AFP San Diego
Chapter Meeting With Lunch Presentation
Friday, August 3, 2007
Handlery Hotel - 950 Hotel Circle North - San Diego

AFP San Diego
Workshop & Chapter Meeting With Lunch Presentation
Friday, August 3, 2007
Handlery Hotel - 950 Hotel Circle North - San Diego

Panel Presentation Speaker Bios

Mark Stuart
As Chief Development and Membership Officer for the Zoological Society of San Diego, Mark Stuart heads up a team devoted to fundraising to support the animal care, conservation and education programs of the Zoological Society of San Diego.  Stuart also serves at the President of the Foundation of the Zoological Society of San Diego, a separate non-profit organization devoted to raising funds for the conservation and science activities of the Zoological Society of San Diego.  In addition, Stuart’s team is responsible for maintaining the largest membership program of any zoological organization in the United States (a membership program that includes more than 250,000 households).    As the Chief Development Officer for the Zoological Society, Mark Stuart has led the creation of a number of programs to enhance membership for the Society and to raises funds through new technologies.  In addition, Stuart spearheaded the formation of the Foundation of the Zoological Society of San Diego in 2006 and serves as its founding president.  Mark Stuart comes to the Zoological Society from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine where he served as Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations since 2001.  His long history with nonprofit organizations includes work with Gettysburg College where he served as Director of Annual Giving and Vice President for Development, the University of Baltimore School of Law where he held the position of Director of Annual Giving, Western Maryland College and Albion College.  Stuart received a Master of Science and Educational Administration from Western Maryland College in 1994 and a Bachelor of Arts in English, Political Science and Public Service from Albion College in 1989.  Stuart is a member of the Rotary Club of San Diego.  In addition to his work with non-profit organizations, Mark Stuart has served as a consultant for Maryknoll (an American Catholic Foreign Missionary Program), was president of the University City Historical Society, and member of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture.  He has also served as a consultant for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business development office and was Chairman of the Ivy League-MIT-Stanford Development Conference in 2003.

Sybilla Green Dorros
For the last five years, Sybilla Dorros has been the Communications Coordinator at Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation. She is responsible for planning and implementing a broad range of communications activities, as well as producing publications and content for the hospital website. Dorros manages the Foundation’s stewardship report process which involves researching, writing and disseminating nearly 10,000 reports each year, including 500 individually crafted ones for major donors and those with named funds and endowments. She previously worked for several non-profit organizations in the Boston area, including Jobs for the Future, the American Red Cross and the Harvard Family Research Project. She taught courses in Asian and comparative politics at Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in International Relations at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She also studied at the University of the Philippines where she completed her Master of Arts in Asian Studies and was a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science.  

Todd R. Schultz
Todd Schultz attended Kansas State University in Manhattan, where he received a B.A. in mass communication and modern languages, specializing in advertising and German. He also attended Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, studying German literature, and music history and theory.
 
In 1989, Schultz joined the staff of The Atlanta Opera, where he served as Director of Marketing and Public Relations through 1994. In December of that year, he became Director of Marketing and Public Relations of San Diego Opera and in 2001 moved to Los Angeles Opera as Director of Sales and Marketing, where in just three years he increased record attendance for a single production by 31%. His area of focus and expertise became analysis of sales data, budgets and projections. During his time at Los Angeles Opera, the Departments of Development, Marketing and Sales began the process of merging, the first step of which was to combine the solicitation of lower-level contributions and subscriptions into one area.
 
In May 2004, Schultz joined the staff of The Old Globe as Director of Development.
 
Schultz has served as a member of the OPERA America Committee for Public Awareness and has consulted in marketing and strategic planning for opera companies in the United States and Germany. In May 2004, he began work for The Old Globe in San Diego as Director of Development.

Karny Stefan, MPA, CFRE
With 15 years of non-profit leadership experience, Karny Stefan became the Chief Executive Officer of Walden Family Services in October 2006. Stefan is charged with growing an already successful treatment-level foster care agency in Southern California including expanding the organization in the following key areas: program development, board advancement, fund development and strategic planning. Prior to joining the staff of Walden, Stefan held several leadership roles including having led the major gifts fundraising team for San Diego Hospice, successfully completed a $4.5M capital campaign for the Monarch School, and served as Executive Director of the Mail Boxes Etc. Foundation. Stefan’s areas of expertise include fundraising, board development, strategic planning, community outreach, marketing, and public relations. Stefan has also mentored numerous junior fundraising professionals in her career. Stefan is an active member of the community and serves on the boards of directors for Episcopal Community Services, Community Housing Works, and Women 4 Change. Stefan holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a minor in German from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a master’s in public administration degree with an emphasis in non-profit management from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Stefan is a graduate of the LEAD San Diego class of 2005 and holds two certifications in fundraising. Stefan is a member of the San Diego Downtown Breakfast Rotary Club, and the chairperson of the Pathway to Peace committee.