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The PURE Philanthropy Team

Frank
Cerisano

Founder

Frank has 26 plus years of fund raising development experience.  Prior to opening FCM Network in 2010 Frank was the Executive Director of Advancement for the Sheridan Institute.   He spent the majority of his career in the healthcare sector where he served as the National Vice President of Development for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) where he lead the Canadian arm of a $1billion international campaign for type one diabetes research.  Frank was a Campaign Director with Ketchum Canada where he managed a $10M campaign to build the new Woodstock General Hospital, and was part of a team that laid the ground work for Sunnybrook and Women’s Foundation $300M M-Wing expansion campaign.  Frank has managed and led a number of health related and social service organization campaigns across Ontario. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Golden Horse Shoe, former committee member of Advancement for Colleges Ontario.  He is a past Governing Council member of the Brampton Board of Trade; a past member of the Economic Development Committee for the City of Brampton and a past member of the Toronto Heritage committee.

 

Frank designed PURE to help charities who are currently raising funds with hard working volunteers and limited to no professional fundraising expertise. Frank truly believes in PURE's mission to help charities grow their fundraising programs through information, inspiration and insightful conversation.  He hopes you will see value in joining the PURE community!

John
Andresen

Partnerships & Sponsorship

John is a Toronto based fundraiser with 25 of experience in the non-profit sector building successful acquisition and renewal based direct marketing and annual fundraising programs.

Inspired by the desire to help others, John is driven by a belief that fundraising is fundamentally focused on people respecting and supporting each other to achieve a solution for a common passion.

A CFRE since 2000, John’s thorough knowledge of the industry and proficiency brings a singular ability to creatively synthesize best practices from a variety of philanthropy and marketing disciplines to solve fundraising challenges.

A focus on the client’s unique situation combined with his methodical approach leads to financial success and growth through careful strategic emphasis on priority opportunities.

Michael
Crow

Digital Media Specialist

An experienced digital marketing professional with a diverse range of skills and experience, Michael is one of the newest PURE team members. He currently collaborates with the organization on the strategic direction of the brand including social media advertising, search engine marketing, and general online communications.
Having spent the past five years working his way up the ranks at Postmedia, Michael now works for Ottawa-based agency Sidi.io as Director of Performance Marketing.
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