Robert M. Zimmerman, Fundraising Specialist, Author and President of Zimmerman Lehman, has over 35 years of experience in the field of fundraising for nonprofit organizations. Nationally known as a fundraising trainer and consultant, Bob has taught workshops for staffs and boards of directors in the United States and Europe. Bob teaches boards to overcome their fear of fundraising and create successful campaigns. His dry wit, combined with a down-to-earth approach, is accessible to everyone, regardless of his or her level of sophistication in fundraising. A graduate of Antioch College, Bob has an M.A. from the University of Michigan. He has served on the Board Golden Gate Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and is currently Co-chair of the "Ask the Experts" panel at AFP's 2009 "Fundraising Day" in San Francisco. Bob 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. He is the author of Boards That Love Fundraising: A How-To Guide For Your Board, Major Donors: The Key To Successful Fundraising and Board Members Rule: How to Be a Strategic Advocate for Your Nonprofit. Bob regularly contributes to ZimNotes, a fundraising e-newsletter now in its 12th year of publication.

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 and budgeting. She is the author of 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, benchmarks on girls in San Francisco and created sexual harassment resources. Ann is currently working on a gender equality initiative.

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.

Philip J. Murphy, Planned Giving Specialist, has served the nonprofit community for over 26 years. After serving as Director of Development at Sunny Hills Children's Services in San Anselmo, CA, Phil became an independent planned giving consultant. His clients have included the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Mount Zion Institute on Aging and Canine Companions for Independence. Phil received his MBA from Pepperdine University in 1981. He is a past President of the Northern California Planned Giving Council.

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.

Morrie Warshawski, Strategic Planning and Arts Funding Specialist, has worked in the nonprofit arts sector for over thirty years as an administrator, consultant, facilitator, teacher and writer. His practice has included work with State and Regional Government Agencies (South Carolina, Missouri, Michigan, California), Foundations (Bush, MacArthur, Pew Charitable Trust), The President's Commission on the Arts and the Humanities, and numerous nonprofit organizations in many disciplines (Operation Shoestring, California Coalition for Youth, Michigan Alzheimer's Organization, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, St. Louis Black Repertory Company, and others). Warshawski has extensive experience in strategic planning. He designed and edited a Website devoted to strategic planning essays for the National Endowment for the Arts, called LESSONS LEARNED (http://arts.endow.gov/pub/Lessons). Warshawski recently completed writing A Planning Toolkit For State Arts Agencies published by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). He is the author of many articles, and of two books, Shaking The Money Tree: How To Get Grants And Donations For Film And Video- 2nd Edition (Wiese Books, LA), and The Fundraising Houseparty.