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Robert
M. Zimmerman
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The Zimmerman Lehman Team At
Zimmerman Lehman we have established a team of knowledgeable, friendly
and experienced professionals who can provide the right support and
information to ensure a healthy future for your nonprofit. The Zimmerman
Lehman team includes experts in all areas of nonprofit development
and management, including fundraising, planning, training, facilitation,
marketing and public relations. While each Zimmerman Lehman team member
has a unique area of expertise, we work as a group to make sure that
all client needs are met. Zimmerman Lehman provides fresh insight,
efficient and reliable service, sensitivity to the nonprofit culture,
and an objective voice backed by decades of experience.
Robert M. Zimmerman,
Fundraising Specialist and President of Zimmerman Lehman, has
35 years of experience in the field of nonprofit administration in
the areas of fundraising, organizational development and executive
search. He has been Director of Development at a variety of nonprofit
organizations on both coasts, including the Youth Law Center and the
Westside Center for Independent Living. Bob has taught workshops for
nonprofit staffs and boards of directors in the United States and
Europe on such topics as major donor solicitation, grantseeking, hiring
top-notch executive staff, and overcoming the fear of fundraising.
A 1969 graduate of Antioch College, Bob has an M.A. from the University
of Michigan. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Golden
Gate Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP),
and was the Co-Chair of AFP's "Fundraising Day 2001" in San Francisco.
He is the co-author (with partner Ann Lehman) of Boards That Love
Fundraising: A How-To Guide For Your Board and Board Members
Rule: How to Be a Strategic Advocate for your Nonprofit.
Ann W. Lehman,
Planning and Policy Specialist and Partner at Zimmerman Lehman,
has worked in the public interest arena for more than 30 years. Ann
received her B.A. from Rutgers University and J.D. form Northwestern
School of Law in Portland, OR. Immediately after law school, Ann supervised
a storefront public interest law center in Portland geared to senior
citizens. She was the Executive Director of the progressive legal
organization in New York City and the California Law Center on Long
Term Care in San Francisco. Ann has taught workshops in such areas
as board responsibilities and recruitment, strategic planning, leadership,
advocacy, human rights, and gender analysis. She is the co-author
(with partner Bob Zimmerman) of Boards That Love Fundraising: A
How-To Guide For Your Board and Board Members Rule: How to
Be a Strategic Advocate for your Nonprofit.
She also works as a senior policy analyst and gender specialist for
the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, where she has
been responsible for implementing a human rights treaty, gender budgeting
and analysis, authored a report on work-life options and a benchmark
report on girls in San Francisco.
John M. Knox, Public Relations and Marketing Communications Specialist, is a seasoned professional who has more than 20 years of experience with nonprofits and for-profit organizations. John worked at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center in San Francisco for seven years, where he served as Director of Public Relations. Following St. Mary's, he was an account supervisor in the San Francisco office of Burson-Marsteller. His background includes newspaper reporting and book publishing. He has earned numerous awards from the Public Relations Society of America, the International Association of Business Communicators and the Catholic Health Association. He also has served as an expert witness on the subject of health care marketing. John received his Bachelors degree in communications from the University of California, Davis, and he has also completed several post graduate programs and continuing education courses. www.knoxcommunications.com Andy Krackov, Web Communications Specialist, offers more than 10 years of experience in managing high-profile websites. His specialty is in helping nonprofits develop solutions for web-based communication, from creating e-mail newsletters to guiding web-focused fundraising strategies. Krackov has managed Stanford University's overall web presence, which involved directing two separate redesigns of the Stanford home page, and many other sites that he has built and supervised for nonprofit organizations have been awarded top honors in their fields. Kidsdata.org, one site that he currently oversees for the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, has twice been nominated for a Webby Award, the leading international award for websites. Prior to his web work, Krackov earned a master's degree in communication theory from Stanford University, and reported on technology trends and education, among other issues, for U.S. News & World Report. Krackov received a bachelor's degree in history from Washington University in St. Louis. Judith
Kunofsky, Grantwriting Specialist, has worked with nonprofits
since 1974. As a senior staff member at the Sierra Club, Greenbelt
Alliance and Yosemite Restoration Trust, Judy gained substantial
experience writing grant proposals to foundations, corporations
and government agencies. A consultant since 1998, Ms. Kunofsky works
with arts, education, environmental, health, and social service
clients to prepare well-written, compelling letters of inquiry and
proposals that reflect the client's language, tone and emphasis.
Judy has a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California
at Los Angeles and has received leadership awards from six organizations. Frances
Anamosa, Major Donor Researcher, has extensive experience
in conducting research on individual prospects. She worked for the
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Senegal,
Africa conducting research and grantwriting for the Senegalese National
Park Service. She returned to the United States in 1996 and joined
the development office at Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food
and the Arts, where she rose from Manager of Development Database
and Research to the Grants and Research Administrator. She resigned
her position in early 2006 to establish her own company, Anamosa
Inc., where she specializes in donor prospect research for non-profit
organizations in identifying individuals and organizations that
may support their social causes. Frances has a B.A. degree in Photography
and Design from the California Institute of the Arts and a M.S.
degree in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of
Virginia.
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