Shannon is a Senior Philanthropic Advisor in the Principal Gifts office at Tulane University, where she has worked with donors for over a decade. Shannon spent 18 years serving higher education with major and principal gift work and spent two years as the Vice President of Development for the Gary Sinise Foundation. In addition to working with current gifts Shannon is a principal gift planner. She previously served as the executive director of gift planning where she implemented and managed the Office of Gift Planning for the university which integrated major and planned giving. Her greatest joy in the profession is working with donors who make transformational philanthropic investments and sharing innovative ways to make their goals come to fruition. 

Shannon has presented on faculty for many years at CASE and is a regular presenter with AFP, Association of Charitable Gift Planners, and Partnership for Philanthropic Planners. She offers consulting and training to various nonprofits and worked closely with the late Robert Sharpe, Jr. as a member of his Encore team. 

She lives in The Woodlands, Texas with her six-year-old son, Jaxon.

McNary leads D'Amore-McKim's Development team as they embark on significant fundraising efforts around the University's new campaign Experience Powered by Northeastern — the largest in the University’s history. 

Before joining D'Amore-McKim and Northeastern, Julie Anne served in development roles in which she successfully raised funds for college and university-wide initiatives at institutions such as Tulane University, INSEAD, Harvard Business School, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Wellesley College. 

Julie Anne has also served in entrepreneurial development-related roles, such as Director of Strategic Development for Emerson Collective, Fundraising Trustee for Tony Blair’s Africa Governance Initiative, and as an interim or acting director of several nonprofits during transition periods in their management. 

Julie Anne holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Utah in British and American Literature and Creative Writing/Fiction, a Master of Education from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College in English. 

Tia Graham serves as the Vice President of Advancement for the PBS Foundation. In this role, she leads the Principal Gifts, Gift Planning, Prospect Development and Events Teams. During her decade of work at PBS, she also led a six-year capacity building project that provided fundraising training to station development professionals, senior leadership, and governing boards. Tia previously served as the Director of Gift Planning at National Public Radio. 

Prior to her time in public media, Tia held leadership positions in medical research, higher education, and community philanthropy. She has been responsible for starting and revitalizing fundraising programs in each of these sectors. Her allied experience includes a decade of work as a financial reporting accountant and estate planning attorney. 

She is a graduate of Northeastern State University (Oklahoma) with a BS in Accounting and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law.

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Caleb has worked at Tulane University since 2012. He began his Tulane career as a development officer at Tulane Law School before working on the regional major gifts team focusing on Southern California and Florida. From 2016-2020 Caleb led all advancement efforts for the A. B. Freeman School of Business, including a $40M capital expansion and growth of key priorities such as the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Caleb currently works in Principal Gifts as a Senior Philanthropic Advisor and is Tulane’s Director of International Development building the university’s first international fundraising program. Prior to Tulane, Caleb lived in Richmond, Virginia working as an educational consultant and development officer for Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Caleb has an MBA and Master of Arts in English from Tulane University. His bachelor’s degree is from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.