Fundraising Stars

"The parent involvement, previously at 39 percent, rose to 66 percent under her leadership," Jordan says.

Kristin also took on the school's spotty data-management strategy and soon turned boxes of files, note cards and loose papers into an organized, digitalized system that made All Saints' Academy's development and friendraising processes much more effective and efficient.

"Kristin Tripoli is an outstanding model of today's development officer — bright, energetic, tireless and people-centered," Jordan says. "More importantly, she is a great person who makes you smile when you see her heading your way."

We have chosen Karen as a FundRaising Success Fundraising Star for her get-it-done attitude, her contagious spirit and her refusal to see stumbling blocks as anything other than opportunities.