Gobel is the leading consulting firm working exclusively in healthcare philanthropy, and the experts in Grateful Patient and Family Programs.

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Gobel is the leading consulting firm working exclusively in healthcare philanthropy.
We are the experts in helping clients build stronger partnerships with physicians and nurses.

What We Believe

Giving dorsum is much more than a financial transaction—information technology'due south a transformational experience. For patients and families, their gratitude is inspired by the care and compassion clinicians provide for themselves or their loved ones.

Boggling intendance leads to gratitude and that gratitude leads to better health. Better health produces giving which creates happiness and that happiness in turn leads to healing behaviors. The shift from a focus on wealth to a focus on gratitude, makes a huge difference in health, health, and relationship building.

Over 40 clinical studies back up the connection betwixt giving and healing. Larn more well-nigh these studies in our white paper Agreement Gratitude: The Connexion Between Healing and Philanthropy, co-authored past Robert A. Emmons Ph. D., the world's leading scientific skilful on gratitude.

Giving is a natural extension of the clinical feel. While donors give when they are grateful for exceptional intendance, clinicians accept a responsibility every bit healers to be involved in the philanthropic process. Grateful patients and families stand for significant, untapped potential.

Our Team

We accept the largest team of consultants working in a firm exclusively dedicated to healthcare philanthropy clients. With fifty seasoned professionals, our squad has come from the Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Dispensary, Knuckles Medicine, and other leading institutions. Our consultants collectively have more than than 500 years of feel in healthcare philanthropy, accept led programs that have raised hundreds of millions annually and directed billion-dollar campaigns. Meet our squad.

Leadership

Republic of chad Gobel

CEO & Founder

Chad Gobel is a 25-year veteran of institutional advancement programs and one of the preeminent consultants serving healthcare philanthropy. Chad has personally worked with more than 100 healthcare organizations over the terminal ten years.

In 2011, Republic of chad founded Gobel Group with one employee and ane client. Today, Gobel Group has grown to over 25 healthcare professionals and actively works with more than than 150 clients around the earth. Gobel Group celebrated its ten-year anniversary in 2021. Information technology has worked with over 550 healthcare organizations in its history. Gobel Group has become the leading philanthropy consulting firm working exclusively in healthcare.

While Gobel is internationally recognized for its best-in-form grateful patient and family unit philanthropy program with active clinician engagement, information technology as well offers counsel and assist for every step of the development process, including proven solutions for campaign planning and management, information analytics, systems, and information services, development audits, hospital and system philanthropy office integrations, among other areas.

In 2018, Gobel launched G2G, short for "Gratitude to Give," a breakthrough technology production that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to assistance healthcare organizations increase philanthropic support. G2G has proven to be more iv times equally constructive as traditional predictive models on giving.

Before starting Gobel, Chad played leading roles in billion-dollar medical center campaigns and served in leadership roles every bit Cleveland Clinic and University of Rochester Medical Center. Chad received his MBA from the Ohio State University and his undergraduate degree from Towson University. Chad is a frequent speaker at national conferences, served on the kinesthesia of the AHP Madison Plant for ten years, and has published the widely circulated book "How to Become a Top Producer in Healthcare Philanthropy." Republic of chad is an active abet and donor for children and animate being causes in his community. He serves on the Executive Commission and the Lath for the Brandywine Valley SPCA.

Desirae Davis

Vice President & Chief Consulting Officer

Desirae joined Gobel Group in 2012. She serves as Principal Consultant, Programs and has worked first mitt with over 35 hospitals in that time. In her role, she has educated hundreds of physicians and clinicians, encouraging the identification of thousands of prospects capable of making major and principal level gifts. She has successfully mentored and fostered an increment in gift offer productivity to successfully close gifts of all sizes, including a $2M gift from a grateful patient.

Prior to joining the firm, Desirae served as the Managing director of Advancement at the Academy of Rochester Medical Center, overseeing all development functions within a clinical unit of measurement. She worked closely with physicians and board members to shut six and 7 figure gifts. She was directly responsible for growing grateful patient fundraising programs, building strong internal and external relationships, entrada planning and implementation, volunteer management, major/leadership gift strategy and solicitation, special events and donor recognition programs. Previously, she worked at Rochester General Infirmary, partnering with employed and private physicians to implement process improvements and create aligned interests between physicians and the hospital.

Forth with her experience in medical middle fundraising, Desirae has special expertise in the areas of entrada preparation and implementation, major gifts strategy, evaluation of advocacy office construction and programs, strategic planning, and executive coaching.

Jenny Kleintop

Vice President & Chief Services Officer

Jenny has over 20 years of feel providing exceptional service to others. She brings extensive expertise in healthcare philanthropy and leading teams consisting of data scientists, engineers, belittling and development operations personnel. Since she joined Gobel, Jenny has personally worked with over lxxx healthcare organizations and trained thousands of individuals to leverage large data sets, implement the best belittling solutions, and enhance their CRM utilization. She leads with a data-driven mindset and keeps innovation at the forefront of her strategy to assistance organizations take advantage of cutting-edge technologies. Earlier Gobel, Jenny oversaw advancement services at Abington – Jefferson Health and was an integral fellow member of the evolution operations team at Play tricks Chase Cancer Centre. Jenny has presented multiple times at conferences on numerous topics including developing KPIs, implementing grateful patient programs, driving user-date with CRMs, trainings others, database conversions, and strengthening the partnership between frontline fundraisers and development operations. She wrote a chapter in the book published by CASE, "Advancement Services: Enhancing Fundraising Success." She holds a certificate for Foundations in Project Management from Villanova Academy and a Blackbaud certification in the Raiser'south Border-Professional. Jenny has a true passion for helping others and having a transformational touch on leveraging the best technology, data, and operational processes. Serving equally a mentor to countless others, Jenny thrives nigh by seeing others calibration, grow, and develop to their fullest potential. She resides in Millsboro, DE.

