Best Wishes from Friends & Colleagues
Allison Urowitz Director of Development Ryerson University Cynthia, you have been a tireless ambassador for AFP Toronto and our profession. Personally, I appreciate your efforts to help me make the most of my membership to an outstanding professional association. I wish you well for the next chapter.
Jo-Anne Gray Executive Director Uxbridge Cottage Hospital Foundation Cynthia, over the past 24 years I’ve attended the Toronto Chapter AFP Congress on numerous occasions. Each and every time I come back to the office with new ideas, new connections and completely satisfied with the entire experience. I know that this is largely thanks to your commitment, dedication and supreme organizational skills. Thank you for all you’ve done for AFP and its members. I wish you the very best in your retirement.
Caroline Riseboro President and Chief Executive Officer Plan International Canada
a fundraiser for 20 years and is currently a member of the AFP GTA Board of Directors. Cynthia, “There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” ~ C.S. Lewis I wish for you only good things now and in the future. ~ Nneka
Mike House MBA, ICD.D President and CEO Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation On behalf of the decades-worth of fundraising professionals throughout the Edmonton and Area, congratulations Cynthia on your retirement from AFP! I’ve been honoured to work alongside you, through late nights and early mornings, congresses, conferences and strategy sessions. You are a leader among your peers, and a fantastic fundraiser too - something many may not know about. I hope you enjoy your well - deserved retirement and keep in touch. Congratulations again!
Vincent Duckworth Partner ViTreo Group Inc.
Caroline Riseboro is an award-winning humanitarian and social justice advocate, recognized as one of Canada’s most influential leaders in the nonprofit sector. Caroline holds several board positions, including Board Chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals GTA Chapter.
Cynthia, you have been our friend, our trusted colleague and a critical administrative support to me and to all of us at AFP. For me, you have been a constant throughout most of my fundraising career. If I was not volunteering for AFP, I would look forward to seeing you at ICON and at Congress. If I was volunteering at AFP, I was privileged to be able to work with you more closely and more often.
Cynthia, you have positively made your mark on so many aspects of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the AFP GTA Chapter. The Fundraising profession in Canada is stronger because of your tireless effort and commitment.
Throughout our time together, you have been a constant source of ideas and positive energy. You have also never been afraid to ask the tougher questions. You have mentored me. You have mentored all of us.
Your contributions over the many years go unmatched and your leadership, passion, guidance and mentorship to those around you have inspired us to achieve great new heights for AFP GTA and Canadian philanthropy at large. It has been a pleasure working with you and learning from you and I thank you for your tireless work.
I wish you all the best in your retirement and I hope we see you, maybe not as often, but often enough at conferences and at gatherings.
Congratulations on your retirement and I wish you all the very best.
Nneka Allen, CFRE
Malcolm Burrows
Senior Development Officer, Corporate Sponsorship London Health Sciences Foundation
Head, Philanthropic Advisory Services Aqueduct Foundation/Scotia Wealth Management
Nenka Allen is a Black woman, a descendant of the Underground Railroad, a proud member of the Painted Feather Woodland Metis Community and a mother. She has been
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Cynthia, know this: You have played a critical role in the history of AFP in Canada and globally. This is not and will not be forgotten. We would be less had you not been with us. Thank you.
Once upon a time in the early 1990s, there was US fundraising organization called NSFRE, which had an ambitious outpost in a little-known city called Toronto that
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