Laura Koo is the Director of Prospect Development with the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation. Since joining Lurie Children’s in 2017, Laura has overhauled the department’s research products, prospect management structure, and wealth screening process. Previously, Laura was the Director of Research & Prospect Management for the Art Institute of Chicago for five years, and she spent the early part of her fundraising career with social service organizations.

Marissa Maybee is the Nonprofit Customer Success Team Lead at Windfall. She helps Windfall customers leverage their constituent intelligence and design fundraising outreach and segmentation strategies. Marissa has more than a decade of experience working at the intersection of nonprofits and data analytics and holds an MBA from Georgetown University.

Robert MacKinnon has been a Senior Account Executive with iWave for over 13 and a half years. I am involved with the Make a Wish local PEI Chapter and the alumni association of UPEI. I am passionate about working with nonprofits to help them increase their reach and goals.  

Matt Thompson is Senior Director and Head of Education & Healthcare at Altrata. Matt joined the Altrata team in 2019 and has excelled recognizing opportunities and maintaining long-lasting partnerships thanks to his comprehensive product knowledge and understanding of industry trends.  

Matt has extensive sales experience having worked as a Strategic Account Executive for Blackbaud for more than 4 years.

Matt also holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Iowa.

Michael has worked with higher education institutions as a trainer and strategic consultant for the past six years. Michael has over 12 years of experience in the world of fundraising holding a variety of roles, from director of development to grant writer to donor relations, but the majority of her time was spent in the prospect research/manager role. She has also worked with a variety of organizations, ranging from non-profits to faith-based to higher education. Taking a break from fundraising before coming to Blackbaud, she taught Information Literacy and Research Skills at the community college level. With her background in library and information science and prospect research, Michael has honed the skills of organizing information and resources to help create more streamlined processes. Throughout her career, she has remained passionate about empowering people to use technology and information to make better decisions and drive towards improved results. Michael holds a B.A. in communications from Saginaw Valley State University and Masters in Library and Information Science from Dominican University/St. Catherine University.

I am a passionate, achievement-oriented Advanced Analytics professional with over 10 years’ experience in data mining, predictive analytics, and optimization.  My work is focused on generating actionable, data-driven business insights in industries spanning financial services, Utilities, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and now fundraising. A significant component of my professional success track record is being comfortable bridging the gap between business and technical aspects of analytic problems. I believe data is the key to truly knowing your software, your product, and your company. 

My goal as a data scientist is helping all areas of the development process work smarter through data. From analyst to the executive leadership, I work with them closely so that analysis is clear and contextually relevant to them.

Jessica is a senior director of product Marketing at Windfall. Jessica has a decade worth of experience working with customers in the data and analytics space. Prior to Windfall, Jessica has worked at leading technology companies like Drawbridge, RadiumOne and Merit. Jessica graduated with a degree in economics and music from Columbia University and has an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Byu is a data science product manager at Windfall. Byu works directly with Windfall’s data science team to help support 100+ predictive models built on Windfall’s advanced machine learning infrastructure. Prior to Windfall, Byu worked with Data Science teams at Google and was a senior data scientist at Oracle Data Cloud. Byu graduated with undergraduate and graduate degrees in biomedical engineering and applied mathematics & statistics from The Johns Hopkins University.

Dustin joined the WealthEngine sales team in 2015 and rapidly became a key player, receiving several “MVP” awards for exemplary

customer service. Most recently he was named WE’s “Salesperson of the Year.” He has worked in a sales and account management capacity for a wide variety of organizations, from small startups to publicly-traded companies such as IBM, Sage, and Vocus. Most recently, Dustin served as Sr. Director of Sales with public relations & marketing software powerhouse, Cision. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and in his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two dogs, boating, skiing and motorcycle racing.

Eric serves as the Director of Nonprofit Client Engagement, overseeing the professional services department and focuses on successful usage, service delivery and strategic growth for WealthEngine’s nonprofit clients. A WealthEngine team member since 2010, Eric, along with our engagement managers, provide fundraising intelligence through data driven consulting, analytics and predictive modeling. His leadership, in implementing evidenced-based solutions, equips organizations to identify and prioritize the right people for the right purpose.

A native Southern Californian, Eric has been on the east coast (Washington DC and now upstate New York) for much of his career. While earning a BA in Sports Journalism from USC, he garnered All-American honors as a pole vaulter for the Trojans’ track team. Later, Eric went on to earn a MA degree from UCLA.  

David Garcia serves as Director of Business Development at Wealth-X, working closely to support key clients in the not-for-profit sector, including top advocacy groups, healthcare organizations, and universities. The focus of his current role is to help Prospect Research and Development teams achieve their goals and objectives by leveraging the relevant suite of services that Wealth-X offers.

David has a background in Research, Project Management, and Relationship Management, and prior to Wealth-X he worked for firms including Smith Barney, Guideline Research, Deloitte, and Capgemini.