Directors Forum

Directors Forum 

Program: 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Networking Opportunity: 9:00 am - 9:30 am

**Registration for this event is currently closed. If you wish to register as a walk-in guest, please email the NEDRA office at office@nedra.org.

Join facilitators Chris DeChellis, Associate Director of Research at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Alicia Kim-Shen, Assistant Director of Prospect Identification and Analytics in Development Research, and come ready to participate in a lively discussion on topics such as departmental organization and benchmarking, prospect management, screenings, and partnering with fund raisers. This is a great opportunity to hear what is on the minds of others leading research departments, as well as to share your own ideas with colleagues.

Be sure to bring your org chart, as well as your best strategies for accomplishing goals with squeezed budgets and staff! Early registrants will be contacted before the event to gather specific discussion topics on the minds of attendees. The Directors Forum is recommended for all those in a supervisory role (assistant directors, managers, etc.) or who are involved in departmental decision making. 

Space is limited. Light refreshments will be served.

Facilitators:

Chris DeChellis is Associate Director of Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In his current role, Chris conducts research on prospects and donors, identifies potential prospects, and assists the Director with overall management of the Research office. In addition, he oversees the Research Client Services team, which meets the information needs of Development by providing research products, including ratings, donor profiles, event biographies, and prospect lists. Chris began his career in Research in March 2003, working as an Analyst at Dana-Farber. In 2006, Chris became Assistant Director of Development Research at Dana-Farber and worked in this position until he was named Associate Director in October 2010. Prior to Dana-Farber, Chris held a variety of support and administrative positions in the Office of Institutional Advancement at Emerson College. He received a BA in Writing, Literature and Publishing, as well as an MA in Writing and Publishing, from Emerson College.

Alicia Kim-Shen is an Assistant Director of Prospect Identification and Analytics in Development Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  She started her career in Research at Dana-Farber in 2005, and since rejoining in April 2011, she oversees the prospect identification efforts of the Research team through the classification, understanding, and cultivation of prospects.  Alicia has also worked within the leadership giving, gift planning, and research units at Brandeis University.  Prior to the start of her career in non-profit development and institutional advancement in 2002, she was a middle school science teacher and prior to that, a sales, marketing, and formulations associate at an international pharmaceutical corporation.  Alicia received her BA in Anthropology with a Humanities Interdisciplinary Program minor, and a background in neurogenetics from Brandeis University.

From the Massachusetts Turnpike:

Take Mass Pike east towards Boston to exit 14 for route 95/128. After toll, take route 95/128 south towards Attleboro/Providence. You'll be on route 95 for 5 minutes/2 exits. Continue until the intersection of Route 9 at exits 20 A&B.

Take Exit 20 (A) towards Boston. Drive approximately 6 miles from there. Not too long after you are on Rt. 9 you will see the Atrium Mall on your right immediately followed by the Chestnut Hill mall on the left. As you enter the town of Brookline about 5 miles later you will see a reservoir on your right. After passing the reservoir you will come over a hill and see the Boston skyline. You will come up on a Volkswagen dealership, then a U-Haul rental on your right followed by an old brick urban schoolhouse.

Within a block or two you will see a Dunkin' Donuts along side a large firehouse with a clock tower. It will be right at an intersection. If you look to the left at that point you will see the college on the opposite side of the road. The sign will read The New England Institute of Art. If you look straight ahead you will see a pedestrian over pass. Proceed under the pedestrian overpass to the traffic light that immediately follows. Make a U-turn at the light and drive one block to the corner of Pearl St. & Rt. 9.

** You will see the marquee that says 10 Brookline Place West. Make a right onto Pearl St. and a left into the underground parking garage that is adjacent to our building. There are also 2hr parking meters on Pearl Street. If parked in the underground lot, take the elevator to the first floor. When leaving the elevator walk out of the front door of the building towards the annex, directly across the plaza. Enter the Gallery & Admissions area.

Driving from Route 93:

Take Route 93 South or North and follow signs for Storrow Drive West. Take Storrow Drive West and proceed through tunnel. Stay in the middle lane (follow "CARS ONLY" signs). Get in the left lane after the Copley Square exit. Take Kenmore Square, Fenway 1S exit (on left). At fork in exit, bear left and follow Fenway 1S. Stay in right lane on exit ramp; bear right towards Boylston Street, Outbound, Riverway 1. Follow Boylston Street five blocks until you reach a major intersection. Follow the sign for Brookline/Worcester. This will bring you onto Brookline Ave. Follow Brookline Ave to end and then take RT 9 Worcester. Drive 1 1/2 blocks. 10 Brookline Place West, is on the corner of RT 9 & Pearl Street. SEE ABOVE ** for directions for parking.

By MBTA:

Take the MBTA's Green Line -- "Riverside" Branch/D Train -- to the Brookline Village stop. Our building is the large beige building immediately behind the T stop. Walk to the end of the platform following the contour of the building from Pearl St turning right on to Boylston St.  Take the stairs opposite the bus stop up to the plaza and enter the building on the left. Take the stairs to the top and you will be at the main entrance of our building.

NEDRA Members: $50

Non-Members: $85