Catherine Spear brings 25 years of national, regional and local professional experience in the non-profit sector, as campaign counsel, trainer and consultant in nonprofit organizational development, and an executive director. Her Organizational Development work has included, Organizational Assessments, Development Audits, Board Development, Strategic Planning, Annual Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Campaign Readiness and Board And Executive Coaching.
Professionally, she has served as an instructor in the Nonprofit Management Program for the University of California, Irvine, on the board of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Orange County and the co-chair of National Philanthropy Day 2015 and 2016. She has held the credential for a Certified Fund Raising Executive in good standing since 1998.
Professional Background
Professional Affiliations:
- Member, Association of Fundraising Professionals, 1997 – 2016 AFP
- Member, Board of Directors, Association of Fundraising Professionals, 1998 – 2003, 2016
- Co-Chair, National Philanthropy Day, 2015 – 2016 NPDOC
- Member, Planned Giving Round Table, 1999 – 2004
- Member, Academic Advisory Group, UCIrvine Certificate Program, 2002 – 2009
Honors:
- 2009 Distinguished Instructor Award, University of California, Irvine
- Honored, 108th Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, as an expert fundraiser and fundraising for California schools.
Classes, Presentations and Lectures:
- Funding Your Annual Operating Budget, UCIrvine, 2001 – 2009
- Non Profit Board and Volunteer Development, UCIrvine, 2001 – 2009
- Capital Campaigns, UCIrvine, 2002-2008
- Ethics in Leadership and Fundraising, UCIrvine, 2005-2009
- Corporate and Foundation Solicitation and Research, UCIrvine, 2002
- Solicitation Training Seminar, Client Training, 1996 – 2009
- Personal Coaching for Nonprofit Executives, Client Training, 2000 – 2009
- Mastering the Nonprofit Organization, Non Profit Resource Center, 2001
- Case Study Workshop, Non Profit Resource Center, 1999
- Marketing the NPO to Corporations and Foundations, Cal State Fullerton, 2001 and 2002
- Vision and Goal Setting, Student Leadership Institute, Cal State Fullerton, 2001 and 2002
- Summer School for Nonprofits: Board Development and Fundraising, CSUF, 2006 – 2009