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Len is a career fundraiser of millions of dollars in major gifts, grants and annual funds. He is recognized
as a strategic and tactical thinker. Len is passionate about improving the culture of philanthropy and augmenting the performance
of not-for-profit organizations in fund development and public communications. He advises the Nonprofit Development Program of the UW-Parkside Center for Community Partnerships and presents
workshops under its auspices to enhance philanthropic performance in Southeastern Wisconsin. Len
began his professional career in newspaper and radio journalism. Following graduate studies at Columbia University in the
City of New York (MSJ), he joined the Academy for Educational Development in New York City where he assisted with projects
on journalism education, minority recruitment into journalism, higher education management, international negotiation and
mediation research, and cataloguing and analyzing international programs of U.S. post-secondary educational institutions.
Then, after leading the United Way of Kenosha County as executive director, he spent thirty years in university fund raising
and alumni programming. As a board member and officer, he has led human services
agencies as well as fine and performing arts organizations to improve their philanthropic performance and enhance their public
reputations. He is a recipient of four national alumni programming and fundraising awards from the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education (1981, ‘84, ‘88, ‘98), and a “15 Who Care Award” from the Volunteer
Connection of Switchboard of Fort Wayne, Indiana (1990). Len was recognized as Volunteer of the Year by the Kenosha County
United Way in 2010. He is a frequent presenter at local and national professional conferences and contributes to professional
journals. His consulting practice includes presenting fund development seminars for
the Alliance for Children and Families, facilitating board strategic planning retreats, and helping organizations plan and
execute realistic fund development and campaign strategies. Len is a board and executive committee member of the Alliance
for Children and Families, Inc., an Assistant District Governor of Rotary International and Past President of Kenosha Rotary, President
of the Racine-Kenosha Estate Planning Council, board member of Hospice Alliance Foundation (Kenosha), and serves as President
of the United Way of Kenosha County. He is also a member of the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning of Eastern Wisconsin
and its Leave A Legacy committee, Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Alliance for Nonprofit Management. Len explores
issues of importance to Southeastern Wisconsin on his 43-minute Public Radio interview program on WGTD-FM-HD (http://www.wgtd.org/Community_Matters.asp).
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