Meet Your Chairs
Jemma Gurr
Jemma is Head of Regular Giving at The University of Manchester – leading on mail, phone and digital fundraising from one of the UK's largest alumni communities. Prior to joining the Manchester team, Jemma spent six years at the University of Sheffield, where she transformed the Regular Giving programme through data-driven decision making and compelling multi-channel appeals. Jemma has also held fundraising roles in the arts and charity sectors, and was named in Fundraising Magazine’s ’25 under 35’ in 2020
Geoff Savage
Geoff Savage has worked in fundraising since 2001. Since 2007 he has specialised in university regular giving, managing over 50 telephone campaigns as an agency consultant for a wide range of institutions. In 2014, he was appointed Head of Individual Giving at Aston University, where he oversees in-house Telephone, Direct Mail and Crowdfunding campaigns.