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 Bill Hautt, President and Executive Consultant of FOCUS Consultants, is known nationally both in the US and Canada. His undergraduate degree is from Houghton College, his masters from Northwestern University, and his doctorate from Columbia University. His expertise includes major donor strategies, CEO interfacing, creative technological applications, and fund raising training seminars. He has developed two video tape series entitled, Hautt to Fundraise and Taking Donors Seriously® to train national field staff and volunteers.
He has lectured at the Oxford Center for Mission Studies in Oxford, England and conducted training seminars across the US, Canada, and Latin America. For three years he taught in the Graduate Studies Program at Eastern College in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, in the MBA non-profit management degree program.
Email Bill: bhautt@tfgrp.net
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 Ted Rodgers, Senior Consultant, is a respected consultant in fund development and philanthropy. His areas of expertise include major donor development, financial management, strategic planning, board development, and estate planning. He is presently the Executive Director of Russian Leadership Ministries based in Wheaton, IL. Most recently he served as Executive Director of the CT Foundation, an arm of Christianity Today International (CTI). Rodgers was Contributing Editor and Interview Host of the on-line newsletter, Money & Faith (www.christianitytoday.com/money) that grew to over 12,000 subscribers in its first year.
With over twenty seven years in private higher education, Rodgers has a breadth of experience in both undergraduate and graduate institutions. Rodgers earned a BA in Economics from Wheaton College (IL) and an MA in Educational Administration from Ball State University (IN). His advanced certifications include the CFRE and the ASCE. He is widely respected as a presenter at professional meetings and has also been a member of several higher education accreditation teams. He is currently a Trustee of two seminaries including the Moscow Theological Seminary in Russia.
Email Ted: trodgers@tfgrp.net |
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 Thomas Skinner, Senior Consultant, began his career in non-profit management and fundraising over twenty-five years ago with Houghton College (Houghton, NY). He has served as the chief development officer with two graduate theological seminaries and a private university. A graduate of Houghton College he also earned the MS degree in student personnel administration from the State University College of New York at Buffalo, NY.
He has served as a speaker and faculty member with In Trust magazine, the Middle Atlantic Christian School Association, and the Christian Stewardship Association. Thom has consulted for and worked with dozens of non-profit organizations. In 1997 Thom earned the advanced certification CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive).
Email Thom: tskinner@tfgrp.net |
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Daniel Tymann, Director of Business Development and Associate Consultant, began his career in non-profit management and fundraising at Cisco Systems in their Office of Philanthropy in 2003 and then in his current position, since 2005, as Executive Vice President for Advancement, Communications and Technology at Gordon College in Wenham, MA. His expertise includes major donor strategies, capital campaigns, corporate giving, foundation grants, and development operations.
He has held engineering and executive positions in AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Cisco Systems from 1981 to 2005. A graduate of Tufts University he earned a BS degree in electrical engineering. He has served as a consultant, president, treasurer and board member of non-profits like The Boys and Girl Club of Lower Merrimack Valley, The Triton Regional School Committee, Touched Twice United and Operation Bootstrap Inc.
Email Dan: dtymann@tfgrp.net
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 Chad Olson, Research Consultant, brings extensive research capabilities to The FOCUS Group. He is currently the Assistant Director of Research in the Advancement Office of Wheaton College. Chad received his B.S. in 2007 and joined the Wheaton fund raising team shortly thereafter. His research expertise has identified over $30 million in campaign gift capacity.
E-mail Chad: colson@tfgrp.net |
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Jill Horner, Consultant Associate, supports feasibility studies and Windshield2000®. She also maintains our website and works on marketing projects.
Email Jill: jhorner@tfgrp.net
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