Michelle Stefanski

Computer Basics for Fundraisers Fall Semester

 Advanced Computer Applications Winter Semester

Michelle is currently the Manager of Monthly Giving and Database Strategy for the Canadian Red Cross - Ontario Zone. Her responsibilities include acquisition, conversion and retention of monthly donors along with keeping a fundraising eye on the database. Before the Red Cross, Michelle held a job as the Senior Database Management and Fundraising Consultant for JMG Solutions Inc and since 2001, Michelle has worked with over 100 non-profit organizations across Canada. Michelle was first introduced to the non-profit sector ten years ago while working part time at a small non-profit. Her excitement for the industry led her to the Humber College Fundraising and Volunteer Management course where she graduated as inaugural alumni and is now an instructor. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Guelph. Michelle is active in her community having held many volunteer roles with both non profits and her political party.

Sonya Swiridjuk, CFRE

Prospect Research, Stewardship and Donor Relationship Management (Fund 518, Winter Semester)

Sonya Swiridjuk, CFRE, has been passionate about fundraising for over 19 years. Currently heading up her own consultancy specializing in direct response, Sonya gained invaluable experience at the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, the Canadian AIDS Society, The Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Ontario Liberal Party, complemented by eight years agency side at Stephen Thomas. Sonya is a board member of the AFP Greater Toronto Chapter, serving as Congress Chair in 2007. She presents locally and internationally, was a guest lecturer in the Humber program for several years before joining the faculty in 2009, and is the Canadian Ambassador for the International Fundraising Congress in Holland.

Ken Wyman CFRE 

Program Coordinator

Ken has been called "one of the best-known and most-respected professional consultants in the fundraising field". For more than 35 years Ken has invented and adapted techniques to help non-profit groups learn the secrets of growth.

Hundreds of nonprofit organizations have hired Ken. Ranging in size from kitchen-table grassroots groups to giant multinational charities, they come from almost every field: health, social service, culture, sports, environment, religion, progressive politics, and women's issues. We've helped them raise millions of dollars.

Ken has helped groups from the Arctic Circle to Texas, Cuba and Chile, from Sweden, Austria, through Newfoundland to Vancouver Island. He has been one of the top-rated speakers at the International Fundraising Workshop in Holland, and has also addressed the Institute of Charitable Fund Managers in England and the Association of Fundraising Professionals among others.

Ken was the host and creative consultant of the educational TV series "The Fund Raising Game". The eight half-hour episodes are available on videotape, with a 270-page workbook.

He has also written and published seven books:

• Fundraising for Non-Profit Groups

with Joyce Young and John Swaigen

published by Self Counsel Press

• Face to Face: How to Get Bigger Donations from Very Generous People (F)
• Fund Raising Ideas That Work for Grass Roots Groups (F)
• Planning Successful Fund Raising Programs
• The Guide to Special Events Fund Raising (F)
• Everything You Need to Know to Get Started in Direct Mail Fund Raising (F)

(F) Livres diponsible aussi en français.

In addition to a decade as a professor and coordinator of the Humber College post-grad Fundraising and Volunteer Management Programme he has also created and taught academic credit courses on fund raising for:

• Grant MacEwan College,
• Ryerson Polytechnic University,
• York University, and
• the University of West Virginia Graduate School.

Ken was named the first ever Outstanding Fund Raiser by his peers by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Toronto Chapter. Ken has earned his designation as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) based on years of service and a rigorous examination.

Before becoming a consultant, Ken spent five years as National Co-ordinator of Fund Raising and Publicity for OXFAM-Canada, the third world development agency. He helped reverse their seven-year decline in income, tripling public donations to $1.2 million a year.

Earlier, as a journalist and photographer, Ken filed news and human-interest stories from across Canada, Europe, South America and the Middle East. He has written for The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The Financial Post, Morningside, As It Happens, and CBC National News, among others.