Frank S. Pisch, CFRE
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
fpisch@therightdirection.com


Frank S. Pisch is a senior fundraising executive and nonprofit leader with more than 30 years of successful experience.  His strengths include campaign design and management, board and staff development, effective utilization of volunteers and all other aspects of fundraising, including creating effective fundraising teams.

Mr. Pisch has consulted to a wide spectrum of nonprofit organizations—private and four-year colleges, public universities, community colleges, university foundation boards, independent schools, hospitals and medical centers, human service and environmental agencies, youth groups, arts organizations, and trade associations—in relation to capital campaigns, major gift fundraising and strategic planning.

He has raised more than $3 billion for his clients and, as a major gifts specialist, he has been involved in the successful solicitation of more than 150 gifts of $1 million or more.

Mr. Pisch has also been vice president for advancement for Berry College in Rome, Georgia; vice president for resources and public affairs for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges in Washington, D.C.; director of development for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and a senior officer for two national fundraising consulting firms.

A Connecticut native, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Connecticut School of Education, and he earned a master’s degree in organization and management, specializing in nonprofit institutions, from Antioch University. A frequent presenter at national conferences, Mr. Pisch has been a Certified Fund-Raising Executive (CFRE) since 1987.

Mr. Pisch currently serves as a member of the board of trustees of Youth for Tomorrow in Bristow, Virginia, served as chairman of the board of trustees of the National Outdoor Leadership School, in Lander, Wyoming and recently co-chaired their successful $10 million capital campaign.


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