Pam Spencer brings more than 20 years of fundraising experience in a variety of senior leadership roles.  Most recently, Pam served as Vice President of Advancement Services for Florida State University, helping the University complete a successful billion-dollar campaign and building a 44-member, high performing Division at the University focusing on data-driven, donor-focused decision making.  Pam's experience in managing complex teams and overseeing the development and implementation of new structures and systems and data intelligence and technology programs helped to modernize and streamline operations for greater efficiency and sustainability.

Prior to her time at the University, Pam served as the Executive Director of Kent County Parks Foundation, where she increased fundraising over 180% to expand and improve parkland and preserve open spaces, providing the overarching strategy for fund development and organizational infrastructure, and creating membership and corporate sponsorship programs.

Pam served Hope College in two campaigns as Assistant Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations and Director of Prospect Management.  In addition, she served in the social services area as Assistant Director of Development for Bethanna raising funds for child welfare and behavioral health services.

While working on her master’s degree in Nonprofit Management at Eastern University, she worked with the Philadelphia Orchestra to create the assessment plan for their Education and Community Partnerships and developed the tools to assess the effectiveness of their communications and education programs.

Pam brings extensive experience from across the nonprofit sector, serving in a variety of areas: comprehensive campaign and strategic planning, major gifts solicitations, annual fund drives, program development and implementation, event planning, proposal writing, moves management, and prospect research.