Gayle L. Gifford, ACFRE
For Gayle, nonprofits are a promise to our communities, a societal commitment to create a better life full of hope, beauty, peace and equal opportunity for all. Thus, each nonprofit has an obligation to deliver on its commitment. To do that, nonprofits need to be wise stewards of all of their resources, including their programs, their funding, their environment and the human beings whose lives they touch.
Gayle brings over 30 years of experience to her work with nonprofits – from her personal activism for peace, disarmament, environmental, human and civil rights, to her professional work as a consultant and former director of development and senior nonprofit manager. She is one of fewer than 100 individuals in the US who hold the advanced fundraising credential, ACFRE, issued by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Gayle holds an M.S. in organization and management from Antioch University New England and is an in-demand trainer and provocative writer on nonprofit management and fundraising. She teaches graduate-level courses as an adjunct at Brown University and Simmons College.
Gayle’s current volunteer work includes serving on the Board of Directors of Blackstone Academy Charter School , on the Advisory Council for Latino Dollars for Scholars, as co-chair of program for the 2010 Fundraising Conference of the RI Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and as a member of her college 35th reunion committee.
Gayle served as board chair of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities from July 2006 until her term ended in February 2008.