Eric Rezsnyak

Vice President & Master Enquiry Officer

Eric joined Gobel Group afterwards years in journalism and development. Prior to Gobel, he served as the Manager of Prospect Direction and Research at Northwell Wellness, the largest health care provider in New York state with 22 hospitals and more than 830 outpatient facilities. At the Northwell Wellness Foundation, he managed the Prospect Research and Database teams as they worked toward the completion of a $1 billion entrada. He too served on the Foundation's internal committees devoted to equity & diverseness and applied science. Previously he also served as Assistant Director of Prospect Research at Massachusetts General Infirmary and came to development following a 15-year career in journalism. Eric holds a B.A. in Magazine Journalism from the Southward.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and resides in Queens, NY.

Kathleen Centolella, Esq, PLLC

Vice President & Chief Legal Officer

Katie is an experienced attorney who has guided businesses and business owners for more than fifteen years as an attorney, business consultant, and executive. She understands the importance of connecting legal solutions with the client's operations, civilization, and goals while fugitive the problems that can oft come up from disconnected or isolated legal "advice."

Katie has experience in police and inside operations as operations direction to plan for legal pitfalls proactively. Her areas of expertise include tax law, business organization formation, employment police, healthcare, WBE/MBEs, contract drafting and negotiation, merger & acquisitions, leasing, and intellectual property. She holds a J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Police.

Rosanna Matucan-Carson

Vice President & Chief People Officeholder

Rosanna joined Gobel Grouping with a 25-year career in homo resources spanning across the retail, television, pharmaceutical and hospitality industries. Before Gobel, she was the Head of Man Resources for Romark, L.C., a Tampa-based pharmaceutical visitor with a global presence. Her decades of experience accept instilled in her the philosophy that when employees are cared for, they can best treat their clients. Matucan-Carson holds an MBA from DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management; a master'southward degree in human resource direction and development from Chapman Academy; and certifications equally SPHR, GPHR, and Senior Certified Human Resources Professional with HRCI. She resides in Tampa, Fla.

Kevin MacCormack

Vice President & Primary Financial Officeholder

Kevin joined Gobel Group after years in the financial sector of multiple industries.

Lauren Kline

Chief of Staff

Lauren joined Gobel Grouping in June 2011 and has held roles of increasing responsibleness in her tenure. In her current role, Lauren works to cultivate and maintain relationships with industry strategic partners to drive continued growth of our brand and business. Lauren also works closely with the CEO to champion and manage development of Gobel Group'southward new innovative products and engineering science solutions.

Lauren has a strong background in project management, research and administrative roles. She brings a strategic, focused and detail-oriented passion to her piece of work. Previous roles within the company accept included four years equally Senior Director of Business organisation Development and Marketing, Director of Administration, and Philanthropy Analyst. Prior to meeting Chad and launching a career in healthcare philanthropy, Lauren was serving as a paralegal in upstate New York while because a career in Police. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Public Assistants from the State University of New York.

Consulting

Nancy Bernstein

Principal Consultant, Institutional Giving

Nancy is a philanthropy professional with over 33 years of varied and comprehensive experience in the field. Her work has included building and shepherding a foundation and corporate relations program at Knuckles Medicine, establishing and directing a non-profit system, and evaluating grant programs for private foundations. She is most interested in helping organizations plant constructive foundation fundraising programs that optimize cognition and experience to connect innovative ideas with appropriate funders, creating collegial and transparent lines of communication between foundation representatives and the people and programs that can advance their priorities, and mentoring people new to the field, including both fundraisers and philanthropists.

Jeff Fried

Main Consultant, Programs

Jeff Fried, FACHE, joins Gobel Group every bit an Executive Consultant, bringing with him over 35 years of demonstrated success in a variety of healthcare administration roles.
Prior to joining Gobel Grouping, Jeff served as the President and CEO of Beebe Healthcare, where he provided strategic leadership for all health organization entities, including 2400 employees and over 100 employed physicians. During his time at Beebe, he also worked with the Foundation to develop and implement a capital entrada to heighten $fifteen-25 1000000 for long-term growth and expansion of the healthcare system. The campaign total surpassed $40 1000000, making it the most successful philanthropic endeavor in the hospital's history. Jeff has as well served as assistant vice president at Sinai Infirmary of Baltimore, and in a variety of roles at Lancaster General Health, including assistant vice president and vice president, earlier ultimately serving as primary operating officer.
Jeff received his bachelor'due south degree in Full general Studies from the University of Kansas and his Primary'southward in Healthcare Assistants from Washington University. He also completed the Executive Management Program from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has received numerous awards including the Delaware Regents Award for Executive Leadership from the American College of Healthcare Execs (Anguish) and been a keynote speaker at ACHE conferences. He has also served in the roles of Adjunct Kinesthesia at Wilmington College and Assistant Professor at Lebanese republic Valley College. For the last 24 years, Jeff has been a member of the Young President'southward Organization and the World President'south Organization, and is actively involved in his community.

Chris Hart

Cinematographer

Chris is a story teller. Before Gobel, Chris worked for many years as the senior cinematographer for Kodak's Amusement Imaging division. In this position, he was responsible for producing and shooting films used in launching every new motion movie stock that Kodak introduced since the late 1980's. Chris has also worked independently on commercials and contained features. With his centre for well-designed lighting and composition, he creates stories with remarkable images. At Gobel, Chis works with clients to create a digital library of videos that are used to create products (orientation programs, preparation programs for physicians and volunteers, website promotional videos, and other tools) that help clients create a civilisation of gratitude in their hospital.

