Cathy Brown, MA, APTD, CFRM
Cathy telecommutes as lead practitioner faculty for face-to-face, virtual, and asynchronous online professional development courses through The Fund Raising School, an institute within Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Cathy has 15+ years of experience running small nonprofits and quasi-government agencies, as well as board and volunteer experience in a wide range of subsectors. She also has career experience in k-12 and college-level curriculum design, college access, grant proposal writing, and grant management, and classroom instruction ranging from elementary through adult.
With a Master’s in Education from Indiana University and a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education from Hanover College, Cathy also holds a Certificate in Fund Raising Management, and completed the Graduate Certificate in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University in 2015, as well as certifying as an Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) in 2019.
She is a current board member of AFP West Florida and serves on the advisory council for Nonprofit Center for Excellence at Pensacola State College. She is a member of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals (AFP), Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), Association of Talent Development (ATD), and Impact 100 Pensacola. She is also co-author of a chapter on donor identification and qualification in the upcoming 5th edition of Achieving Excellence in Fundraising.