Lincoln South Rotary Club will hear from Eric Thompson of The Rotary Foundation (TRF) on October 18, 2024. Eric is the TRF Liaison - Major Gifts Officer at The Rotary Foundation.
Topic: Lincoln South Rotary Club Meeting 2024_1018
Time: Oct 18, 2024 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 863 8847 7934
BIO:
Eric Thompson joined the Rotary Foundation philanthropy team in September 2018 as the new major gifts officer for Zones 26/27. A native Coloradan and Westerner, he is very happy to be serving Big West Rotarians achieve their charitable dreams.
Eric is based at the Rotary Foundation in Evanston, but he travels regularly to districts and clubs in Zones 26/27. For Eric, Rotarians’ leadership in the drive to eradicate polio is one of the most inspiring stories in modern philanthropy, particularly since he had seen first-hand the impact of polio on members of his family.
Eric comes to RI with twenty years of comprehensive fundraising experience, primarily in higher education. In all his previous roles he partnered with alumni, volunteers, and senior leadership in developing vibrant relationships with individual philanthropists, corporations and foundations, and other organizational partners in completing multi-million and billion-dollar comprehensive capital campaigns. These campaigns were with Illinois Institute of Technology, Purdue University/Calumet, Ragdale Foundation, and the University of Colorado Foundation.
Eric has also conceptualized, designed and led many subject matter presentations for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Engineering Development Forum (EDF), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and the Center for Nonprofit Success. He also served as a subject matter expert/question formulator on the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) testing committee, and held the CFRE certification 2006-2013. Eric holds degrees from the University of Illinois/Chicago in marketing, entrepreneurship, and human resource management (MBA); The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA); and the University of Colorado/Boulder (BFA).