DOUG WINGO • principal
For 24 years Doug has worked as a fundraiser, manager and communications expert for a wide range of non-profit organizations, in addition to serving on numerous boards. He served as the development director for several organizations and as a major gifts fundraiser at the American Foundation for AIDS Research before founding Wingo, Inc., where he has worked with over 50 local, national and international organizations engaged in social and cultural change. Doug is a development generalist, with extensive experience in creating and implementing successful, systematic development and donor communication campaigns designed to increase and diversify income for a wide range of organizations, from those just getting off the ground to those that have been active for decades. He understands fundraising as advocacy and focuses on the role relationship-building plays in successful, long-term fundraising. As a graphic designer, Doug communicates a case for support with modern, compelling, cost-effective visual materials. He is also a painter and a writer and a graduate of both the College of William and Mary and the Harvard Divinity School. He lives in New York City and Hudson, NY.

JESSICA CROMEEK • associate
Jessica has worked for and connected with a number of nonprofits dedicated to social justice, including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Campus Action. As an undergraduate at Union College, where she studied Political Theory and worked in the Visual Arts Department, she extensively researched small nonprofits and their role in funding cancer research. Jessica is an activist, and she has planned innovative events to promote progressive discourse. In 2006, Jessica served as an Honors Fellow with the Political Science Department where she assisted in teaching an introductory course in American Politics. That year, Jessica co-created a Women's Political Science Book Club to increase female participation in undergraduate level courses. Jessica, who resided in Washington D.C. in 2005, worked as a Creating Change Fellow with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to help plan their annual Creating Change Conference, the national grassroots organizing LGBT conference. She has studied art and architecture in Florence, Italy, and has recently settled in Queens, NY. She considers traveling, singing, and writing poetry as some of her favorite leisure activities.

CHRISTOPHER POLITAN • consultant
Christopher Politan is an accomplished non-profit manager, with experience in making non-profits more efficient and successful through resource development and strategic planning. He has worked with organizations in both New York and Washington, DC, building institutional capacity through board development, individual and institutional giving, special events and marketing. As a community volunteer, Christopher has served in various capacities on committees and non-profit boards, including Project Create, a unique community-based arts enrichment program for children living in transitional housing in Washington, DC. Christopher initiated strategic planning at the board level and helped develop long-term development partnerships, consistent with his commitment to excellence in arts education and advocacy for underserved populations. Recently, he has completed a two-year tenure as the Co-Chair and Co-President of the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Association (IGLA), where he developed and began implementation of a five-year strategic plan..