Meet Your Fundraising BFFs
Patrick Kirby
Founder of Do Good Better Consulting
Fundraiser. Dad. Author. Speaker.
Patrick Kirby is the Founder of Do Good Better Consulting, author of the Amazon best seller Fundraise Awesomer! A Practical Guide to Staying Sane While Doing Good, host of The Official Do Good Better Podcast, and a believer that “we’ve always done it this way” is the most dangerous phrase in the English language.
Patrick has spent nearly 2 decades working as a fundraiser in the nonprofit industry, for organizations of all shapes and sizes, most notably as the Senior Director of Development at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Minneapolis, MN and the Chief Development Officer at the Anne Carlsen Center, based in Jamestown, ND.
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He earned his B.A. in “B.S.” (politics) at Loras College in Dubuque, IA, and is hopelessly addicted to super nerdy Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels and old school Nintendo games. Patrick lives in West Fargo, ND with his wife Shannon, three ridiculously adorable children named Spencer, Preston and Willow, a chubby beagle named Calvin.
Leah Reed
Business Development & Operations
Leah loves the outdoors, MN lakes season and wishes she didn't have to
move away to enjoy it year round!
Leah Reed is the Business Development & Operations Manager at Do Good Better Consulting. Before joining Do Good Better Consulting, Leah onboarded Discovery Benefits (currently WEX) largest clients in her Senior Implementation Manager Position.
Her experience in project management and relationship building is where her true passion lies. Leah was born and raised in Fargo, ND and currently resides in Horace, ND with her husband, oldest son Kaleb and youngest daughter Vada.