Gail Perry

Gail Perry, CFRE, is a leader in a new breed of fundraisers and founder of Gail Perry Associates, a Raleigh-based consulting and training firm. Her Passion-Driven Fundraising™ approach, developed over the past 22 years as a nonprofit philanthropy expert, enables organizations to connect with supporters on a personal level, re-energize board members, manage successful capital campaigns and, ultimately, raise much more money. Leveraging her Passion-Driven model, Gail has helped organizations raise over $100 million - and counting.

Gail is the author of the book, Fired Up Fundraising: Turn Board Passion into Action, published Spring 2007 by Wiley, a global leader in professional and educational materials. She is also a frequent contributor to Development Director's Letter, and has written for Fundraising Success magazine and other respected industry resources. A noted speaker, Gail has presented at national and international fundraising conferences - often to standing-room-only audiences.

Gail launched her fundraising career at Duke University and then directed the fundraising program at Kenan-Flagler School of Business, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Gail holds an MBA and a BA with honors in English from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.