Apra Greater Houston Annual Conference
Friday, May 31, 2024 United Way of Houston Community Resource Center50 Waugh Dr., Houston, TX 77007
Lunch is included with registration.
Networking happy hour after conference
Meet the Speakers!
Marianne Pelletier, Managing Director, Staupell Analytics Group
Marianne Pelletier has over 30 years of experience in fundraising, with the majority in prospect research and prospecting. She is one of the first adopters of donor modeling and data mining techniques, and is now a world-renown leader on this segment of the research profession. She has served as an analyst and a department director for Harvard, Lesley, Carnegie Mellon, and Cornell University. Pelletier’ also ran an annual giving program for Southern NH University, and offered software consulting through the Datatel Corporation and through CampusWorks. A recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the New England Development Research Association and a Woman of the Year designation by the National Association of Professional Women, Pelletier is on the board of Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties and is president of the Finger Lakes chapter of AFP. She s a graduate of Rockford University, and earned her MBA at Southern New Hampshire University. Her recent workbook, Building Your Analytics Shop: A Workbook for Nonprofits, was a finalist for the Terry McAdam Award in 2016.
Chelsea Cheung, Senior Manager of Data Analytics, Greater Houston Community Foundation
Chelsea Cheung is Senior Manager of Data Analytics at Greater Houston Community Foundation where she supports the Foundation’s data indicators initiative, Understanding Houston. Chelsea is a graduate of University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) with a B.S. in Applied Statistics and minors in Mathematics and Economics. She was nominated by the Associate Dean of her college to serve as a student lead for UH CARES, an organization created by the university to engage students in assisting low-income households in rebuilding their homes after Hurricane Harvey. Additionally, she was elected by her classmates to serve as a Senator representing her college in the Student Government Association (SGA) and went on to be chair of the SGA Student Life Committee and SGA Speaker of the Senate.
Chelsea is currently serving her sixth year on the Board of Directors for Nourish International, a nonprofit that develops the leadership skills, self-awareness, and confidence of students to become social impact leaders. Chelsea has lived in many different cities but sees Houston as her hometown.
Elise Lynch, Executive VP, Kaleidoscope
Elise Lynch is the Executive Vice President of Kaleidoscope, which really means “chief cook and bottle washer” in a small and nimble company like “Kscope”. Previously with 10-K Wizard and Morningstar, she uses her 24+ years of experience and expertise, researching securities filings both SEC and SEDAR. This has enabled Kaleidoscope to develop: a first-class securities research platform used by law firms, accounting firms and corporate C-Suite executives; Insider Focus specifically designed for prospect research and development; and an array of API solutions to support a wide variety of industry applications.
In her role, Elise assists in product development, spearheads education and training for research professionals, and provides guidance on how best to use our API solutions for commercial and internal applications. Her motto: “Education is the key to success. Keep learning.”
Mindful Movement featuring Sandy Swann
Sandy started practicing yoga in 1996 and has since studied Bikram, Vinyasa, Forrest, Ashtanga, Hatha and Yin varieities. She is certified in Baron Baptiste Power, Yin, and chair yoga. She earned her 200 HTT with Awakened Yoga, a local studio in Sugar Land, and then started teaching at 24Hour Fitness in Sugar Land. Besides yoga, she loves snow-skiing and hiking best but would try just about any sport. She also loves dancing, fine dining, and fine wines, especially champagne.
