Christal M. Cherry is a nationally recognized nonprofit executive and professionally trained fundraiser. Christal also served as a Senior Consultant at the GA Center for Nonprofits and is currently the CEO of The Board Pro, a consulting firm designed to transform leaders through board service. She is contributing author in Collecting Courage, a documenting of racism and survival by 15 accomplished Black fundraisers working across the United States and Canada. She founded F3: Fabulous Female Fundraisers, a network of women of color in fundraising in the Atlanta, GA metro area. She also enjoys her membership in the African American Development Officers Network and Toastmasters.