Laurie Herrick is a fundraising consultant and entrepreneur with over twenty years of experience in the not-for-profit sector. The emphasis of Laurie’s work is creating fundraising breakthroughs by empowering leaders to build a healthy Culture of Philanthropy within their organizations. It is through fostering this culture shift that Laurie fulfills her personal mission to make positive social change. Laurie has served in numerous professional and volunteer roles. She’s been a development director, executive director, board member and board chair of a variety of nonprofit organizations. These experiences led to her profound awareness of the challenges they were facing. One of the noteworthy obstacles she observed in her role as a consultant was the way the culture, and specifically a destructive mindset of scarcity, got in the way of fundraising success. She built a coaching approach that addressed this mindset and trained organizational leaders to build a culture that was more intentional and came from a mindset of abundance. This shift of mindset has altered the overall fundraising strategy and success of countless organizations. When she’s not consulting, Laurie enjoys trail running, swimming, blowing glass, gardening and cooking. You can reach her at www.rainmkr.com.