Susie Backstrom

I am one of the Capital Campaign Co-Chairs for St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ithaca, NY and am really enjoying working with your consultant. We all are appreciating his assistance in our capital campaign. We wouldn’t be able to do things so quickly without his direction and help and he is invaluable counseling my co-chairs and me. He keeps us and our steering committee organized and focused in a wonderful way. As you may know, it seems Episcopalians are a bit idiosyncratic (and stuffy) when it comes to talking about money and fundraising with each other and the consultant has been very helpful in adapting our appeal in a manner that is comfortable to us, yet productive.

I appreciate his availability to us at all hours since it seems that questions arise in my mind at odd hours. He is very much a people person with a genuine warmth and that, along with his considerable fundraising skills, makes him and his talents very much appreciated by us all.