Jason Manning

Senior Consultant

Jason joins Gobel Group every bit a Senior Consultant in Programs, bringing with him over xiii years of experience in Development, Fundraising, and Philanthropy. His professional experience includes piece of work with alumni relations, board relations, marketing and public relations, operations, special event planning, almanac funds, major gifts, planned giving, and campaign planning.
During his career, Jason managed, and was on teams of, evolution staff ranging from 2 to 25 individuals with almanac fundraising goals ranging from $125K to $15M. He successfully led annual fundraising programs for 10 years including implementing a leadership annual fund plan which increased unrestricted giving past 30% in 1 fiscal year.
Just prior to joining Gobel Group, Jason was the director of Development for Clinical Engagement at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY. He effectively led the integration of a grateful patient program working alongside the Dean of the Medical College and other executive leadership. During his tenure at Albany Med, he coordinated and led the efforts for 7 gift officers working with 70+ clinician champions while acting as the liaison to Development Operations. He succeeded in shifting the culture of grateful patient philanthropy from ane that was episodic in nature, focused mainly on a few service lines, to one that became fully immersed throughout the institution. Grateful patient and family unit philanthropic gifts rose to over $7M. Working in partnership with their physician and clinician champions, he and his team regularly closed v, six, and seven effigy gifts from grateful patients and families in support of the strategic priorities of the Medical Center.

Kimberly Nagy, RN

Primary Consultant, Nursing

Kimberly is an accomplished healthcare executive with a career spanning more than than 35 years. Kimberly currently serves as master and founder of Kimberly Nagy Consulting LLC.

Prior to becoming a healthcare consultant, Kimberly served every bit Executive Vice President of Patient Services and Chief Nursing Office of Northwest Customs Healthcare, a 500+ bed, Magnet Designated®, Level 2 Trauma, Level III NICU, Acute Intendance Hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois. During her tenure, she brought together individuals to forge high-functioning teams, established herself as an inspirational change agent, using her clinical and business organisation apprehending to identify necessary transformations in current strategies, designed and developed new processes to support continued growth of the organization. Her capability in achieving exemplary nursing and operational outcomes at all levels of operation is evident throughout her career, setting high standards of improvement and ensuring they are achieved. She also served as Chair of the Nursing Executive Council leading out on organizational imperatives to increase nurse lath certification rates, reduce RN turnover, raise organization-wide care coordination and internal and external partnerships, and advance knowledge in areas of professional development, service line standardization, workforce planning, and strategic governance.

Earlier in her career, Kimberly served equally Vice President of Operations and Chief Nursing Executive Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, a 200 bed, Level Ii Trauma, Acute Care Hospital, Lake Forest, Illinois. During her time at Lake Woods Hospital, Kimberly'due south hands-on transformational leadership, vision and guidance assisted the organization to earn its initial Magnet® Designation.

Kimberly earned her master's and bachelor's degrees in Nursing from Purdue University. She is a fellow member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Gild, American Organization of Nursing Leaders, Illinois Organization of Nursing Leaders, American Nurses Clan, and American College of Healthcare Executives. She earned Nurse Executive Advanced Lath Certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Kimberly has served as an Independent Lath Member for the Susan 1000. Komen Foundation in Chicago Affiliate and a Member of the American System of Nurse Leaders – Directors Fellowship Job Force.

Kevin Pickett

Primary Consultant

Kevin has 2 decades of experience advancing healthcare philanthropy including 17 years in complex souvenir planning. In securing transformational gifts and crucial philanthropic back up, he demonstrates creativity and professionalism while collaborating across all areas of the institution. His feel includes serving as Executive Vice President at a nationally recognized cancer eye and Executive Manager of Development at another major, national cancer middle where he led a team of evolution professionals raising $50 meg+ annually. Previously, he was VP for Institutional Advancement in higher teaching and Director of Manor and Asset Services for a national wellness charity. Programs under his leadership have won multiple awards for creativity and effectiveness. Kevin is a nationally recognized expert and speaker on gift planning, digital fundraising and evolution marketing. He has published several manufactures on gift planning and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, NonProfit Times and Planned Giving Today. He formerly served on the kinesthesia of the Rice University Centre for Philanthropy and Leadership. Kevin has served as a board, conference and committee leader in a variety of professional associations and is actively involved in the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, Association of Fundraising Professionals and Partnership for Philanthropic Planning. He earned a BA from Kentucky Christian Academy and an MBA from the Academy of Houston. He has accomplished the designation of CERTIFIED Fiscal PLANNERTM.

Helen Poole, RN

Primary Consultant, Nursing

With over forty years of healthcare direction experience in both the clinical setting and in philanthropy, Helen is a well-known expert in developing and implementing successful grateful patient appointment programs. She works with Gobel Group clients to achieve new levels of fundraising with innovative grateful patient programs. Helen was near recently the executive director of Grateful Patient Programs at Duke Medicine and is a trained clinical nurse. Helen has feel closing major and planned gifts and has played a key role in several billion dollar campaigns. She is a well-known speaker at AHP, AAMC and CASE conferences. Helen has been awarded a number of honors, including the Triangle Business organization Journal 25 Women in Business Leader Laurels and the Innovation Honour from Duke Medicine Development and Alumni Affairs. Helen holds a BSN degree as well every bit the MPH in Health Policy and Administration from the Academy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Denise Pope

Senior Consultant

Denise brings more than two decades of experience advancing healthcare philanthropy in executive leadership roles. Most recently she served every bit Executive Vice President and Main Philanthropy Officeholder for Stratum Health System and Tidewell Hospice in Sarasota, Florida, where she also provided leadership over the organization's marketing and communications programs. Previously she served every bit Primary Development Officeholder for St. John's Hospital and St. John'south Children's Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. She is now transitioning from this keen career into consultant work.

