Carrie White is the vice president of technology, information & philanthropic strategy at the University of Cincinnati Foundation, where she leads teams responsible for data management, gift processing, reporting and analytic services, prospect development, application support, IT infrastructure, and desktop and hardware support. During her tenure with the UC Foundation, she has led the transformation of the team from the 'back office' to a robust & sophisticated strategic partner.

As a departmental leader, White is dynamic and detail-oriented. She combines comprehensive experiences in advancement services, fundraising, strategic planning, analytics and data management to focus and guide her team. Her professional passion is tying together the pieces of a fundraising shop and leveraging data to make things run smoothly. She credits her start in her profession with a colleague who encouraged her to "figure it out" on a homegrown Paradox database. As an advancement services professional, she deeply values the "can-do spirit" of initiative and discernment in her everyday work--she challenges her staff to "think and try" and believes her success is rooted in those qualities.

A graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, White previously worked with the UC Health Foundation, the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati, Jacobson Consulting Applications, the Cincinnati Museum Center, and the Birmingham Zoo.

Jason Boley is a senior associate at Bentz Whaley Flessner, specializing in systems and operations. He works with a variety of fundraising institutions to assess and revise business processes, evaluate and implement technology systems, and use enterprise reporting platforms. He has led multiple CRM implementations, is a trained Salesforce administrator and develops on the Tableau and Microsoft Power BI platforms.

Prior to joining BWF, he served as assistant vice president of development operations for Riley's Children's Foundation. His management responsibilities included prospect research, information technology, gift processing, donor relations and leading Riley's successful database conversion. He also served as the director of prospect management at Purdue University. Additionally, he spent several years supporting systems and information needs for the development office at Wabash College during their successful capital campaign and has also worked as a private consultant.

Boley is a recognized leader in fundraising operations and data analysis. This is his 7th year serving as faculty for CASE SIAS. He has also served multiple times on the faculty of APRA International's Data Analytics Symposium and as the chair of APRA's Analytics Body of Knowledge initiative.

He earned a master's degree in library science from Indiana University and a bachelor's degree from Hanover College, majoring in history and theological studies. He participates in numerous professional organizations and has spoken frequently at local and national conferences, including CASE, AASP, APRA-IN and APRA International.

Kushal Dasgupta is the senior executive director and chief technology officer for development and external affairs at Southern Methodist University.

Previously, he served as the associate vice chancellor of advancement services, responsible for strategic development, oversight and management of advancement operations for NC State University. He leads a team of 30+ FTE across four units: Prospect Development, Research and Strategy; Gifts and Records Management; Donor Services; and Information Services and Technology. NC State launched a $1.6B capital campaign in fall 2016. He served as a key member of the campaign team that developed campaign brand, prospect development policies, and procedures, gift agreements, campaign counting guidelines, naming policies and campaign reporting.

Before NC State, Dasgupta was the senior director of information services at Louisiana State University Foundation leading a team of business analysts, user support specialists and system administrators.

He has a bachelor's degree in engineering from India and a master's degree from the Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University.

Cindy Hancock is the founder of Belden Avenue Partners, a consulting firm focused on donor relations and fundraising strategy. Prior to consulting, she worked in healthcare philanthropy for 14 years, leading donor relations at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital and Riley Children's Foundation. At both organizations, she had oversight of gift acknowledgement, stewardship and donor recognition programs, and was involved in proposal development, gift agreements and gift acceptance. She has particular expertise in database conversions, novel uses of databases to better serve donors and work more capably, campaign planning, and donor naming practices pertaining to major building projects.

Hancock has served as a board member for the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP) and presented at conferences including the ADRP International Conference and Blackbaud's bbcon. She is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Alexis serves as the Director of Advancement Talent Management at Dartmouth College where she helps people maximize their potential to achieve organizational priorities. Her responsibilities include shaping the overarching strategy for talent management and designing employee engagement, professional development, and DEIB initiatives for more than 300 staff.

During her 25+ years of experience in higher education, Alexis has worked in Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Advancement. She has delivered educational experiences to faculty, staff, and students; led award-winning diversity and inclusion initiatives; and started two talent management departments. She joined Dartmouth College six years ago after a 20-year career at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO.

Alexis leads the Amplify Gender Equity & Leadership Initiative that was founded with seed money from the CASE D1 Venture Fund. The program empowers gender-diverse staff in the Advancement profession to create change at the personal, leadership, and organizational levels. In addition, she has garnered CASE Circle of Excellence Awards in Talent Management and DEIB for Amplify, the Dartmouth antiracist training program, and the diversity strategy at Colorado State University. 

Alexis also is the founder of AKO Collective, a leadership development company that works with women in male-dominated fields like STEM and Finance and is a former TEDx Speaker.

Alexis holds a bachelor's degree in organizational studies from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University, and a certificate in organization development from Colorado State University. She is certified in StrengthsFinder and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).

Stephen Rosfeld is vice president for development at the University of Cincinnati Foundation. In this role, he leads major gift fundraising efforts of 11 main campus colleges and units, athletics and the central development team (national development, gift planning, and corporate/foundation relations) at the UC Foundation. 

As a student at the University of Cincinnati, Rosfeld was an intern for the UC Foundation and ultimately joined the organization in 2006 as an alumni relations professional for the UC Alumni Association. He has assumed additional responsibilities over the years including, most recently, serving as the executive director of development for the Carl H. Lindner College of Business. A proud graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Rosfeld previously served in a variety of capacities for several local and national political campaigns. He is an active member of the Council for CASE and the Association for Fundraising Professionals (AFP).