OUR CONSULTING TEAM

Kim Klein

Kim Klein is an internationally known fundraising trainer and has worked in all aspects of fundraising: as staff, as volunteer, as board member, and as consultant. She is best known for adapting traditional fundraising techniques, particularly major donor campaigns, to the needs of organizations with small budgets working for social justice.

Kim is the author of five books including her most recent, Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times. Her classic text, Fundraising for Social Change, now in its fifth edition, is widely used in the field and in university degree programs. She also wrote Fundraising for the Long Haul, Ask and You Shall Receive, and Fundraising in Times of Crisis, which was a runner up for the Terry McAdam Book Award. She is featured in a fundraising video, "Ready, Set, Raise", produced by GIFT (Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training), and is the author of the "Dear Kim" column in the e-newsletter of GIFT, answering questions posed by readers.

Kim is a member of the Building Movement Project where she is currently working on a project called, "Talking about Taxes". She writes a blog for the Building Movement Project, www.kimkleinandthecommons.blogspot.com. Kim has worked in all aspects of fundraising; as staff, as a volunteer, as a board member, and as a consultant. Widely in demand as a speaker, she has provided training and consultation in all 50 United States, five Canadian provinces and 21 other countries.

Stephanie Roth

Stephanie Roth is a consultant and trainer, with a focus on fundraising, board development and meeting facilitation, for grassroots, social justice organizations. She is the former Editor of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal, a publication of the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT). Stephanie is the co-author (with Mimi Ho) of The Accidental Fundraiser: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Money for Your Cause (Jossey-Bass, 2005) and co-editor (with Kim Klein) of the anthology Raise More Money: The Best of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal (Jossey-Bass, 2001).

In addition to being one of the co-founders of GIFT, Stephanie's prior work experience includes the Long Island Technical Assistance Center and New York Women Against Rape. Stephanie holds a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University. She lives in Berkeley, CA, and is on the board of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Nancy Otto

Nancy Otto is a consultant to nonprofit organizations in the areas of grassroots fundraising, fundraising training, and organizational development. She has over seventeen years of experience as both staff and board member of several leading nonprofit organizations. For over ten years, she worked at the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, first as the field representative, and then as the director of the Howard A. Friedman First Amendment Education Project. She also worked at the National Immigration Forum in Washington, DC and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. She has served on the boards of many nonprofit organizations, most recently as co-chair of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Rona Fernandez

Rona Fernandez has fourteen years' experience in nonprofits working to improve public education, develop youth leaders, and strengthen and diversify the independent media. Rona graduated from the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training's Training for Trainers program in 2005, co-coordinated the groundbreaking Raising Change: A Social Justice Fundraising Conference in 2006, and is a contributing writer to the Grassroots Fundraising Journal. She has fundraised as a community organizer, development director, executive director and board member for several social justice organizations. Most recently, she served as Managing Director at Californians for Justice, and currently serves as the board treasurer of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network. Born and raised in the Bay Area, Rona is dedicated to helping grassroots groups learn how to effectively fundraise and build a base of donors within their communities.