Keynote Presentation

Perspectives on Mega Gifts
David B. Gillig, FAHP

  ( Speaker Bio Below )
 

AFP San Diego
Chapter Meeting - Keynote Presentation
Friday, January 5, 2007
Handlery Hotel - 950 Hotel Circle North - San Diego

Perspectives on Mega Gifts
David B. Gillig, FAHP
Senior Vice President and Executive Director
Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Speaker Biography:

Since 1993, David has served as Senior Vice President, Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center and Executive Director, Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation in San Diego, California. Prior positions include Senior Vice President, Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science, and Vice President, Development & Public Affairs, The Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara.

David oversees fundraising, auxiliaries, in-hospital volunteers, in-kind philanthropy, media relations and communications at Rady Children’s Hospital. He serves as Executive Director and as a trustee of Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Rady Children’s.

David has been active in the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy, serving as a frequent lecturer, conference chair and a director and treasurer of the international board of directors. He is the current Dean of Fundraising Management at the Association’s Institute for Healthcare Philanthropy at the University of Wisconsin. In 1991, David became a Fellow of the Association. In 1995, the San Diego Chapter of the Association for Fundraising Professionals named him Development Executive of the Year.

David is past president of the Rotary Club of La Jolla, past member of the board of directors of Campus Life, North County Chapter. He also is a past member of the North American board of directors of Children’s Miracle Network.