Speakers
Sophie Rivett
Amy is responsible for the design and delivery of the supporter engagement strategy at Imperial to build the engagement of Imperial’s supporter base, to ultimately increase philanthropic income. The Supporter Engagement Team at Imperial comprises donor relations, development communications and development events and their equivalent programmes strengthen the relationship Imperial has with its existing and prospective donors and demonstrate the impact of philanthropic support.
Prior to joining Imperial, Amy was Head of Alumni Relations at King’s College London for 5 years where she led the alumni engagement strategy for King’s global alumni community, including volunteering opportunities, alumni events, international engagement and benefits and services. Before joining the Alumni Relations Team and holding a variety of roles, Amy started her career in the Campaign Team at King’s, where she worked on the World questions | King’s answers fundraising campaign.
Amy Webb
Amy is responsible for the design and delivery of the supporter engagement strategy at Imperial to build the engagement of Imperial’s supporter base, to ultimately increase philanthropic income. The Supporter Engagement Team at Imperial comprises donor relations, development communications and development events and their equivalent programmes strengthen the relationship Imperial has with its existing and prospective donors and demonstrate the impact of philanthropic support.
Prior to joining Imperial, Amy was Head of Alumni Relations at King’s College London for 5 years where she led the alumni engagement strategy for King’s global alumni community, including volunteering opportunities, alumni events, international engagement and benefits and services. Before joining the Alumni Relations Team and holding a variety of roles, Amy started her career in the Campaign Team at King’s, where she worked on the World questions | King’s answers fundraising campaign.
Ikenna Acholonu
Ikenna Acholonu is the Programme Manager for the Uggla Family Scholarship Programme at LSE. This is a scholarship programme at LSE established in perpetuity from a generous gift of £23.4 million from business leader, Lance Uggla. Ikenna's role is to provide stewardship to one of LSE's largest philanthropic gifts in history while building a comprehensive scholarship programme that works closely with scholarship recipients as they navigate their studies as well as their career journey. He is a professional programme and project manager, with more than twelve years experience developing and facilitating programmes specifically within the education sector.
Mandie Bates
Working in development for almost a decade, Mandie is an experienced donor relations specialist with a passion for creating impactful and innovative opportunities for donors. Currently the Associate Director of Advancement and External Relations at Kent State University's College of the Arts, she develops and implements external relations initiatives and supports the wider fundraising activities of the College.
She was previously the Donor Relations Manager at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she was responsible for planning, delivering and monitoring a comprehensive and structured stewardship programme for donors. Prior to that, she spent five years leading the donor relations function at King’s College London & King’s Health Partners, where her team won a CASE Circle of Excellence Gold Award in Donor Relations and Stewardship Initiatives, and held similar roles in the development offices at the University of Salford and West Virginia University. She holds a BA from Kent State University and a MA from West Virginia University in art history.
Florence Bill
Flo has more than a decade of fundraising experience as practitioner and consultant, and is a trainer, facilitator, and internationally accredited coach. She combines this to design and deliver impactful training programmes for senior leaders, trustees and fundraisers – from Case for Support development to fundraising masterclasses. Forever a fundraiser, she is deeply curious about people and their motivations for giving, stewarding them creatively to ensure that a donor’s connection to impact the joy of giving is ongoing, and helping create infrastructure and culture so that organisations are better able to advance their ambitions through effective fundraising. Flo’s recent clients include FareShare, Magic Breakfast, WWF, University of Leeds, Imperial College London and Barts Hospital Charity.
Jo Clark
Jo joined the University of Warwick in January 2020 and leads on strategy to thank and engage donors of all levels. The aspect of donor relations she most enjoys is adding sparkle to reporting and events across a variety of channels.
Prior to joining Warwick, she worked as a Communications Manager in the Development and Alumni Relations Team at the University of Birmingham for more than a decade, doubling the team’s size, supporting two campaigns, and latterly specialising in philanthropy communications. She started her career as a journalist for local newspapers and is a proud graduate of both the University of St Andrews and the Institute of Data and Marketing.
Alice Clasper
Alice Clasper is a donor relations specialist within the higher education sector, currently working as Donor Relations Officer at UCL. She delivers bespoke engagement and stewardship activities for the university’s major and principal gift donors, as well as managing the scholarships stewardship process. Before her time at UCL, Alice was Trusts and Foundations Officer at King’s College London and Proposals Coordinator at Newcastle University.
Harriet Dearden
Harriet Dearden is Head of Fundraising at the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) in Hereford. Leading a small, high-performance team to secure funds to grow and develop a brand-new engineering higher education provider, Harriet is passionate about the transformative power of education. She has worked in educational fundraising since 2010, starting her career in independent schools, undertaking a brief spell in consultancy before moving to HE in 2018. She has led both start up development offices as well more established departments and combines entrepreneurial vigour with tried and tested methods of fundraising.
Kat Hageman
Kat has over ten years’ experience in arts, culture and higher education fundraising and advancement.
In addition to frontline fundraising roles, she has held strategic leadership positions responsible for Campaign management, Projects and Partnerships, Donor Relations, Events and Advancement Communications.
At UCL, Kat has built and delivered a sector-leading programme of engagement and stewardship for UCL’s alumni and donors, while overseeing the projects and partnerships that were essential to the success of the institution’s £600m It’s All Academic Campaign, which closed in 2020 over target and one year ahead of schedule.
Prior to joining UCL, Kat held fundraising, engagement and governance roles at organisations including The Place2Be, The Royal Institution, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Foundation for FutureLondon.
Laura Perratt
Laura Perratt is Fundraising Associate at NMITE. Laura is responsible for Ignition, NMITE’s Individual Giving programme, as well as overseeing the stewardship programme and fundraising operations. Before joining NMITE, Laura was Fundraising Co-ordinator for a small international development charity based in Kent, where she supported the fundraising team and managed the database. Several restructures within the charity led to her taking on increasing levels of responsibility within the fundraising team, ending up with a diverse but rewarding role which focused on Individual Giving, community, schools and events fundraising, and database management. Laura enjoys being in a role where she can connect people with brilliant initiatives like NMITE.