Canceled Fundraising Event? How to Survive and Thrive

With critical fundraising events on hold or canceled, many nonprofits are looking for ways to keep engaged with donors during the COVID-19 shelter in place. Join us for a virtual discussion on how to survive and thrive through this difficult period.

This event will not be recorded.

Presented by Thrive Alliance and Social Impact Advisory Group (SIAG)

Panelists

Lea Berhane, Director of Fund Development and Marketing for StarVista

Lea Berhane is the Director of Fund Development and Marketing for StarVista with major contributions to fundraising, strategic planning, major gifts, donor development and stewardship, and mentoring staff. Her most recent experiences were at GirlVentures and the American Lung Association, where she served as the Director of Development for the Greater Bay Area. Lea has vast experience running her own businesses, including an Event Planning Company, and holding Executive Director and Development roles with various nonprofits, including the National Crohn's and Colitis Foundation and the National Psoriasis Foundation. She also worked as an attorney recruiter and intellectual property litigation paralegal with major international law firms in Silicon Valley.

Petra Silton, Director of Advocacy & Education, Thrive

Petra has been involved in nonprofit work for over 20 years, mostly in San Mateo County.  For the past four years, she has led Thrive’s policy work. She has also chaired and worked on school fundraising auctions for over a decade. She has held additional leadership positions at local schools, including President of the North Shoreview Montessori (NSM) PTA, Chair of the NSM Site Council, and Vice-President for Communications at Menlo School.  She has helped established innovative programs, such as the School Choice Program at Peninsula Bridge and a novel revenue-generating program that employed formerly homeless men and women and helped fund job training and food rescue at D.C. Central Kitchen. She holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.

Vinney Arora, Principal Consultant at The Arora Collective, Co-Founder of PartyChild.org, Board Member of the AFP chapter in Silicon Valley

Vinney Arora is the principal consultant at The Arora Collective, where he and his team help organizations realize their growth opportunities by increasing efficiency, visibility, and supporter engagement. In 2014, Vinney co-founded PartyChild.org, an organization that hosts birthday parties for children from low-income families. In 2015, Vinney was awarded the “Young Innovator" award from Thrive – The Alliance of Nonprofits for San Mateo County for his work as a donor relations director of a local nonprofit. He currently serves on the board of his local AFP chapter in Silicon Valley.

Barbara Rhomberg, Partner with Kavanaugh Rhomberg LLP 

Barbara Rhomberg is a Partner with Kavanaugh Rhomberg, LLP providing sophisticated and cost-effective counsel to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations and their charitable donors. Barbara has over a decade of experience representing nonprofit organizations and charitable donors on the unique legal issues of the nonprofit sector, including nonprofit formation and exemption, planned and charitable giving, lobbying campaign limits, grant compliance, endowments and donor-restricted funds, and governance.

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