Your Input Needed as ACF Looks for Next Executive Director

Fellow Members of ACF,

In late June, the ACF board of directors announced that Laurie Brill, Executive Director for ACF, would be retiring in the coming months.  

The board of directors immediately began the work of preparing the search process for ACF’s next Executive Director, with the aggressive goal to place a candidate by the end of October 2024. As a board, we are committed to the continued work of expanding our network and reaching out to new communities. So, to guide our effort, ACF has engaged the search services of GSB Fundraising, led by Jennie Wolf Smith, CFRE, and Evan Moilan, CFRE, to lead a national search for our next leader. 

To give leadership to this process, internally the board has appointed the following members to the search committee:

  • Chair: Dave Fuerst, Associate Vice-President, Global Relationship and Resources – Corus International
  • Doug Walters, Executive Director – Camp Hanover, ACF Board Member
  • Heidi Rixman, Chief Development Officer – Lutheran Services Carolinas, ACF Board Member 
  • Emily Grace Fahey, Fundraising Lead – Foursquare Missions International 
  • Jeri Pat Gabbert, Executive Vice-President and Chief Philanthropic Officer – Porter Community Foundation, ACF Board Vice President 

Here you will find the position specification for the next ACF Executive Director. In that document, you will also find application instructions and direct contact information for our consultants. Please direct all questions and inquiries to GSB.

Finally, as members of ACF, we value your input and invite you to use this survey to:
-Nominate prospective candidates for the position. Self-nominations are also welcome.
-Suggest prospective sourcing interviewees (Leaders from networks that you believe might be able to connect our search to prospective candidates not currently connected to ACF).

Nomination Survey

The information is being collected confidentially by GSB, and each nominee and suggested sourcing interviewee will be contacted directly. This survey will be open until August 13, 2024.

Thank you for taking time to participate.

Sincerely,
David Fuerst – Chair, ACF Search Committee
Mike Nevergall, CFRE – President, ACF Board of Directors