At the recent Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Indiana Chapter’s Annual Indiana Philanthropy Awards, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy alumna Taylor Whitaker, B.A. ’15, won the Outstanding Young Adult award, a prestigious honor for young fundraisers. Currently, Whitaker serves as the Leadership Annual Giving Officer at Butler University, and she has worked in fundraising since… Read more »
by Ashleigh Graves-Roesler In 2016, my husband Bryan and I answered a call to public service and applied to serve in the United States Peace Corps. We accepted placements as Community Development Volunteers in Ukraine and began our 27-month service in March 2017. Following three months of intensive language and technical training in Chernihiv (two… Read more »
Marissa Nielsen, M.A. ’16, knew she wanted to do something fulfilling and meaningful for her career, but wasn’t sure what. Her communications degree from Spring Arbor University in Michigan first led to a job with a local newspaper, but she soon found her true passion when she connected with her local community foundation’s board president… Read more »
Written by Dr. Les Lenkowsky (introduction) and Diane Thomas, M.A. ’09 Diane Thomas had already raised a family and been a leader in the Indianapolis nonprofit sector when she enrolled in the M.A. in Philanthropic Studies program, earning her degree at the end of 2009. She served as president of the International Center of Indianapolis… Read more »