Continued high-level fundraising success helps a great deal, but even that element doesn't guarantee long-term job security. Never take anything for granted. Expect the unexpected. Whether you like it or not, you are writing a chapter in the book of the institution together for this period of time. Make sure to the best of your ability you are on the same page. Before you know it, another president will await your arrival. It is the nature of this business.

F. Duke Haddad, EdD, CFRE, is currently associate director of development, director of capital campaigns and director of corporate development for The Salvation Army Indiana Division in Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition, he is also president of Duke Haddad and Associates, LLC, and freelance instructor for Nonprofit Web Advisor.
He has been a contributing author to NonProfit PRO for the past 13 years.
He received his doctorate degree from West Virginia University with an emphasis on education administration, master’s degree from Marshall University with an emphasis in public administration and a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in business administration, with an emphasis in marketing/management. He has also done post graduate work at the University of Louisville.