Meet the Speakers for Tomorrow's Webinar

Unlock the full potential of your donor data with a smart strategy on how to use it.

Melissa Bank Stepno is vice president of data insight and managing director of DAFinitive® for The Helen Brown Group, a fundraising consultancy focused on prospect research. She is also an instructor for the Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at the Rice University Suzanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies. Melissa has worked with nonprofits for more than two decades, mostly as a consultant helping charities with wealth screenings, predictive modeling, and other analytics to drive prospecting efforts and strategic decision making. Previously, she worked at Blackbaud, Boston University, and Boston Ballet. She has also served on the boards of NEDRA, a regional association for prospect-research professionals, AFP Northern New England, and Apra, where she was president from 2021 to 2022.

Jacqueline La Gamma is director of prospect research and analytics at Northwell Health Foundation, the nonprofit fundraising arm of Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider. Jacqueline has more than a decade of experience at nonprofits, including Central Park Conservancy, the New Jewish Home, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, 92nd Street Y, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She has a deep understanding of using data to drive fundraising strategy while recognizing that, at its core, philanthropy is still about people and relationships.

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