Kimberly Hankerson is a 29-year fundraising professional. Currently she is the Assistant Vice President for University Advancement at Florida A&M University, the #1 Public HBCU for five consecutive years. Kim spent 14½ years running annual campaigns with three United Ways. She started her career with United Way of the Big Bend in Tallahassee, Florida. She was responsible for building the campaigns in the seven counties. She raised the money and then distributed it in those communities. She then moved to Atlanta, Georgia and spent six years with the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta and worked with major corporations like UPS, The Coca-Cola Company and Delta Airlines while also managing the Loaned Executive Program, which consisted of 60 individuals. Kim then moved to Gainesville, Florida to serve as the Vice President of Resource Development for the United Way of North Central Florida where she raised $4 million in her final year there, a major milestone in the United Way system. Kim then transitioned to major gift fundraising and worked for the University of Florida College of Medicine raising money for the Department of Surgery and the Florida State University College of Business where her focus was gifts of $100,000 or more.

Kim received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from Florida A&M University.

Kim is the mother of a 10-year old daughter, Bailey.