from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
Margaret M. Maxwell of Maxwell Associates helps nonprofits with strategic planning, governance, marketing, and business plan development. She also is a faculty member of The Fund Raising School and a BoardSource Certified Governance Consultant. Prior to consulting, she was Vice President for The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, one of the nation's premier cultural institutions, where she led the fundraising, marketing, strategic planning, and earned income programs. She received both a B.A. in journalism and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.
Debra J. Mesch, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Philanthropic Studies at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and was the first holder of the Eileen Lamb O'Gara Chair in Women's Philanthropy. Dr. Mesch was the Director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute (WPI) from 2008 to 2018. Her primary responsibility was to guide the research agenda on the role of gender in philanthropy. Professor Mesch received both her M.B.A. and Ph.D. in organizational behavior/human resource management from Indiana University Kelley School of Business.
Heather A. O'Connor, Ph.D., CFRM, CAP®, is Managing Director, Research at Kordant Philanthropy Advisors. She is a former fundraiser with 20 years of experience serving health, education, and social service organizations. Her research interests include women's charitable giving, nonprofit messaging, and the professions of fundraising and philanthropic advising. She holds a Ph.D. in Philanthropic Studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and an M.A. in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago.
Una Osili, Ph.D., is the Efrymson Chair in Philanthropy at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Dr. Osili is also the Associate Dean of Research and International Programs at the Lilly Family School and the Dean's Fellow for the Mays Institute on Diverse Philanthropy. Her research is focused on household charitable behavior across low‐income and high‐income environments.
Amir Pasic, Ph.D., is the Eugene R. Tempel Dean of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Previously he held positions at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Johns Hopkins University, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The George Washington University, and the Library of Congress. Dr. Pasic earned his doctorate in political science at the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University, and a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Yale University.
Susan B. Perry, Associate Director of Development at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, is a successful fundraiser with 25+ years of experience. She has developed and implemented individual donor giving programs as well as a multi‐level sponsor program. In addition to managing staff to implement an annual fund, donor appeals, and grant execution, Susan has a wide range of experience working with both large and small companies on comprehensive marketing, communication, and development skills.
Aja May Pirtle is an experienced marketing, branding, and fundraising consultant with nearly two decades of experience in government, tourism, education, and nonprofit marketing. She currently serves as Managing Director of Marketing & Communications for the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, a first‐of‐its‐kind world leader in philanthropic studies, research, and training.
Anna Pruitt, Ph.D., is the Managing Editor of Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy, the longest‐running annual report on charitable giving in the United States. She researches individual giving, donor‐advised funds, regional giving, and other important topics in the field of philanthropy as a member of the research program at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Her work brings cutting edge research to donors, fundraisers, and nonprofit leaders.
Phillip M. Purcell, CFRE, has enjoyed a 30‐year career in planned giving and currently serves as the Director of Planned Giving for the Central Territory of the Salvation Army. Phil is Senior Consultant and the lead gift planning attorney for the Heaton Smith Group, and serves as Editor for Planned Giving Today, a monthly national publication. Phil teaches courses on law and philanthropy, nonprofit organization law, and planned giving for the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Lilly School of Philanthropy, and The Fund Raising School. He received his B.A. degree from Wabash College, and J.D. and M.P.A. degrees from Indiana University.
Patrick Rooney, Ph.D., is the Glenn Family Chair in Philanthropy, Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, and the Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. A nationally recognized expert on philanthropy and charitable giving, Dr. Rooney has published many academic and practitioner‐focused papers, speaks frequently across the country, and has served on nonprofit boards and advisory committees. He earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Economics at Notre Dame.
Jeannie Infante Sager is Director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute in the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. In this role, Jeannie leads efforts to translate research to practice; guides strategic programming; and manages fundraising, communications, and operations. She is a nonprofit executive with over 25 years of experience in healthcare, higher education, and independent school fundraising and leadership. She received her B.A. in International Relations from Rollins College and an M.A. in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University.
Timothy “Tim” L. Seiler, Ph.D., has served in roles such as unit development officer, capital campaign manager, vice president, program director, clinical professor, and Rosso Fellow in Philanthropic Fundraising. Author and editor in the workbook series Excellence in Fundraising, he also co‐edited editions three and four of Achieving Excellence in Fundraising. In 2014, he received the Association of Fundraising Professionals' (AFP) Indiana Chapter Fundraising Executive Award and the Rosso Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Ethical Fundraising.
Charles Sellen, Ph.D., served as the inaugural Global Philanthropy Fellow at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (2019–2021) and a Fulbright “NGO Leader” visiting from France. He has conducted research on philanthropy since 2004, at the intersection with international relations and global cooperation toward development. He previously worked in government (with the French Agency for Development) and the private sector and served as chairman of a French nonprofit think tank on happiness and well‐being.
Shariq Siddiqui, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. He has served as a nonprofit practitioner for over 20 years and is the author of research on Muslim philanthropy and nonprofit sector. Dr. Siddiqui served as the Executive Director of Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). He has a Ph.D. and M.A. from the Lilly Family School, a J.D. from the McKinney School of Law at Indiana University, and a B.A. in History from the University of Indianapolis.
Caitlin Deranek Stewart, M.A., M.P.A., CFRE, is a Major Gift Officer at Indiana University School of Medicine focused on scholarships, women's health, and fighting blindness, among other priorities. Caitie is passionate about health equity and access to high‐quality healthcare and believes that philanthropy creates innovation to improve the world. When not fundraising, Caitie is a professional musician across the Midwest, a private voice and piano teacher, and proud mom to two children.
Danielle Vance‐McMullen, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Nonprofit Management at DePaul University. She uses Big Data and behavioral experiments to research donor behavior and nonprofit competition in new charitable giving contexts. She is active in donor‐advised fund research and is a co‐founder of the Donor‐Advised Fund Research Collaborative.
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