With our deep roots in Boston, Development Guild is pleased to sponsor the AFP Massachusetts’ 39th Fundraising Day in Boston on Thursday, March 28! You can find us presenting in Sessions 2 and 3 or at our booth (Table #3).

Matthew Weber
Session 2 Presentation — Live-Polling the Present: Harnessing Real-Time Insights for Fundraising in 2024
At 10:15 AM, our SVP of Product and Marketing, Matt Weber, will leverage our proprietary tool called DevGuild to conduct an energizing and engaging session all about harnessing real-time insights from live-polling and analytics. A highly interactive session, it tackles some of the most pressing current events by harnessing the collective skills and knowledge of the session’s attendees. You won’t want to miss it!
Session 3 Presentation — Attracting and Retaining Diverse Talent with the Challenges of a Changing World
At 1:20 PM, please join Senior Consultant Melanie O’Keefe and Executive Director of our Search Practice Tracy Marshall for their presentations on the challenges and benefits of finding and nurturing diverse talent. This session promises to walk you through all the steps to find, recruit, onboard, and retain the ‘rising stars’ that are waiting in the wings to take your organization to the next level.
![]() Tracy Marshall |
![]() Melanie O’Keefe |
Meet our colleagues at Fundraising Day:
- Arya Bakhsheshi – Product Manager
- Tracy Marshall – Executive Director, Search Practice, and SVP, Principal
- Melanie O’Keefe – Senior Consultant
- Nicholas Stephenson – Full Stack Developer
- Matt Weber – SVP of Product and Marketing, Principal
- Suzanne Weber, MBA – Chief Executive Officer
- Misty Wilson – Director of Marketing Operations
We encourage you to also meet and network with the IDEA Fellows from AFP’s Massachusetts’ Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Fellowship Program. We are pleased to continue to support and sponsor AFP’s IDEA program and its commitment to building opportunities for its Fellows.