INDIANAPOLIS – September 28, 2009 - Linda Brimmer, MBA, CFRE, comes to the Kiwanis International Foundation from the position of vice president/chief operating officer of the Goodwill Industries Foundation of Central Indiana.
Prior to joining Goodwill, Linda served as director of development and communications for the internationally renowned Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
Linda’s longest tenure has been with the International Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau, where she served as chief fundraising officer from 1985 – 2002. She was recruited to the scholarly nursing organization in 1985 to direct the Campaign for the Center for Nursing Scholarship, the first national capital campaign undertaken by a nursing organization. Linda guided two major capital campaigns while with the nursing society, and under her leadership net assets increased from less than $300,000 in 1985 to more than $20 million in 2002.
Earlier in her career, Linda also served as a senior associate of The Oram Group, a historic New York City-based fundraising consulting firm, and as manager of Membership & Development of the New Orleans chamber of commerce from 1974-81.
Linda has an MBA from Indiana University and a BA from Southeastern Louisiana University. She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), and was honored with the 2000 Fundraising Professional Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Indiana Chapter. She was cited in Who’s Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Outstanding Young Women of America, and elected president of The Thirteen Club Honor Society at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Linda and Blair, her husband, reside in Zionsville, IN.
ABOUT KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL:
Founded in 1915, Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Kiwanis International and its Service Leadership Programs for young people, including Circle K, Key Club, Key Leader, Builders Club, K-Kids, Kiwanis Junior, and Aktion Club, dedicate more than 19 million volunteer hours and invest US$100 million to strengthen communities and serve children annually. The Kiwanis International family is composed of 600,000 adult and youth members in 15,000 clubs in more than 70 countries and geographic areas. Kiwanis members make their mark by responding to the needs of their communities and pooling their resources to address worldwide issues. Globally, Kiwanis International has focused humanitarian efforts on eliminating iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) through the Worldwide Service Project, a US$75 million campaign in partnership with UNICEF, which began in 1994. For more information about Kiwanis International, please visit www.kiwanis.org or call 800-KIWANIS.
Posted
Oct 29 2009, 11:28 AM
by
Chris Hayworth