Thomas J. Conway
President

Tom Conway has over twenty-five years of senior management experience working with both the non-profit and public sectors. His fundraising experience includes successful direction of planning studies, development assessments and annual fund and capital/endowment campaigns. He has directed or supervised campaigns which raised over $200 million on behalf of non-profit clients.

Some examples of his consulting assignments are: Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Boy Scouts of America, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Indiana State Museum, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, The Salvation Army, Texas State Aquarium and Tougaloo College. He is recognized as a specialist in designing and executing strategies for capital campaigns having significant public and private components.

Mr. Conway holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Xavier University. He is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, an instructor of that organization's First Course in Fundraising, and a board member of the Ohio River Foundation. An avid nature photographer, he resides with his wife in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Jaimie Gilhooley Flack
Senior Consultant

Jaimie Gilhooley Flack brings non-profit clients more than twenty years experience in fundraising and marketing for independent schools, universities, medical centers, and the performing and visual arts. Her experiences range from grass roots organizations to prestigious international assemblies in New York, the Midwest and Florida.

Ms. Flack has managed endowment, capital and annual campaigns. She has been responsible for prospecting, cultivating and soliciting major donors, board and volunteer development, corporate sponsorships and grant writing, public relations, membership and alumni relations programs, and special events.

Fund-raising campaigns she directed include: The Barrett Cancer Center at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Arts Association, College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and The Spence School. Recent consulting projects include: Arts United and South Africa Free Elections Fund National Campaign. Ms. Flack has directed campaigns with goals from one million to twenty million dollars.

Ms. Flack is a graduate of Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, and received a master’s degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. She resides in Ft. Myers, Florida, with her husband where she enjoys sailing and volunteering with various arts groups.

Jan Lively
Senior Consultant

Jan Lively has twenty years of institutional advancement experience in higher education, including positions at several major universities and small colleges in the midwest and southeast. Most recently, she was a fundraising professional at the University of Dayton during its last capital campaign, which raised over $150 million.

A talented communicator, Ms. Lively has directed programs in major gifts, corporate and foundation relations, planned giving and prospect research. Her consulting experience includes writing the case statements for Grinnell College’s capital campaign and Middletown Area Senior Citizens Center, foundation proposals for the Wellness Connection of the Miami Valley, and conducting planning studies for Wright State University.

Ms. Lively received Bachelor and Master degrees from the University of Iowa and Iowa State University, respectively. She lives in Dayton, Ohio where she teaches qigong classes and volunteers for the Noble Circle Project, a wellness program she co-founded.

Patricia M. McGeever
Senior Consultant

Patricia McGeever is an award-winning television and video producer with local and national commercial and cable television credits. She brings to clients twenty years writing and production experience to help them translate their mission and goals into a visually-appealing, easily-understood video message.

After graduating with a Communication Arts degree from Xavier University, Ms. McGeever worked as a production assistant and field producer at WKRC-TV in Cincinnati. She honed her skills in news writing as a reporter at WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, and as a newscast producer at WHAS-TV in Louisville. Since returning to her hometown, she has built a successful freelance career concentrating on cable television and other video projects. She has written and produced campaign videos for non-profit clients including Middletown Area Senior Citizens and SPCA Cincinnati.

Ms. McGeever has received a regional Emmy Award and numerous Emmy Award nominations for her work, as well as recognition from the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. She resides in suburban Cincinnati and in her spare time enjoys teaching Irish dancing to 6 and 7 year olds.

Barbara S. Roberts
Senior Consultant

Barbara Roberts combines grant proposal skills with practical experience in non-profit customer service to offer clients clarity in articulating missions, goals, and needs. She provides more than fifteen years of non-profit experience, including six years of grants development work.

Current and recent grants development clients in Arizona and Ohio include: Arizona Children’s Association, Chatfield College, Clinica Adelante, Deaconess Hospital Foundation, LifeSpan, and Middletown Area Senior Citizens. She has researched, written and submitted successful grant applications to federal, state, regional, local, and private foundations, ranging in size from $25,000 to $1.6 million.

Ms. Roberts holds an undergraduate degree in sociology from Indiana University and a master’s degree from Antioch University. She serves on the Board of Trustees for the Lincoln Heights Healthcare Connection and volunteers with the American Red Cross. She has served on grant application review committees for the Bureau of Primary Health Care. Ms. Roberts currently resides in Loveland, Ohio.