Sara Gibson has nearly ten years of experience in nonprofit management. Before joining Miriam’s Kitchen, she served as the Director of Development at the Sitar Arts Center and at Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington. While in Paris during 2007, Sara served as a development and organizational consultant for French and U.S. clients. Sara`s development career has focused primarily on growing organization`s with budgets of $1 million or less with development departments staffed by only one full-time development staff member.
Mark Knight has managed dynamic local and national nonprofits for 20 years. For the last six years he has raised grants, program-related investments and loans for two very small nonprofit funds that finance affordable housing. As CEO, fundraising was only one of his jobs, accomplished on a shoestring budget. He inaugurated new relationships with and obtained grants and investments from foundations and public funding sources. He launched a major donor program and expanded direct mail appeals. At the same time he retooled IT systems to meet reporting and compliance requirements. One loan fund grew from $2M to $11.5M in 3 years. Net equity by 45% in FY 2006. Mark holds a dual masters in social work and public administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
