Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE

Linda is one of fewer than one hundred professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. In her sixteen years as a philanthropic consultant, she has managed capital campaigns; helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and has trained more than 15,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada, Egypt and most of the fifty United States, in all aspects of development.

Linda is a graduate of AFP's Faculty Training Academy and served on the board of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy. She has received two AFP research grants. She is also a prolific writer and is currently working on another book. Linda has received the Outstanding Fundraising Executive award from both the Eastern PA and the Las Vegas chapters of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) and in 2006 was recognized internationally in Atlanta, GA with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP.  

Current Professional Affiliations & Volunteer Leadership

• Member; Professional Advancement Division, AFP International
• Chair: ACFRE Revision Task Force, AFP International
• Board Member; Las Vegas, Sierra (NV) Chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)

Selected Training/Public Speaking

• Speaker at the international AFP conference since 1993, the Hemispheric Conference in Mexico, and at more than two dozen regional and local AFP chapters throughout North America.
• Various state wide associations including Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO), Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations (OANO), Utah Nonprofit Association (UNA) and Nonprofit Management Centers in Nashville, TN and Wichita Falls, TX.
• Numerous national and international association conferences including Variety International, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Junior Achievement, US Tennis Association, and the National Community Service Conference by Points of Light Foundation.
• A variety of educational conferences sponsored by Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), Association of Lutheran Development Officers (ALDE) and Club Managers Association (CMA) and Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
• Numerous audioconferences and webinars for Charity Channel, The Philanthropy Journal, Affinity Seminars, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and AFP

Selected Research and Publications
Full Length Books:

• Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers, Wiley Press Essentials of Fundraising Series, published in June 2005
• The Development Plan, Wiley Press Essentials of Fundraising Series, published in March 2007
• The Fundraising Feasibility Study, contributing author, Wiley Press, published in March 2007
• Co-author, The Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook, published by Career Press, 2009

AFP Ready Reference Books:

• Establishing Your Development Office, translated into Spanish and French
• Getting Ready for a Capital Campaign, translated into Spanish
• Building an Effective Board of Directors, translated into Spanish

Numerous other Publications including: International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Contributions, Advancing Philanthropy, Opera America, Associations Now, California Grants Guide, CASE Currents, Major Gifts Report, Who Cares, Grant Station, New Directions in Philanthropy, PANO Keynotes, The Friend Raiser, Mountain Plains Museum Association—The Newsgram, Charity Channel, Non Profit Central and more.

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