President
Focus Fundraising LLC
Specializing in major gift campaigns, annual fundraising, and board development, Nadine Gabai-Botero, MA, CFRE, has a proven record securing individual gifts and institutional support, and developing innovative ways to improve donor engagement to achieve results. Nadine has 25 years of experience in fundraising, and is president at Focus Fundraising, a firm she founded in 2010. Focus works with a range of nonprofits, but particularly those with advocacy, environment, education, and culture-focused missions. Current and past clients include The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Center for Policing Equity, Physicians for Reproductive Health, the Guttmacher Institute, the United Nations Foundation, and the MacArthur Justice Center. Before establishing Focus Fundraising, Nadine served for eight years on the senior management team of CulturalDC, an organization that partners with real estate developers and arts organizations to drive community change. There, she served as development director and campaign director. Prior to that role, she served as a program director at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and as a fundraiser at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Nadine is a Certified Fund Raising Executive and a long-time member and committed volunteer leader of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. In 2018, she served as the president of AFP’s DC Chapter and in 2014 was co-chair of the Bridge Conference. Originally from Lima, Peru, she is a graduate of the George Washington University and the University of Florida and is fluent in Spanish.
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