Amy Modin, Director of Research and Prospect Management at the U.S. Air Force Academy Foundation, shares how she rebuilt a broken portfolio management system by meeting fundraisers where they are, building trust through humility, and showing up consistently—even when best practices don't fit.

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Vered Siegel, CFRE, Director of Prospect Management and Research at American Friends of the Hebrew University, unpacks what it really means to be a strategic partner in the age of AI—and why judgment, not information, is now the scarcest resource in fundraising operations.

Resources Mentioned

• Connect with Vered Siegel : LinkedIn | Website
• Don't Just Ask the Database Directly | Vered Siegel | White Paper | 2026
• What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel
• Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things by Peter-Paul Verbeek
• The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir
• Association of Advancement Services Professionals (AASP)

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Major gift consultant Derry Deringer shares how prospect researchers can build fundraiser confidence through focused partnerships and why transparency with donors trumps perfection

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Derry Deringer | Connect on LinkedIn | Website: Deringer Consulting