring Hill College.

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Ashleigh Manktelow
Donor Engagement Officer
McGill University

Ashleigh Manktelow began her career in donor relations and stewardship at McGill University in 2005. Since that time she has had the opportunity to both participate in and manage many diverse projects relating to donor recognition and acknowledgement including several high-profile gift announcements, the design and development of customized recognition pieces and the launch of an annual acknowledgements workshop. She has also enjoyed building relationships with many colleagues in McGill's central development office, decentralized units, and across the university, all the while communicating the importance of good stewardship.

In her current role as donor relations officer, Manktelow oversees all recognition and acknowledgement programs with a focus on top donor stewardship. Working with development officers from across the university she completed customized stewardship plans for 150 of the university's most generous donors and is pushing forward with plans to further expand this program. She has played a key role in the enhancement and implementation of a home-grown IT system integral to the management of this holistic donor engagement strategy and continues to seek new ways to demonstrate meaningful impact to McGill's donors, engaging them not only in the life of their gift but also in the life of the university.

Manktelow received her bachelor's degree in marketing from McGill University and is currently pursuing a master's degree in educational psychology.

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Lynne Wester
Director of Stewardship and Donor Recognition
Yeshiva University

Lynne Wester is the director of stewardship and donor recognition at Yeshiva University in New York City and is responsible for designing, implementing and coordinating a comprehensive stewardship and donor recognition system that appropriately and consistently promotes engagement with and recognition of donors at all levels.  

In addition to her work responsibilities, Wester is a frequent conference speaker, both nationally and regionally. With more than 65 different presentations on a wide array of topics under her belt, her speaking interests are diverse. She also created the website and blog www.donorrelationsguru.com where she shares her expertise, opinions and collections of samples on a variety of topics to the greater development world. 

She is the 2011 recipient of the ADRP volunteer service award and multiple CASE faculty stars. She received her undergraduate degrees from the University of South Carolina and is a loyal gamecock alumni and fan. She is currently pursuing her master's degree in strategic fundraising and philanthropy with an emphasis in higher education. 

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Keynote Speakers

Dennis Cavner
Board Member
Lance Armstrong Foundation

Dennis Cavner is an entrepreneur and community activist in Austin, Texas. He is a partner in the financial services firm of Waxman Cavner Lawson, serving high net worth families for over 25 years. Cavner is a current board member and past chairman of LIVESTRONG, a member of the Advisory Board of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at the University of Texas, and formerly served on the Planned Giving Council of the University of Texas.

He is a co-founder of Innovation +, a nonprofit effort to match proven social innovation with human and financial capital to achieve transformational change.

Educated at the University of Texas College of Business and School of Law, Cavner also holds the designations of Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Planner.

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John Kralik
Judge and Author

John Kralik is a Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court. He is the author of 365 Thank Yous, a book that chronicles his inspiration to write 365 thank you notes, one note a day for a year, and how the author's life was changed by the people who received them.

Kralik received a bachelor's degree and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan. He practiced law in Los Angeles for 30 years at the firms of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Miller Tokuyama, Kralik & Sur and Kralik & Jacobs, as well as at his own firm, Kralik & Associates.

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Una O. Osili
Director of Research
Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

Una O. Osili is the director of research at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, a leading academic center dedicated to increasing the understanding of philanthropy and improving its practice worldwide.

An internationally recognized expert on philanthropy, Osili frequently speaks across the country on issues related to national and international trends in philanthropy and has been quoted by national news media outlets such as the New York Times, the Chronicle on Philanthropy and Nonprofit Times. She has served as a member of several national and international advisory groups, including the Social Science Research Council, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Program. In 2006, she received the Stevenson Fellowship from the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council. In 2007, she was appointed as a fellow of the Networks Financial Institute.

Osili previously served as the interim director of research and has been the director of research at the Center on Philanthropy since 2009. She is the current chair of the Research Committee of the Women's Philanthropy Institute, and is a member of the Research Committee of the Lake Institute for Faith and Giving. She leads the center's extensive research program for its partners including Bank of America, United Way Worldwide, United Student Aid Funds, the Alban Institute, and National Collegiate Athletic Association. Osili provides guidance for the research for Giving USA, which is published by Giving USA Foundation. She also directs the center's signature research project, the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS). COPPS is largest and most comprehensive study of the philanthropy of American families over time, and is conducted in partnership with the University of Michigan's Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID).

In addition to her appointment at the Center on Philanthropy, Osili serves as associate professor of economics and philanthropic studies at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis. She is also a member of the graduate school faculty at Indiana University. In 2007, she was a visiting associate professor of economics at Yale University.

Osili is a consultant with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and has worked for the World Bank and also serves on the Research Committee of the Association for Research in Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations (ARNOVA) and the Board of the African Finance and Economics Association (AFEA). She has served as a past or current board member for several nonprofit organizations, including the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis, the Immigrant Welcome Center, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Richard's School.

She is a prolific researcher with an extensive body of published research. She earned her bachelor's degree in economics at Harvard University, and her master's degree and doctorate in economics from Northwestern University.

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