She has experience with elevating annual, major, uppercase, and endowment building programs; donor relations and stewardship programs; planned giving; prospect research; implementing grateful patient and clinical integration programs; volunteer management and special events. In addition to her advancement experience, she also brings an executive leadership team perspective to her clients.

"I'thousand thrilled for this transition from being a Gobel Group customer to working with Gobel Group'south clients on their Grateful Patient Programs."

Denise is an active member and has held volunteer leadership positions with the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) and Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and earned her Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation in 2008. She has her bachelor'southward degree in public relations from Western Kentucky University and her master'due south degree in communication from the University of Illinois-Springfield.

Lawrence Prout

Executive Consultant

Lawrence is a fundraising professional with two decades of various and extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector, and will lead Gobel Group'southward work in the provinces of Canada. Most recently, Lawrence served every bit the President & CEO of the Children'south Hospital Foundation of Manitoba. As the senior executive member of the Foundation, he guided it to an almost 175% increase in revenue over a v-twelvemonth period, and broadened the foundation'south scope of fundraising programs with the largest increase in revenue coming from annual gifts, major gifts, and a major emphasis on donor retention and stewardship. He has a available's caste and didactics certificate from the University of Manitoba and a Fundraising Management Document from the AHP Madison Constitute. Lawrence has served equally a volunteer on numerous healthcare boards and is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for his contributions to lodge.

Julia Sarazine, DNP

GRACE Program Educator

Julia is a doctoral prepared, board certified family nurse practitioner and published mindfulness researcher. She received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree from Rush Academy where she is also an offshoot assistant professor and her Mindfulness Teacher Certification from The Mindfulness Middle at Brown University. She has presented her mindfulness research at several health care conferences. In addition, she teaches mindfulness to healthcare professionals, corporations, and the community. She is passionate most adapting mindfulness training to exist relevant the minute participants consummate the training. She as well has worked in the healthcare environs for over 20 years and in the corporate setting for over x years.

Dr. David Victorson

Atomic number 82 Academician

David is a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University where he directs the Consciousness in Health Inquiry Lab. He is as well the Director of Integrative Oncology at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center's Survivorship Institute, and founder and director of a immature adult cancer support nonprofit called True North Treks. Dr. Victorson's clinical and inquiry pursuits have focused on measuring and studying the effects of contemplative awareness practices – such equally mindfulness meditation, self-pity, and yoga – and too on the quality of life and well-being of people with cancer and other chronic medical conditions. Dr. Victorson leveraged his background in mindfulness, cocky-pity, and empathy to develop the curriculum for our GRACE plan. He is likewise leading our research study to measure out and analyze qualitative and quantitative outcomes of GRACE. Learn more about GRACE here.

Kevin Wesley

Senior Consultant, Communications

Kevin joined Gobel Grouping with 25 years of experience in philanthropy. Before starting at Gobel Group, he was the Executive Director of Alumni and Friends Engagement and The Clark Fund at Clark University. There, he adult new communications tools, implemented digital fundraising strategies, and expanded volunteer opportunities. He previously worked at the University of Rochester, Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon Academy and Bowdoin College. He has served as a member of the Quango for the Advancement and Support of Pedagogy (Example) District 1 Cabinet, Commission on Alumni Relations and as a programme chair and faculty. Kevin earned his bachelor'due south degree in economics and music from Bowdoin College and a certificate in leadership coaching from the Academy of Rochester. He lives in Stow, Mass.

Services

Rikki Bryant

Consultant

Rikki Bryant joined Gobel Grouping following a successful career at the Academy of North Carolina (UNC) Wellness Foundation, where she served as the Director of Prospect Management. During her time at UNC, she oversaw the Foundation's $ane billion prospect pipeline, including a comprehensive Grateful Patient Plan, as part of the $4.25 billion "For All Kind: The Campaign for Carolina." In 2018, she was honored to present information management best practices at the Example Asia Pacific Advocacy Services Conference in Brisbane, Australia. She'southward the writer of two best practices for the Clan of Advocacy Services Professionals (AASP): "Best Practice in Gender Maintenance" (2021) and "Best Practice in Preparing for General Data Protection Regulation Compliance" (2018). Rikki served as a faculty fellow member for Bookish Impressions from 2017 to 2019 and, equally a role of her role, presented a national webinar, "Prospect Management: Tracking and Reporting." She as well co-led the Portfolio Management and Maintenance Strategies for Fundraising Success Conference in 2017. She holds certifications in Lean Six Sigma Yellowish Belt (2021) and Information Science Ethics (2019). She has held the Certified Fund Raising Executive credential since 2017. Rikki received her MBA from Western Carolina University and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin. Equally the daughter of a recently-retired registered nurse and cancer survivor, Rikki has a strong passion for and wholeheartedly believes in the transformational power of healthcare philanthropy. She resides in Boone, Northward.C.

Sarah Cronin

Specialist

Sarah is a non-profit ambassador with more than than a decade of projection direction and database administration feel. For many years, Sarah helped to produce classical music, jazz and dance performances in the Boston, MA and Hartford, CT areas all while managing cross-departmental data-related projects. Earlier joining the Gobel Group team, she was the Database Manager of the Raiser's Edge database for the Advancement department at Dana Hall School, an all-girls independent school in Wellesley, MA that is committed to fostering excellence in academics, the arts, and athletics within a vibrant, caring and inclusive community. She looks forward to applying her project management skills and beloved of information to create actionable recommendations that will assist healthcare organizations beyond North America plan and execute their of import work. Sarah has a bachelor'due south degree in Music from Syracuse University.

