2024 Apra-NW Conference

Thursday, May 2, 2024

8:45 AM-4:00 PM PT

Zoom

Join Apra-NW for our 2024 annual conference on Thursday, May 2nd as we explore the theme, Back to Business...as Unusual. 

We are looking forward to hosting our annual conference virtually this year with keynote speaker, Steve Grimes! 

Steve started his career as a prospect research/development professional in 2006 at St. John's University as a development researcher. In 2012, he moved on to academia as a doctoral student at Rutgers University studying the sociology of emotions. Just as the Trump administration came into the White House in 2016, he felt that the academic route was not the path for him, and decided to return to fundraising as a prospect research analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in the national office. In 2018, when an opportunity came available to work at Jazz at Lincoln Center, he became the organization's first Director of Development Strategy & Analytics. In 2020, at the beginning of the Covid pandemic, Steve was fortunate enough to be recruited by the NYC Mayor's Office as their Assistant Director of Data Analytics for the New York City Mayor's Office of Data Analytics (MODA), where he was proud to serve his home as a 'native' New Yorker. Wanting to return to something familiar, but different, Steve came back to the fundraising world in 2021 as a consultant with The Helen Brown Group (HBG) where he served as the firm's Assistant Director of Data Insight. Recognizing that his strengths were best suited for a brick and mortar organization, Steve moved on from HBG to the Legal Defense Fund at the NAACP in 2023 as the organization's first ever Director of Prospect Development and Analytics.

When times allows, Steve enjoys video games, journaling, baking oatmeal cookies, breathing fresh air, and marveling about the amount of luck he has had during his career.

As we listen to our esteemed panelists and presenters discuss the changes in our field and the impact those changes will have on our organizations, our keynote will ask us to focus on the connection between ourselves and our organizations. To be aware of that connection, we must ask ourselves questions that best position us to help our organizations endure change and grow. Join Steve Grimes for an honest conversation on the questions he believes are useful to foster that connection and how we can use those questions to also foster growth within ourselves.  

Conference sessions will be recorded. 

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Session Descriptions

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