Haddad-Super Bowl, Super Person: Peyton Manning’s Dedication to Charity

By Duke Haddad, Ed.D.

One of the by-products of the fundraising profession, if you are lucky, is to meet special people along the way during your career.

When I was vice president for development at St. Vincent Hospitals and Health Services, I met that person. His name is Peyton Williams Manning. In 1998, he was drafted first overall by the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, who made the smart decision to obtain him. Soon after his city arrival, he became a spokesperson for St. Vincent.

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Duke Haddad, Ed.D., CFRE, is currently associate director of development, director of capital campaigns and director of corporate development for The Salvation Army Indiana Division in Indianapolis. He also serves as president of Duke Haddad and Associates LLC and is a freelance instructor for Nonprofit Web Advisor.

He has been a contributing author to NonProfit PRO since 2008.

He received his doctorate degree from West Virginia University with an emphasis on education administration plus a dissertation on donor characteristics. He received a master’s degree from Marshall University with an emphasis on public administration plus a thesis on annual fund analysis. He secured a bachelor’s degree (cum laude) with an emphasis on marketing/management. He has done post graduate work at the University of Louisville.

Duke has received the Fundraising Executive of the Year Award, from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Indiana Chapter. He also was given the Outstanding West Virginian Award, Kentucky Colonel Award and Sagamore of the Wabash Award from the governors of West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, respectively, for his many career contributions in the field of philanthropy. He has maintained a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation for three decades.