Kristen Elnicky

Senior Consultant

Kristen brings to Gobel Group more than sixteen years of experience managing nonprofit operations for healthcare and enquiry institutions, also as consulting. She was an integral part of implementing grateful patient and md appointment programs at both Barrow Neurological Foundation and Banner Health Foundation.

Kristen's expertise centers on operational and data direction, process improvement, and developing strategic fundraising programs that create measurable and sustainable results. She has a collaborative, donor-axial mindset, and she is passionate about integrating all aspects of development in a way that builds sustainability. Kristen received her bachelor's degree from a minor private higher in Tempe, Arizona, and holds an M.B.A. from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She currently lives in Phoenix.

Robyn Halbert

Consultant

Robyn utilizes the Raiser'southward Edge to assistance teams work more efficiently and increase philanthropic back up. She brings x years of feel working in non-profits, with 4 years in healthcare. Prior to Gobel Group she was the Financial and Database Manager at The Academy of Tennessee Medical Center where she found her passion for the Raiser's Edge and philanthropy operations. As a customer of Gobel Group, she worked with the Philanthropy Services team to implement a Grateful Patient Programme, focusing on wealth screening and configuring the database for tracking the success of the plan.

Robyn has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The University of Tennessee.

Elizabeth Konyk

Senior Consultant

Elizabeth carries years of non-profit consulting experience, including implementing various fundraising databases. She values building stiff relationships and creating the "ah ha" moments. Elizabeth is passionate nigh giving back to the healthcare community. She was born 3 months premature and received wonderful care and rehabilitation support from her local hospital and family. Having the opportunity to partner with healthcare professionals is one of the means that she likes to requite back. Before joining the Gobel Group, Elizabeth had the opportunity to manage a team of consultants and data analysts for a Healthcare and Faith team at Blackbaud.

When not consulting, Elizabeth enjoys spending time with her husband and two rescue dogs in Austin, Texas. She is an abet for the Texas Wine Industry and can be found working in the vineyard and within wine production in the Hill Country. She holds two B.A. degrees from Washington College in International Relations and Hispanic Studies."

Meagan Modell

Specialist

Meagan brings ten years of experience in non-profit database administration and development operations. Prior to joining Gobel Group, she served as the Raiser's Border Database Administrator for the Role of Institutional Advancement in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Center, the sixth largest Catholic Diocese in the United States, and most recently as the Database Manager for the United Way of Long Island. Meagan holds a Blackbaud certification in the Raiser'south Edge-Professional and received a bachelor'southward caste in English from St. Francis College.

Jennifer Moody

Director, Prospect Research

Jennifer Moody joined Gobel after a career with Henry Ford Health System as the Manager of Research and Prospect Management. While in this role, she developed and implemented a prospect direction program that streamlined major gift officeholder portfolios and increased fundraising efficiency. Before that, she served as Research and Donor Stewardship Coordinator for The Henry Ford, an arts and culture organization, where she contributed to the launch of a $150 million comprehensive entrada. Jennifer is also active with the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (Apra), serving on the Ideals & Compliance Commission, as the Finance Lead for Apra's Michigan chapter, and as a faculty member for Apra Fundamentals – Prospect Research. She is cowriting a affiliate focused on pipeline management for the Researchers in Fundraising Best Practice Guide and Handbook for Prospect Research. Through her years of feel, she has developed the belief that prospect research is integral to the near efficient and focused fundraising efforts. Jennifer is certified in Blackbaud Raiser'southward Edge Fundamentals and received her bachelor's degree from Michigan State University. She resides in Wyandotte, Mich.

Kathy Phelps

Senior Consultant

Kathy enjoys working collaboratively with teams to create, capture, and use information to gain new insights. This allows groups to effectively utilise data to guide learning, critical conversations, and determination making. Whether it be from her work operationalizing grateful patient programs, aligning donor preferences with bodily giving experiences, or creating systems to capture child health and development outcomes, she brings years of nonprofit and healthcare philanthropy experience to the Gobel team.
Previously, Kathy served in leadership roles with The University of Kansas Health Organisation and Children International which gave her the opportunity to larn from and work alongside teams across the United States, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
She holds a Available of Science caste from The University of Miami, every bit well as a Principal of Public Health degree from The George Washington University.

Jocelyn Reilly

Senior Consultant

Jocelyn brings to the Gobel Group over sixteen years of experience in Philanthropy Services. She thrives on taking an analytical approach to her work by assessing the overall situation and strategically developing appropriate solutions.
Jocelyn previously worked at Westchester Medical Eye, the FDNY Foundation, Albert Einstein Higher of Medicine, and as a consultant in Philanthropy Services. In each of these roles she developed stiff policies and procedures for Database and Fiscal functions improving information accurateness, segmenting, and reporting. She oversaw multiple database conversions and merges and was likewise instrumental in implementing numerous software applications including wealth screening for grateful patient programs.
Her strong focus on improving processes for accuracy and efficiency, combined with her numerous years in the healthcare industry and with grateful patient programs, volition prove to exist excellent assets for our clients.

Technology

Kenny Blassick

It Operations & Security Back up Specialist

Kenny joined Gobel with over xx years of experience in IT support for healthcare systems within the state of Florida. Before Gobel, he served as the senior help desk technician for Aveanna Healthcare and provided back up for 18 Florida sites. His expertise includes white-glove on-site service every bit well as remote hardware and software back up. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and at present resides in Bradenton, Fla.

Alek Drexler

Data Security Officer

Working at the crossroads of Philanthropy, Machine Learning (ML), Bogus Intelligence (AI), Privacy and Security.

