Maine Planned Giving Council 2025 Conference Handouts

PLANNED GIVING IN CAMPAIGNS: CONSIDERATIONS AND A CASE STUDY AT COLBY COLLEGE

Valerie Sherman
Assistant Vice President of Major and Planned Giving at Colby College

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INCORPORATING PLANNED GIVING INTO A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM

Ian Tovell, Moderator (left)
Director of Development at Ketcha Outdoors

Joseph Pratt (second from left)
Senior Vice President, Senior Wealth Manager, at Bar Harbor Wealth Management

Sarah Robinson (middle)
Director of Gift Planning, The Jackson Laboratory

Alyssa Schoppee (second from right)
Development Director, Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program

Rick Wells (right)
Independent Consultant

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TAX LAW UPDATE FOR PLANNED GIVING AND PHILANTHROPY

T. Griffin Leschefske, Esq.
(left)
Partner at Pierce Atwood LLP

Kelly Pelletier, JD, CPA (middle)
Principal at Baker Newman Noyes

Nicholas Porto, CPA, MSA (right)
Principal at Baker Newman Noyes

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ONE PERSON, MANY HATS: ACHEIVING SUCCESS IN PLANNED GIVING WHEN YOU’RE THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Anna Cooney (left)
CFRE, Director of Donor Engagement at Maine Children’s Home

Sarah McCarthy (middle)
Director of Corporate & Community Engagement at Heart of Maine United Way

Ian Tovell (right)
Director of Development at Ketcha Outdoors

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AI FOR PROSPECT SCREENING AND DONOR CONVERSATION

Topher Stephenson
Head of Operations at Aspire Commercial

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FROM GOOD TO “JUST RIGHT”: REFINING YOUR PLANNED GIVING PROGRAM FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT

Matt Mullen, Moderator (left)
Associate Director of the University of Maine Foundation

Liz Armstrong (second from left)
Senior Associate Director of Gift Planning at Bowdoin College

Andrew Lardi (second from right)
Executive Director at Tedford Housing

Valerie Sherman (right)
Assistant Vice President of Major and Planned Giving at Colby College

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