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Richard G. Miller, CFREPrincipal
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Miller, Calhoun and Company offers not-for-profits professional counsel tailored to fit the needs and demands of the competitive market with services for fund development, public relations and marketing. Mr. Miller's expertise provides clients with an unusual understanding of the unique demands and opportunities of this sector. He has repeatedly demonstrated his ability to help institutions discover their potential through sound planning, increased financial development, and visibility. He has been credited with generating over $600 million for a variety of nonprofit agencies
Richard Miller, a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) since 1982, is a graduate of Eckerd College and Northwestern University where he earned his bachelors and masters degrees respectively. He served as a member of Eckerd's Alumni Board of Directors; received its Distinguished Alumni Award in 1985 and was elected to its Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982. Mr. Miller has also served on the Board of Directors of the Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Lutheran Housing Corporation in Cleveland, Dade Heritage Trust, three local Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) chapters, and the Enterprise Ambassadors Program. He was President of the Davie/Cooper City Chamber of Commerce as well as the Ft. Lauderdale/Broward Chapter of AFP.
He has forty-two years experience in fund raising and public relations administration in education, the arts, human services, cultural affairs and health affairs. Prior to forming Miller-Calhoun he led the institutional advancement programs at Nova Southeastern University for seven years. Mr. Miller has served the University of Miami, Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center, Dade County Center for Fine Arts (now Miami Art Museum), Case Western Reserve University, and Philadelphia College of Art in a variety of capacities. Mr. Miller was also Vice President of C. W. Shaver & Company where he served a number of distinguished clients, including Wolf Trap, Kravis Center, Davidson College, Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia, and University of Texas at Dallas.
During his career he has been a lecturer and seminar and workshop presenter for the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and AFP as well as for other national organizations. In addition, Mr. Miller has developed curricula and taught classes for fundraising professionals and volunteers and has conducted workshops for local, regional and national cultural, educational, arts and social service organizations.
In 2005 Richard Miller and Peggy Calhoun co-authored Asking for Major Gifts: Steps to a Successful Solicitation. This popular publication is available through the AFP's Ready Reference Series.
Peggy Calhoun, ACFRE
Senior Principal
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Peggy Calhoun, an Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive, has served over 30 years as a full time fundraising professional. She is Senior Principal of Miller, Calhoun and Company.
In 2001 the Association of Women in Communications honored her as the Woman of the Year in Fund Development and Special Events. In 1991 she received the Outstanding Fund Raising award given by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), former the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, - Fort Lauderdale/Broward Chapter. In 1990 Ms. Calhoun was awarded the Creative Fund Raising Award by the Grantsmanship Center. In 1984, she earned the Professional Staff Certificate from the United Way of America National Academy of Voluntarism. She is included in Who's Who in the South and Southwest; Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in the World.
Previously Ms. Calhoun taught Grant Writing, Fund Development and Planned Giving for Nova Southeastern University, Barry University, Rollins College and several not-for-profit resource centers. As faculty for AFP, she conducts workshops and sessions throughout the U.S. and online for the national office, two universities and four not-for-profit resource centers. Previously, Ms. Calhoun was a Leave A Legacy speaker for the National Planned Giving Council.
She began her career in 1978 as Executive Director of a crisis intervention agency serving three states. Her extensive staff experience includes raising $3.7 million in nine months for the Boca Raton Museum of Art, overseeing a $60 million national campaign for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation at the University of Miami School of Medicine, and successfully concluding a capital campaign while increasing the endowment from $2.6 million to $10 million – for The Salvation Army in Fort Lauderdale. Ms. Calhoun has also raised annual, capital and endowment funds for the Boy Scouts of America, YMCA and United Way. While with United Way, she is credited with tripling the amount of money raised in four years.
Ms. Calhoun is founding member and the past President of the Broward Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and past President of the Gulfstream Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Ms. Calhoun is a former member of the Advisory Board of Florida International University School of Journalism and Mass Communications. She graduated from Southern Illinois University as an Illinois State Scholar and Presidential Scholar at the age of 19. In 1994 she was awarded a Master of Arts in Philanthropy and Development from St. Mary's College in Minnesota and graduated with a straight "A" or 4.0 grade point average. Upon graduation, Ms. Calhoun created Florida Association of Nonprofit Organization's Certificate Program at Barry University where she served as adjunct professor.
In 1998 Ms. Calhoun became the 33rd professional to receive the lifetime accreditation of the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive; a distinction earned by a select few of the 30,000 members of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.