A self-proclaimed nerd, I’ve always had a passion for research and a desire to change the world through philanthropy. Prospect Research allows me to use my love of research to assist education, arts, and health institutions and non-profit organizations of all sizes. I have been a researcher for the past 15 plus years but began my prospect research career in the education sector in 2009 at a private K-12 school as the school’s first prospect researcher. In that role I developed the school’s prospect research program resulting in the identification of potential major donors from within the school’s database, which lead to the successful completion of a $15 million capital campaign. I created a formula for determining giving capacity and potential ask amount of prospective donors leading to successful gift asks. I established a system to monitor media that related to the school’s constituents, which lead to a closer knowledge of, and relationship with those constituents. I am currently the Chair of Programming for the 2016 APRA Canada Conference (Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement) and was the Co-Chair of Programming for the 2014 conference. As a member of APRA I attend webinars and conferences and am continually learning about the new trends in the industry. I have my Bachelor of Arts in English and History and my Masters of Arts in History from the University of Manitoba.