Capital Development Services News

CapDev Staff gather for Counsel Retreat and a nice lunch at The Siena, Chapel Hill, NC: Back row (L-R): Sarah Potts, Kevin Jacques, Ann Thomas, Ed McFarlane, Pam Barnhardt, Sam Stone, Heather Leach, Bill Peck, Vicky Addis; Front row (L-R): Ann Bennett-Phillips, Allan Burrows, Kaky Grant, Evelyn Foster, Clare Altmann

CapDev Staff & Senior Counsel hard at work during the November 2008 Counsel Retreat at The Siena

Outgoing Director of Client Services, Kaky Grant (left), prepares for the arrival of her first child in December 2008, with a CapDev onesie from Campaign Associate, Sarah Potts (right), at a staff baby shower. Kaky will be returning to CapDev in a new role as Senior Counsel following her maternity leave in the first quarter of 2009. Margaret Turner is the new Director of Client Services, and started training with Kaky on Dec. 1, 2008.

CapDev President, Allan Burrows, leads the opening session at February’s G.I.F.T. (Growth and Insights through Fundraising Training) Workshop in Greensboro NC. 30 people attended from a wide array of nonprofit organizations from Virginia to Louisiana.

CapDev Staff Toast the Holidays at the home of Founder & Chair, John Bennett. November 2007: Front Row (L to R) Ann Bennett-Phillips, Evelyn Foster, Clare Altmann, Cindy Sink, John Bennett; Back Row (L to R) Allan Burrows, Ed McFarlane, Vicky Addis, Bill Shelp-Peck, Dorothy Wattleworth, Ann Thomas, Kevin Jacques, Kaky Grant, Michelle Lynn

2/2009 - CapDev’s Search Services Division Jumps up on Triad’s Top 20 in the Business Journal 1/2009 - Allan Burrows, CapDev President, shares his expertise with readers of the N.C. Center for Nonprofits’ Common Ground newsletter in its Winter 2009 article, “How to Conquer Fundraising Fears.” Reprinted from Common Ground with permission from the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits 12/2007 - Capital Development Services Applauds AFP Philanthropy Day Honorees Throughout the Southeast 02/2007 - Capital Development Services Named to Triad's Top 20  11/2006 - Credit Given Where Credit is Due... Ashley Thrift Selected to Receive Volunteer Fundraiser Award  04/2006 - New Marketing Director Joins Capital Development Services 01/2006 - Capital Development Services Names Burrows as New President  07/2004 - Capital Development Services Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary      The Business Journal Names CapDev Search Services to Triad’s Top 20  Posted February 2009 Capital Development Services’ Executive Search Services division has again made its mark in the N.C. Triad with recognition on The Business Journal’s list of Largest Triad Executive Search Firms released February 13, 2009, this year jumping from its #20 ranking in 2008 to #17 in 2009’s rankings. Capital Development Services is a full-service fundraising consulting and executive search firm serving nonprofit organizations throughout the Southeast since 1984. Allan Burrows, President of Capital Development Services, attributes the improved ranking to 25 years of experience, an established network of leaders, partnering with your organization to enhance the search process and a concerted and unique approach to each and every search. Emily Neese the Assistant Vice President, Director Planning & Administration at Wake Forest University said of working with Capital Development’s Executive Search division, “Using Capital Development was a smart investment. They were proactive in driving the search process with objectivity and integrity.” In the ranking Executive search firms were ranked according to the number of executive searches completed in 2008, and then by total searches conducted. This year marked the third year that Capital Development Services made the list and was the only search firm on The Business Journal’s list serving the nonprofit sector.     Credit Given Where Credit is Due… Ashley Thrift Selected to Receive Volunteer Fundraiser Award  Posted November 2006 Save your lawyer jokes. He doesn’t fit the bill. An attorney by trade, Ashley Thrift has negotiated high profile deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars, has served as chief of staff for former U.S. Senator Ernest Hollings, and is internationally sought after for his knowledge of the Chinese Business culture. But while the rest of us are sleeping, it's not the multi-million dollar deals that have him up at night; it's the children... North Carolina's children from low-income families who lack basic educational, health-care and nutritional essentials have him up, and on the road sometimes as early as 3:00 a.m.  A Charlotte native from modest beginnings, Ashley hasn't forgotten where he came from. More... New Marketing Director Joins Capital Development Services Posted April 2006 Capital Development Services announces the addition of Clare Altmann as its new Director of Marketing. She is the latest addition to the growing company's team, now in its 22nd year of service to non-profits in the campaign consulting and search services businesses.  As a growing number of non-profits in the Southeastern United States gear up for capital campaigns, Capital Development Services is growing its workforce. This spring, the twenty-two year old firm has added numerous positions to its cadre of professionals, namely in the marketing and writing arenas. Most recently, after an extensive search to find a new Director of Marketing with a history in fundraising and nonprofit services, Capital Development Services proudly announces the addition of Clare Altmann to lead its Marketing team. More... Capital Development Services Names Burrows as New President  Posted January 2006  While many companies fear change, Capital Development Services welcomes it.  After more than two decades at the helm of the company, Capital Development Services' founder and president, John Bennett announced today that he will pass the torch to Allan Burrows to serve as President of the company effective immediately. Bennett will now serve as chair of the 22-year old fundraising consulting firm.  Burrows, a resident of Winston-Salem and former Vice President of the company, has been with the fundraising consulting firm for 11 of its 22 years, and has served as supervisor for hundreds of capital campaigns throughout the southeast. "In addition to the fresh ideas change like this can bring about, it was time for Allan's dedication and commitment to the company to be rewarded," began Bennett. "I am proud of the company we have built together and look forward to the future of our company under his leadership." The company's marketing, operations, and campaign divisions will now report to Burrows. More... Capital Development Services Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary  Posted July 2004  While many commuters hit the highway each morning in a fast paced frenzy to make it to the office, John Bennett takes time to smell the roses.  Well, not quite. But he does take time to admire a few buildings, such as food banks, schools and hospitals along the way. "I pass food banks knowing that hunger and poverty are being fought. I drive by schools knowing children are being educated. And I pass hospitals, knowing people in need of medical attention have a place to go. It makes me proud to drive by the places that we've helped organizations build."  Twenty years ago, John Bennett and one assistant began helping a handful of nonprofit fundraising campaigns. Since then, Capital Development Services' staff has increased more than tenfold and has been responsible... More...