Eddye Ervin

Director, Business Intelligence

Eddye Ervin brings 16 years of feel in non-profit and philanthropy operations, technology, database management and analytics. Prior to Gobel, she spent fifteen years at Northwestern Memorial Foundation, the fundraising arm of Northwestern Medicine, a nationally-ranked academic medical eye in Chicago. During her fourth dimension at Northwestern Memorial Foundation, she performed iii database migrations and oversaw two additional migrations every bit Northwestern Medicine transitioned from a single hospital to an eleven-infirmary organisation. She oversaw the database needs of the Foundation and established the information analytics program. Almost recently, Eddye worked as the Associate Manager of Development Analytics at Heartland Alliance in Chicago, Illinois, where she worked to mature their analytics and prospect enquiry capabilities. She holds a Tableau Desktop Specialist certification and a Blackbaud Raisers Border Professional (bcre-PRO) certification. Through her experiences, Eddye has developed a passion for telling stories with data. She studied psychology at the University of Illinois, and is now pursuing a bachelor'south degree from Capella Academy in information technology with a specialization in health information science. Eddye resides in the greater Chicago area.

Norma Gomez

Annotator, Business concern Intelligence

Every bit a Business Intelligence Analyst, Norma helps clients interpret information and implement Gobel'south modeling, dashboards, reporting and analytics services. Norma brings years of experience and passion for the power of information in healthcare philanthropy. Before Gobel, she served every bit the beginning Evolution Services Officer at Heartland Alliance, where she partnered across departments to implement robust business intelligence solutions to strategize prospect and donor information. She too trained end users to use Heartland's CRM effectively and efficiently. In another previous role, Norma worked at Northwestern Memorial Foundation to deliver actionable insights through dashboards and analytics. She oversaw new software implementation, led database projects, managed online technologies and supported pipeline and portfolio strategy efforts. In her piece of work, she is driven to empower healthcare organizations to reach new fundraising goals by delivering accurate, consistent and reliable data. Norma holds her bachelor's degree from College of the Holy Cross and resides in Chicago.

Andrew Waterman

Data Scientist

Andrew is a Silicon Valley veteran with 15 years experience using machine learning and data science to help companies introduce, including at Google, Cheque (acquired by Intuit), and over a dozen startups. Andrew has MS & BS degrees from Stanford in Symbolic Systems focusing on AI.

Client Date

Kelly Bennett

Client Date Manager

Kelly brings over ten years of customer management experience to the Gobel team. Before joining Gobel , she was a client relationship director with a data preparation and automation software company providing services to clients in the healthcare, financial, academic, and travel industries. Her prior experience also includes working at a non-turn a profit agency, first every bit an advocate for victims of the 9/11 WTC attack and then for victims of violent crime.
Kelly graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and a Pocket-sized in Folklore. As a Client Engagement Manager, she uses her extensive client human relationship experience to contribute to the successful implementation of engagements with her clients and the continued success of Gobel.

Michelle McKinnon

Client Engagement Managing director

Michelle joined Gobel afterward seven years of experience in management and 5 in the legal field, where she oversaw more than than 400 accounts monthly. She brings a strong attention to particular, accuracy, and efficiency in her work as a client date manager. Michelle works closely with clients and Gobel's experts to program and deliver strategic philanthropic initiatives with the highest degree of service. Her peers have recognized her for her high standard of upstanding and professional person comport. Michelle graduated cum laude from Texas A&One thousand – San Antonio with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology and a Minor in History. She resides in Texas.

Megan Rebar

Client Engagement Manager

Megan brings to the Gobel squad seven years experience in working with healthcare clients.
Prior to Gobel she was a Registered Behavior Technician, providing services to clients alongside Lath Certified Behavior Analysts and healthcare professionals.
Megan graduated from Elizabethtown College with a Bachelor of Social Work.
As a Customer Engagement Manager, she brings her client-focused experience into play as she partners with Principal Consultants to implement our Grateful Patient Program.

Marketing and Sales

Krista Berg

Senior Director, Business concern Evolution

Krista joined Gobel Group after years within operational and fundraising roles at Northwestern Memorial Foundation, the fundraising arm for Northwestern Medicine, an 11-infirmary academic health organisation. Her time working in philanthropy has instilled in her the conventionalities that the greatest outcomes can exist achieved through deep partnerships between the art and science of fundraising. Krista holds a bachelor's degree in retail management from University of Wisconsin-Stout, and is planning a move to Minnesota.

Kirill Chubariev

Manager, Prospect Research and Management

Kirill joined Gobel Group after years of experience in customer service and managing various clients equally an independent contractor. Originally from Ukraine, he speaks three languages and loves to play soccer and pickleball. He moved to the U.S. half-dozen years agone and resides in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Clint Hauger

Senior Manager, Concern Development

Clint joined Gobel with years of feel in hospital leadership and administration. Clint served in the United states Army and Army Reserves for fourteen years, moving up into leadership roles throughout his service before transitioning to a successful tenure in healthcare leadership. Before joining Gobel, he served in C-suite roles at multiple locations for Universal Health Services and Acadia Healthcare, ii of the largest behavioral wellness systems in the country. He holds an MBA in Business Administration from the Academy of Florida.

