We’re a rapidly growing team of former fundraisers and tech whizzes united by our passion for education and drive to make it better. We strive to stay humble and stay hungry, and to approach each day with camaraderie, curiosity, and creativity.
Kestrel has 10+ years’ experience at the intersection of strategy and technology. He is a regular speaker on the future of philanthropy.
Mike was a long-time engineer at Facebook, where he was responsible for making sure the world’s most-used social network was up and running.
Felicity was the Director of Next Generation Giving at Stanford University, where she led innovative digital fundraising initiatives.
Fun Fact: Before her start in fundraising, Felicity worked as a river raft guide.
Lydia is a proud alumna of UNC Asheville, where she studied interactive design and worked in Advancement communications. She’s passionate about using technology for good.
Kate has spent 6+ years in higher education and independent school development. She is a proud Davidson alumna.
Christina is a Wake Forest alumna with a background in healthcare advocacy. She joined our team after realizing her passion for education while teaching English in Thailand.
Rosa is a proud University of Southern California alumna with 5+ years of experience in digital fundraising for education and nonprofits.
Fun fact: Rosa attended four different colleges while completing her undergraduate degree– an experience she credits with inspiring her passion for empowering students on campus.
Casey spent 5+ years working in higher ed annual giving and advancement communications. She is a proud Skidmore College alumna.
Erin began her career as a high school social studies teacher and cheerleading coach, and has since spent 2+ years working in education technology. She is a proud North Carolina State University alumna.
Favorite part of working at GiveCampus: The tenacity of the people who work here. I value hard work and authenticity and our team models both.
Bryan is a proud graduate of Christopher Newport University (Go Captains!). His previous experiences include serving as a Crisis Counselor and Operations Coordinator at a nonprofit community youth center and as a Development & Events Coordinator for VCU’s Department of Psychiatry.
Asher is a mission-driven company builder and senior executive with over 15 years experience growing and leading sales, marketing, and customer success teams. He joined GiveCampus from Sparkfund, the leading as-a-service provider in the energy space. Under his leadership, Sparkfund grew 5x+ over 3 years. Prior to Sparkfund, he led sales and customer success teams at Opower where he helped the company grow to over $100M in revenue, resulting in a successful IPO. Asher holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Environmental Science from Middlebury College and an MBA from UC Berkeley. He lives with his wife and son in Washington, DC.
Dan worked at Amazon and as a fundraiser for two non-profits. He is a class agent for Macalester College and the Tuck School at Dartmouth.
Favorite GiveCampus memory: We celebrated a work anniversary by donating to an animal shelter and bringing puppies into the office!
Brian comes to GiveCampus from Norwich University, where he received his BS and MBA and worked in annual giving for over two years.
Fun fact: Brian is an avid New England sports fan.
Jessi is a Johns Hopkins grad and was a member of their Senior Class Gift committee.
Favorite GiveCampus memory: We went trapeze-ing during my first week of work!
Cris was previously the Director of Young Alumni Programs at Westminster School in Connecticut. He started his career supporting education as an elementary school teacher with Teach for America.
Carl has over 15+ years of experience building large scale applications, payment systems, game programming, and loves UI/UX design.
Fun fact: Carl first started coding when he was 11– and hasn’t stopped since.
Amy previously served as the Assistant Director of Annual Giving at Lynchburg College.
Fun fact: Amy is an avid equestrian.
Matt studied computer engineering and information systems at Carnegie Mellon.
Fun Fact: Matt is a proud Eagle Scout.
Jacob started going to college at 16, and has spent the majority of his career working in higher education.
Jackie has several years of experience in law and technology. She still gets amazed at what technology can do for us.
Ashil’s 10+ year career has included working as a patent examiner and developing websites for nonprofits like the American Relief Coalition for Syria.
Michael is an application & cloud security engineer who has built out security programs for large enterprise financial & healthcare companies
Pete is a proud UVA alum who somehow seems to get drawn back to working in the education world no matter what, and couldn’t be happier about it.
Fun fact: Pete underwent reconstructive ACL surgery after an injury sustained during a Quidditch match in college.
May’s original background was in education before falling in love with coding, and she has now been working as a web developer for 6+ years.
Fun fact: May taught abroad in the Marshall Islands and Costa Rica.
Katy’s background in communications and marketing spans work for mission-driven businesses, nonprofits, and clients including Uber and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Ryan has been building support and operations teams for over 10 years, working with SAAS, consumer, retail, and ed tech startups.
Julie is an entrepreneur with deep experience in finance, venture capital, corporate/product strategy, accounting/organizational development.
Fun fact: My dream job (besides this one, of course!) is officiating for the NFL.
Alejandra believes in positively influencing the world through advocacy and volunteer work. She graduated from VCU with a degree in Nonprofit Management.
Favorite part of working at GiveCampus: My fun colleagues!
Michael is the CEO of Y Combinator. He co-founded Justin.tv, which became Twitch.tv and was acquired by Amazon for $970 million in 2014.
