CDC Spiritual Connection July 2024 with Valerie Pletcher

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Spiritual Connection
with Guest Host Valerie Mullen Pletcher, MinstF (Adv Dip) 
Sr. Director of Philanthropy at the FOCUS MISSION FOUNDATION 

A Desktop Mini Retreat (for the fundraiser). Prayer and Reflection for you!

Valerie Pletcher, leveraging her unique, unrepeatable gifts from God and a love of humanity, has dedicated over two decades to the field of nonprofit management and philanthropy. Her achievements include raising hundreds of millions of dollars and developing strategies that have enabled missions to thrive and grow. Her passion for helping philanthropists and grant-making institutions fulfill their philanthropic vision is matched only by her drive to help missions succeed in serving others.

Valerie is a graduate with distinction of the first cohort of the International Advanced Diploma in Fundraising (MInstF), a graduate of Seth Godin's renowned AltMBA, a Licensed Consultant for The Standards for Excellence Institute™, and founder of A New Gift, LLC. She also holds several certificates in nonprofit management and grant writing from UVA and the University of Delaware. Currently, Valerie serves as the Sr. Director of Philanthropy for the FOCUS Mission Foundation and serves on several nonprofit boards, including The National Catholic Community Foundation (NCCF), The INSCAPE Center for Personal Vocation, and SENT Ventures.

However, her most important roles are as the mother of three grown children and wife of Matthew. Valerie shares that her love for her faith, her love of working with people, and her vocation of fundraising are at the heart of everything she does.

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About Spiritual Connection: On the first Friday of each month, a featured speaker will lead a 30-minute virtual discussion. Spiritual Connection provides CDC members a brief opportunity to get inspired by topics with a faith-based twist - and to decompress from your busy schedules!

The content will be spiritual in nature, but topics are not necessarily about fundraising, although they certainly may be relevant to development. They may include a current event, a devotional piece, tips about health, a passage from a book, etc.—it is really up to the speaker to decide!

Speakers will introduce a topic in which they are passionate, and lead participants through a 10-15-minute presentation or talk, followed by a facilitated discussion on their topic with the entire group.

We hope participants will feel a little sense of renewal after the 30 minutes, fresh in their thoughts, connected to this community, and looking forward to next month’s Spiritual Connection.