Julian Lissiman

Director, Marketing

Julian joined Gobel Group with more than 15 years in the digital media and ad industry. Prior to Gobel, the New Zealand native has helped national and international brands and organizations optimize digital platforms to advance their missions, increment acquirement, and energize appointment, every bit evidenced by his work with AAMC, NBME, United Way, and government bodies including NOAA, Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Section of Didactics. Julian's career in the creative field has fueled his drive for innovative ideas backed by data and best practices and cut-border solutions that produce award-winning results. He graduated from the Media Design School (NZ) and near recently completed his Direction Certification (Honolulu, Hi) and at present resides in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Jessica Salmond

Manager, Content

Jessica joined Gobel Group afterwards working for vii years in journalism and nonprofit communications. She leverages her skills in digital content creation, photography, writing and social media direction to produce thoughtful and compelling organizational storytelling. Through her years in communications and journalism, Jessica has developed the belief that digital media and the written word are powerful tools with which to gain champions for a crusade. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri. She resides in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Administration

Alesya Izoita

Administrative Coordinator

Alesya started with Gobel as a contract writer, creating web content for the firm. She will continue to write in betwixt her new responsibilities. Earlier Gobel, she was involved with The Bill Edwards Foundation for the Arts as a Member Coordinator, raising money for the children's arts program. She has written for a wide variety of clients as a web content author working for Strategic Media and freelancing. Alesya holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of South Florida and Studied Technical and Professional person Writing at Portland State University. She currently lives in St. petersburg, Florida.

Liz Landis

Director, HR

Since joining Gobel in 2013 Liz has held several unlike positions within the visitor. She currently partners with our Principal Consultants to implement our Clinician Engagement Program with clients throughout N America. She is also a central component in the implementation of our GRACE Program and the strategic development of Gobel educational programs.

She has an eye for detail and has had the opportunity to coordinate national events for Gobel Group. Prior to joining our squad Liz assisted in the production and ornamentation of special events throughout the Greater Rochester area.

Liz has a B.A. in International Studies with a Minor in Recreation and Leisure and holds a document for projection management from Penn State. She is passionate about the wellbeing of animals and volunteers at the Brandywine Valley SPCA.

Morgan Litchfield

Executive Assistant

Morgan joined Gobel later on a career in the sports industry. Before Gobel, Morgan was the senior programme manager for a golf-related nonprofit organization, where she managed more than than thirty employees at a dozen locations and increased plan participation. Morgan's years of experience in the sports industry accept instilled in her the importance of customs, teamwork and persistence in the pursuit of excellence. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Academy of South Florida and resides in Tampa, Fla.

Sharon Rose Hee

Director, Finance

Sharon is a Certified Public Accountant with over thirty years experience in providing professional services beyond a broad range of financial areas including compliance, internal controls, business organization processes, and acting in business organization informational roles. She has been involved with multiple non-for-turn a profit organizations as a board fellow member, a volunteer, a office of the audit squad, an internal business manager, and the provider of policies, procedures, and internal control reviews.
Sharon has a B.A. from Thomas Edison Country University.
At Gobel she is responsible for the commitment of financial services including bookkeeping, treasury, reporting, and budgeting, all in accordance with legislative requirements and organizational policies and strategies.

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Our Clients

Our client list is 600 and growing. Count on us, like these clients have, to assist you exceed your philanthropic goals. See a list of our current and recent clients.

Academic Medical Centers

Albany Medical Center (NY)

Augusta University Wellness (GA)

Baylor University Medical Middle (TX)

CHI Wellness Immanuel (NE)

City of Promise (CA)

George Washington University Medical Heart (DC)

Indiana University Wellness (IN)

Inova Fairfax Hospital (VA)

Jefferson Health (PA)

Massachusetts General Infirmary (MA)

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (DC)

MedStar Washington Hospital Center (DC)

Nebraska Medical Center (NE)

Richmond University Medical Center (NY)

SingHealth (Singapore)

St. Luke's Academy Hospital (PA)

UC Irvine (CA)

UK Healthcare (KY)

UMASS Memorial Medical Center (MA)

UNC Health (NC)

University of Miami (FL)

University of Missouri (MO)

Healthcare Systems

Advent Health (FL)

Advocate Health Care (IL)

Allegheny Health Network (PA)

Atlantic Health System (NJ)

Banner Wellness (AZ)

Baptist Health (FL)

Baylor Healthcare System (TX)

Beebe Healthcare (DE)

Greatcoat Cod Wellness (MA)

Carle Health (IL)

Centura Health (CO)

CHI Health (NE)

ChristianaCare (DE)

Commonspirit (IL)

Community Health Care System (IN)

Dignity Health (CA)

Essentia Health (MN)

Genesis Health Arrangement (IA)

Hackensack-Tiptop Health (NJ)

Hamilton Health Sciences (Canada)

HealthPartners (MN)

HonorHealth (AZ)

Inova Health (VA)

INTEGRIS Health (OK)

Intermountain Wellness (UT)

Jackson Health (FL)

Jefferson Health (PA)

Kettering Wellness Network (OH)

LifeBridge Wellness (MD)

Marshfield Clinic (WI)

MedStar Health (Dr. & DC)

Naples Community Hospital (NCH)

New York Health + Hospitals (NY)

Northwell Health (NY)

Ochsner Health System (LA)

PinnacleHealth (PA)

Providence Alaska Foundation (AK)

Providence Health & Services Southern California (CA)

Renown Health (NV)

Riverside Health Organization (VA)

LDS Hospital (UT)

Healthcare Systems (cont.)

