Jen McGrath is the Deputy Executive Director of Donor Engagement and Communications for Resource Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT.) Her team creates and implements strategies to support donor engagement, fundraising, and stewardship while showcasing and building the MIT story of philanthropy.

Jen has been working in development for more than 25 years with experience in nonprofit, small liberal arts college, and large university settings. In addition to her work in donor relations and communications, she has served in reunion campaign, annual giving, and corporate and foundation relations-related roles.

As a past conference presenter for CASE as well as the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP) Jen has addressed topics of particular interest to both new and seasoned professionals. She was a member of the ADRP Board of Directors from 2015-2020, serving as President of the Association 2018-2019.

As the Associate Vice President of Stewardship and Donor Engagement of the Kansas State University Foundation, Angela manages the Events, Stewardship and Development Services departments.  Her teams collaborate with fundraisers to build gratifying and successful gift experiences for donors and inspire continued philanthropy to the University. She strives to balance both scalable and custom approaches simultaneously, leading to maximizing the lifetime value of donors to the University while also increasing the return on investment in these activities.

Prior to finding her home in donor relations, Angela gained more than five years of development and management experience in roles ranging from gift entry and prospect research to grant writing and gift officer work. This broad background enables her to more fully understand multiple components of a development shop and use that knowledge to create unique donor interactions and events.

Angela is the Past President of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals

Gian has been responsible for creating and refining donor relations, donor engagement, donor communications, and stewardship programs in various stages of development including from the ground up at multiple organizations in the healthcare and higher education industries. 

He is currently Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship at Howard University where he leads a team building the first comprehensive donor relations and stewardship program in the university’s history. His specialty areas include principal gifts donor stewardship, wide-scale fund compliance, comprehensive program conceptualization and development, and donor communications. 

Gian is also an active industry volunteer with his most recent time spent on the Board of Directors with the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP).

Eliza McNulty is Director of Donor Relations at Stanford University. She leads the university’s 18-person central donor relations team and works with senior development staff and colleagues across campus to shape the vision for comprehensive donor relations at Stanford. Prior to Stanford, Eliza held donor relations, communications, and development positions at YMCA of the USA, Loyola University Health System, and the Elks National Foundation. 

Eliza is Past President of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP). While serving ADRP, she advocated for and promoted the donor relations profession, representing the association’s nearly 1,800 international members. Eliza shares her passion for gratitude by speaking, writing, and presenting on effective practices in donor relations and stewardship. She has 25 years fundraising experience in healthcare, university, and national membership offices.

Monika Moore is the Director of Alumni and Family Engagement at Pomona College. Previously she served as the director of donor relations and stewardship at Scripps College in Claremont, CA. A graduate of Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University, she held key alumni relations positions at both of those institutions, as well as leading alumni and parent engagement efforts at the University of La Verne and Occidental College. Monika is an active advancement and engagement consultant, having conducted external program reviews for several institutions. She is the convener of the Southern California Independent College Alumni Professionals (SCICAP) since 2019 and is a CASE volunteer, co-chairing the Alumni Relations track for the 2022 and 2023 District VII Conferences and serving on the CASE Commission on Alumni Relations from 2017-2020. She served as a faculty member for the 2022 and 2023 Donor Relations Conference.