Your January Newsletter from AFP Greater San Fernando Valley

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Happy New Year and welcome to a new year of collegial learning and fun with AFP-GSFV.

We have planned exceptional programming for 2022 and hope that you’ll take part in events and seminars designed to help move philanthropy and fundraisers to the next level. I want to especially welcome our new members and our new board of directors. I’m in awe of the expertise and experience you bring to our chapter.

Our professional development seminars kick off January 22 – 23 with CFRE Fundamentals and How To Ace the Exam and Ethics and Accountability featuring Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE. This two-day informative session will help prepare you for the CFRE exam.

In addition to our usual programs such as Meet the Funder, NPD, and the Annual Mixer, we’ve added two program series to the schedule. Early in 2022, we’ll devote three-monthly sessions to leadership development. Coach Rebecca Bassin, senior-level fundraiser and International Coaching Federation certified ACC will guide us through modules: Discover Your Inner Leader, Recover More Quickly, and Conflict Management. In September we begin a four-session series on “Fundraising and Faith” led by lecturers from the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving of Indiana University’s Lily Family School of Philanthropy. More information will be forthcoming.

COVID-19 continues to be a factor in our daily lives, so we are cautiously predicting a mix of virtual and in-person gatherings. Locations will be announced with each monthly event.

There are many ways you can get involved in our chapter. Whether you participate in committee roles, the Be the Cause campaign, sponsor a monthly seminar, initiate National Philanthropy Day nominations and sponsorships, or join monthly seminars, there’s a place for you in the GSFV chapter. If you’d like more information or have any questions, please contact me at info@afp-gsfv.org.

I look forward to seeing you and working with you in the year ahead.

Gratefully,

Nancy J. Ackerman, CFRE
2022-2023 President

BE THE CAUSE CAMPAIGN
GOAL EXCEEDED!

We did it! Due to the generous support of members of our Chapter, we have exceeded our Be the Cause Goal and raised over $2,350! In addition to helping to support professional development, diversity scholarships and leadership development, this means our Chapter will be receiving a grant of about $500 this year to advance our local programs, outreach and professional education. We thank our chapter members who donated toward our 2021 BE The CAUSE Campaign.

Nancy Ackerman, CFRE
Christina Bolanos
Samantha Booras
Gary Cohn
Naaman Cordova-Muenzberg
Leslie Galerne, CFRE
Cathy Galerneau
Jennifer Haake
Yvette Herrera, CFRE
Tarry Kang
Michele Wray Khateri

Kelly Logan
Joy McKee, ACFRE
Tori McNees, CFRE
Nancy Meyer
Folashade Mokuolu
Ginger Morris
Anjalika Nigam
Kassundra Ortiz
Adam Pilder, CFRE
Holly Rasey
Suren P. Seropian

REGISTER NOW FOR THIS MONTH'S CFRE TWO-DAY INFORMATIVE SESSION

AFP GSFV is inviting you to a two-day informative session on:

CFRE Fundamentals and how to ace the exam!
Friday, January 21, 2022
12:00 -1:30 p.m.

Ethics and Accountability
Saturday, January 22, 2022
9:00 -10:30 a.m.

Note: One ticket will cover the cost of both sessions.

Linda Lysakowski ACFE

Linda is one of the slightly more than 100 professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. She has trained more than 50,000 development professionals in Canada, Mexico, Egypt, Bermuda, and most of the fifty states in the United States, in addition to leading hundreds of virtual training programs with a worldwide audience. In her thirty-plus years as a philanthropic consultant, she managed capital campaigns that raised more than $50m and helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals. She is an accomplished author and has published more than thirty books. Also, Linda is incredibly proud of her comprehensive Online Courses, available on Courses by Linda page.

She graduated from Alvernia University and is a renowned Master Teacher of AFP’s Faculty Training Academy. Linda has served on the AFP Foundation Board, and she is a past president of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Sierra (Nevada) AFP chapters. She received the Outstanding Fundraiser of the Year award from Eastern Pennsylvania, Las Vegas, and Sierra (Nevada) chapters of AFP, was honored with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Las Vegas AFP chapter.

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