Rochester Regional Health Organisation (NY)

Sanford Health (SD)

SCL Health (CO)

Seton Foundations (TX)

Singhealth (Singapore)

South Shore Health System (NJ)

SSM Health (MO)

St. Lukes University Health Network (PA)

Texas Health Resources (TX)

Unity Betoken (IA)

UPMC (PA)

Valley Health System (NJ)

Vidant Health (NC)

WakeMed Health and Hospitals (NC)

WellStar Health (GA)

Westchester Medical Centre (NY)

Pediatric Hospitals

LDS Hospital (UT)

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (PA)

Children'due south Hospital of Orange County (CA)

Foundation Primary Children'southward Hospital (UT)

Inova Children'southward Hospital (VA)

Samuelson Children's Hospital (MD)

The Children'south Hospital of Manitoba (MB)

Wolfson Children's Hospital (FL)

Hospice Organizations

LDS Hospital (UT)

Abington Hospice (PA)

Summit Health Hospice Care (NJ)

PCRMC Hospice Care (MO)

Providence TrinityCare Hospice (CA)

Tidewell Hospice (FL)

Community Hospitals

LDS Infirmary (UT)

Advent Health Shawnee Mission (KS)

Adventist (Doc)

Albany Medical Centre (NY)

Alta View Hospital (UT)

American Fork Hospital (UT)

Anne Arundel Medical Center (Md)

Arroyo Grande (CA)

Barrow Neurological Institute (AZ)

Bear River Valley Hospital (UT)

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital (NY)

Carroll Hospital Heart (Doctor)

Cassia Regional Medical Heart (UT)

Christ Hospital (OH)

Clifton Springs Hospital (NY)

Columbia Memorial Hospital (NY)

Community HealthCare Arrangement (KS)

Dana Farber Cancer Eye

Deborah Heart and Lung Hospital

Delta Customs Medical Eye (UT)

Dixie Regional Medical Middle (UT)

Doheny Middle Institute (CA)

East Jefferson General Hospital (LA)

Evangelical Community Hospital (PA)

Fillmore Community Medical Center (UT)

Garfield Memorial Infirmary & Clinics (UT)

Glendale Memorial (CA)

Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation (OR)

Grady Health (GA)

Cracking Plains Regional Medical Center (NE)

Griffin Health (CT)

Heber Valley Medical Middle (UT)

Community Hospitals (cont.)

LDS Hospital (UT)

Hoag (CA)

Holy Cross Healthcare (FL)

Juravinski Cancer Eye (ON, CAN)

Kelowna Full general Hospital (BC, CAN)

Lancaster General Hospital (PA)

LDS Hospital (UT)

Logan Regional Infirmary (UT)

London Wellness Sciences Centre (Canada)

Lourdes Hospital (KY)

Maine Medical Center (ME)

Marian Medical Center (CA)

Markham Stouffville Hospital (ONT)

McKay-Dee Hospital Center (UT)

Medic Alert Foundation (CA)

Mercy Medical Center (IA)

Michael Garron Hospital (Canada)

Nebraska Methodist Hospital (NE)

Newark-Wayne Hospital (NY)

Northwest Community Healthcare (IL)

Northwest Hospital (MD)

Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (ON, Tin can)

OhioHealth (OH)

Orem Customs Hospital (UT)

Orillia Soldiers Memorial Foundation (Canada)

Park City Medical Center (UT)

Peconic Bay Medical Center (NY)

Phelps Canton Regional Medical Centre (MO)

PIH (MA)

Pluta Cancer Center (NY)

Primary Children'southward Hospital (UT)

Regions Infirmary (MN)

River Hospital (NY)

Riverton Infirmary (UT)

Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation (Canada)

Saint Joseph's (NY)

Sanpete Valley Hospital (UT)

Sequoia Hospital (CA)

Sevier Valley Medical Center (UT)

Sinai Hospital (MD)

Southern Alabama Medical Center (AL)

St. Francis Memorial Hospital (CA)

St. Joseph'south Infirmary & Medical Center (AZ)

St. Mary's Medical Center (CA)

Telluride Medical Center (CO)

The Children'south Hospital of Philadelphia (PA)

The Christ Hospital (OH)

The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (UT)

Toronto General and Western Hospital (ONT)

Tucson Medical Eye (AZ)

UK Markey Cancer Center (KY)

UMMS-St Joe (Doctor)

United Memorial Medical Center (NY)

Unity Health (NY)

Utah Valley Regional Medical Center (UT)

Valley Presbyterian (CA)

Valley View Medical Heart (UT)

Virginia Mason (WA)

Winthrop-University Hospital (NY)

Senior Assisted Living Facilities

LDS Hospital (UT)

Asbury Foundation (MD)

Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries (PA)

Episcopal Senior Life Communities (NY)

Levindale Hospital (Md)

What Our Clients Say Well-nigh Us

"The Gobel Group is i of the almost innovative healthcare philanthropy consulting firms in business concern today. Their piece of work with us to train our philanthropy officers and engage our physicians in the philanthropic process has resulted in more referrals, more qualified prospects, more visits and more revenue. Without question, their piece of work was the driving force in our growth from $22 million to $30 meg in philanthropic revenue."

Bruce Bartoo
Senior Vice President, Philanthropy
MedStar Health

"The Gobel squad rapidly became and continues to be a part of the Abington family unit. They are incredibly responsive, and always tin be counted on to produce loftier quality work. I could not have asked for a more professional person, high integrity, creative or hard-working grouping."

Jill Kyle
Senior Vice President, Regional Advocacy
Jefferson Health

"Before we implemented Gobel's Physician Engagement in Philanthropy Program, we were receiving gifts from patients, merely we didn't have a systematic approach to create sustainable and e'er-growing results. Since we've put Gobel's program in place, we've built strong prospect portfolios for our gift officers, engaged more physicians, and are closing more gifts and raising more money. It works!"

Ralph Ahead
Associate Vice President for Major Gifts
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

"The Gobel squad's expertise has made it possible for the states to movement alee with key initiatives and run across real progress in fine tuning our programme. With their help, our new strategic plan has the potential to double our revenue in the next 5-7 years."

Julie Cox
Vice President, Evolution
LifeBridge Health

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