About Us
The Blackbaud Institute team and partners work to power the future of social good.
We bring together leading innovators and experts from every type of institution, from nonprofits and businesses to academic institutions, to foster diverse perspectives, collective thinking, and collaborative solutions to the world’s greatest challenges.
Through our collective passion for good, we’ve built a library of content that informs our readership while being receptive to their personalized needs, so they can continue making the world a better place.
Advisory Board
In support of the Blackbaud Institute’s mission to bring together the best minds in philanthropy and accelerate the impact of the social good community, the Blackbaud Institute’s Advisory Board supports the development and sharing of leading-edge research and insights. The Board, comprised of credible and knowledgeable experts from across the sector, guides the Institute in broadening the scope of resources the Blackbaud Institute builds for our audience to accelerate the impact of their work.
Chuck Longfield,

Chuck Longfield became Blackbaud’s chief scientist in January 2007 and is the founder of Target Software, Inc. and Target Analysis Group, Inc., both now Blackbaud companies. Chuck has extensive experience designing and implementing national as well as international constituency databases that address the fundraising information needs at many of the world’s largest nonprofit organizations. In recognition of his accomplishments, Chuck is the recipient of the DMA 2012 Max Hart Nonprofit Achievement Award. Prior to founding the Target companies in 1992, he taught math to middle and high school students. He was honored by FundRaising Success in 2007 with a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the nonprofit sector. He holds a BA in mathematics and a MEd from Harvard University and has more than 30 years of experience helping nonprofits automate their fundraising operations.
Kyla Shawyer,

Kyla has been leading transformational change in the global nonprofit sector for the past 14 years, serving as COO at leading INGO, Operation Smile, and most recently as CEO of the Resource Alliance and IFC (International Fundraising Congress), a vibrant community of global nonprofit fundraisers and change makers from across the social good ecosystem. By inspiring new ways of sharing, collaboration and harnessing collective power, Kyla’s track record shows just how to break down silos, connect with core values and unleash ideas, innovation and potential in every single person in the organization. Her extensive knowledge and work within the social impact sector now brings her to leading purpose driven, transformational culture change projects that seek to unify and ignite positive change in the social good space.
Roger Craver,

Roger M. Craver is a fundraising pioneer who’s helped launch and build organizations like Common Cause, The National Organization for Women, ACLU, the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Amnesty International and dozens of other major organizations, both in the U.S. and in Europe. Roger is the author of the classic, “Retention Fundraising: The Art and Science of Keeping Your Donors for Life.” Now he’s the editor-in-chief of the fundraising blog The Agitator and founder of DonorTrends, which provides fundraising analytics.
Tim Kachuriak,

Tim Kachuriak is the founder and Chief Innovation and Optimization Officer for NextAfter, a fundraising research lab and consulting firm that works with businesses, nonprofits and NGOs to help them grow their resource capacity.
A nonprofit thought leader, Kachuriak is the author of Optimize Your Fundraising: How to Transform Your Organization One Test at a Time, and is the lead researcher and co-author of the Online Fundraising Scorecard, Why Should I Give to You?, and The Midlevel Donor Crisis.
Kachuriak is also the co-founder and Vice Chairman of the Human Coalition, a member of the board of directors for Open Doors USA and the Halcyon Movement, an Advisory Board Member for the SMU Digital Accelerator, and an Advisory Board Member for Kids Prosper Kids.
Una Osili, Ph.D.,

Una O. Osili, Ph.D., is an economist with significant experience in research and policy in the fields of household behavior and economic policy. She serves as Associate Dean for Research and International Programs and Dean’s Fellow, Mays Institute on Diverse Philanthropy, at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, the world’s first school dedicated to increasing the understanding of philanthropy and improving its practice worldwide.
Dr. Osili directs the school’s research program with its partners including US Trust, United Way Worldwide, Coutts Inc, and National Collegiate Athletic Association. She leads the research and publication of Giving USA, Global Philanthropy Indices, and pioneered new approaches to using data to better understand global and national philanthropic trends. Dr. Osili is a member of the graduate school faculty at Indiana University. She earned her B.A. in Economics at Harvard University, and her M.A., and Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University.
Tony Foleno,

Tony Foleno is Senior Vice President of Strategy and Evaluation for the Ad Council, the national nonprofit that mobilizes the energy and talents of the marketing, media and technology industry to make a measurable impact on today’s most critical social and health issues. Tony advises strategic planning and leads evaluation for the Ad Council’s 30+ public service campaigns, leveraging research-based insights into action and helping to ensure that the Ad Council operates as a results-driven organization.
Currently, Tony serves as the President of the Society for Health Communication. He serves as an advisory board member for several other organizations, including the Blackbaud Institute, Cause & Social Influence, Agents of Change, and the Market Research Council.