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Our
Principals
Ron
J. Huddleston
President & Chief Executive Officer
Ron has over 25 years experience in fundraising management
as a consultant and as a senior executive for a number of not-for-profit
organizations. He had a successful career in the not-for-profit sector
serving many prestigious organizations, including San Francisco's French
Hospital Foundation, where he was President and CEO for more than 13 years.
Ron is a veteran capital
campaign and feasibility study manager as well as an acknowledged expert
in planned giving. He has executive leadership experience developing,
implementing and managing nonprofit institutions and philanthropic
programs throughout the United States and Western Europe.
He has many years experience
in building successful not-for-profit organizations, raising millions of
dollars in philanthropic funds as well as the leadership ability to
inspire the confidence of the members of the board, professional staff and
community leaders. He is a Fellow in the Association for Healthcare
Philanthropy, FAHP. Ron is also a Certified Fund Raising Executive with
the Association of Fundraising Professionals, CFRE, a member of the
National Committee on Planned Giving and Rotary International. In
addition, he has lectured and written extensively on various business and
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Ned
Davis
Senior Vice President
Marketing &
Communications
Ned has spent more than 25 years helping
nonprofits tell their fundraising stories in film, video and print form.
He is considered the foremost marketing-for-fundraising expert in the
United States.
His long experience and
keen understanding of tested fundraising techniques and principles,
combined with his film and video experience, make him
an invaluable component of The Huddleston Group team — bringing clients
his unique perspective and special expertise in the field of philanthropic
consulting.
His work, with hundreds of
nonprofits from coast-to-coast, including just about every type of
organization especially healthcare and related agencies — has resulted
in dramatic increases in public awareness and financial support and has
helped raise more than $300 million.
Ned is an award-winning film
and video producer-director and writer. In addition to his marketing,
communications and fundraising accomplishments, Ned is a free-lance
television and radio announcer/narrator/actor and his voice has been heard
on more than 2,500 commercials and films.
His clients include just about
every type of nonprofit, from hospitals to animal welfare organizations:
Hospitals
Marin General Hospital, Methodist Hospital (L.A.), Tucson Medical
Center; Alta Bates Hospital; Tulsa Regional Medical Center; Davies Medical
Center; Orthopedic Hospital; Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula;
Sutter Davis Medical Center; McKenzie-Willamette Hospital (Eugene);
Children’s Hospital at Stanford; Mercy Hospital (San Diego); Sutter
Delta Medical Center; California Hospital; Saddleback Memorial Medical
Center; Saint Mary’s Medical Center (Reno); Garfield Medical Center; St.
Rose Dominican Hospital (Las Vegas); Novato Community Hospital; Grossmont
Hospital; Children’s Hospital; Oakland; Fresno Community Hospital;
Merritt Hospital, Roseville Medical Center; Sutter Amador Hospital;
Marshall Hospital; Natividad Medical Center; Mee Memorial Hospital
Hospices
Hospice of Marin; Mid-Peninsula Hospice; Hospice of Contra Costa;
Hospice by the Bay (S.F.); Hospice of Petaluma
Child Welfare and Related
Sacramento Children’s Home; Foundation for the Junior Blind; Hanna
Boys Center; East Bay Agency for Children; Children’s Speech &
Hearing Center; National Alopecia Areata Foundation; Lincoln Child Center;
Safe Kids America; Child Development Center; Children’s Trauma Center;
Children’s Cancer Center (Denver); Optimist Youth Homes (L.A.); Sunny
Hills Children’s Services; Hemophilia Foundation; True to Life
Children’s Services; 1984 Olympics |
Social Services
Episcopal Community Services (San Francisco); Davis Community Clinic
Zoos
San Francisco Zoo
Mentoring Programs
Child Advocates (CASA); Flowery School Mentor Program; Oakland Head
Start.
Schools
Cupertino Union School District; P.S. #1 Elementary School (Santa
Monica)
Parks
California State Parks Foundation
Museums
San Mateo County History Museum.
Community Recreation Centers
Janss Community Center, Ketchum, ID
Animal Shelters & Animal Welfare
San Diego Humane Society; East Bay SPCA
Riverside Humane Society
County Fairs
Salinas Valley Fair Heritage Foundation
Other Nonprofit and Healthcare
American Heart Assn.; Easter Seals; Adams Chiropractic; American
Academy of Ophthalmology; Northern California Transplant Bank; Visiting
Nurse Assn.
Corporate
MasterCard; Kal Kan Foods; Coulter Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Redwood
Empire Life Support; Straw Hat Pizza; Pay Less Drugs; American Medical
Optics Div. of American Hospital Supply; Anthony Pools; Bateman Brokerage
Co.; American Funds Group
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