AFP San Diego
Michael O'Leary Ethics Luncheon
Friday, March 6, 2009
Handelry Hotel - 950 Hotel Circle North - San Diego

Luncheon Program
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Ethics and Fundraising Today
Chip Brown

Ethics is today’s new hot topic. Stories of unethical behavior now dominate the headlines. From Main Street to Wall Street, everyone’s asking, “How did it get this way? Who can I trust?” How are your donors responding? Now, more than ever, fundraisers must reassert their commitment to ethics. Come and hear an upbeat new twist on a very old topic.

About the Speaker:

Chip Brown is President of Tekram Consulting, Inc., a management consulting firm he founded in 1983. Chip is also Senior Consultant and co-founder of Laudick/Brown & Associates, a virtual organization of philanthropy professionals established in 1998.

Through Tekram Consulting, Inc., Chip is a “consultant’s consultant,” helping professional consulting firms to launch, plan and manage their business growth.

Through Laudick/Brown & Associates, Chip serves a national nonprofit client base with capital campaign, major gifts and strategic planning assistance.

Chip began his career in nonprofit institutional advancement by working in senior staff positions at four universities. He then obtained an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Chip next worked on Wall Street for seven years in international finance. Chip returned to the nonprofit arena and served for five years as Chief Development Officer for a New York-based international humanitarian organization while also consulting and teaching.

Chip’s pioneering work in the management and marketing of non-profit organizations is the subject of a Harvard Business School Case Study. Chip is a frequent lecturer and has been a part-time faculty member in Professional Education at New York University. In addition to the M.B.A., Chip holds a B.A. in Philosophy with a minor in Ethics.