Debra Griffith

As a fundraising professional for more than twenty-five years, Debra brings extensive experience in academic, medical and community-based fundraising. Throughout her career she has developed a successful track record in major gift fundraising and has managed multiple areas in development including Annual Fund, Communications, Donor Engagement, Development Services, Events, and Executive Engagement.

Debra is eager to provide development professionals with best practices and strategic processes to advance their learning experiences and implement at their organization, with their donors, and in their career. Intently donor-centric in her approach, Debra’s focus on the need for development professionals to continually evolve to meet the demands of today’s philanthropists is key to supporting their efforts to achieve breakthrough performance in donor engagement.