Richard G. Miller, CFRE
Founder and Principal
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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 not-for-profits.

Richard Miller, a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) since 1982, is a graduate of Eckerd College and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School where he earned his bachelors and masters degrees respectively. He has 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 served on the Board of Directors of Art and Culture 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, FL Chamber of Commerce as well as the Fort Lauderdale/Broward Chapter of AFP. He was recently awarded the Chapter’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Philanthropy Day ceremonies.

He has forty-four years experience in fundraising 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 Center for the Performing Arts, 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 Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Davidson College, Kravis Center, City of Raleigh, NC, University of Texas at Dallas and Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Mr. Miller’s experience both in developing strategies and planning for major campaigns as well as in managing successful capital and endowment campaigns is unmatched in southern Florida.

During his career he has mentored, educated and trained many young fund development professionals and has been a frequent lecturer and seminar and workshop presenter for the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Association of Fundraising Professionals as well as for other national organizations. In addition, Mr. Miller has developed curricula and taught classes for fund raising professionals and volunteers nationally and locally and has conducted workshops for numerous cultural, educational, arts, health and social service organizations.

Peggy Calhoun, ACFRE
Founder and Principal
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Peggy Calhoun, an Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive, is in her 34th year as a full time fundraising professional. She is Senior Principal of Miller, Calhoun and Company, a firm credited with having been involved in over $1,000,000,000 raised for charities including health organizations, social service agencies, environmental groups, educational institutions, and cultural and religious organizations.

In 1991, she received the first Outstanding Fund Raising award given by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) - Fort Lauderdale/Broward Chapter. In 1990, Peggy was given 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. Peggy is included in Who's Who in the South and Southwest; Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in the World. In 2001, the Association of Women in Communications honored her as the first Woman of the Year in Fund Development and Special Events.

Previously she taught Grant Writing, Fund Development and Planned Giving for Nova Southeastern University, Barry University, Rollins College and four nonprofit resource centers. As faculty for AFP, she conducts workshops and sessions throughout the U.S. Previously, Ms. Calhoun was an initial Leave A Legacy speaker for the National Planned Giving Council. She has lectured nationally for AFP, Ronald McDonald International Charities, United Way of America, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, National Planned Giving Council's Leave A Legacy program, and many other organizations. In 1995, she created the nonprofit certification program for Barry University and the Florida Association of Nonprofit Organizations. Currently she serves as a consultant for the Boards In Action Program at the Community Foundation of Broward. Since 2004, Ms. Calhoun has served as AFP Faculty providing standardized teaching methods and expertise to various AFP courses.

She began her career in 1978 as Executive Director of a crisis intervention agency serving three states. Her extensive staff professional 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, later becoming $55 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 three United Ways. While with United Way, she was credited with tripling the amount of money raised in four years.

Ms. Calhoun is founding member and 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 Board 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 4.0 grade point average.

In 1998, Ms. Calhoun became the 33rd professional to receive the lifetime accreditation of the Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive; a distinction earned by only 84 colleagues of the 30,000 members of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Currently, she is the Education Chair for the 2010 AFP Planet Philanthropy Conference.

Ms. Calhoun is a frequent lecturer and published author. Most recently, she coauthored Asking for Major Gifts: Steps to a Successful Solicitation with Richard G. Miller, CFRE. This publication is in its second printing and is available through the AFP Ready Reference Series in Spanish and English.

She resides in Fort Lauderdale with her husband and twins.