John Shehane views himself as “a life-long learner.” He was one of the founders of the local AFP chapter, and of what is now Nonprofit Connect, in addition to being one of the first members of the Mid America Planned Giving Council. “I served on the AFP’s National Ethics Committee that created our first Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct,” he said. After 52 years in fund development at the local, regional, and national levels, his goal is to become the first 100-year-old fundraiser. He is a little more than 21 years away from that point. “As Jerold Panus, our profession’s guru, said, ‘all philanthropy is about changing and saving lives.’” As John sees it, that is what he and his colleagues at AFP do every day in “an amazingly wonderful and caring city, filled to the brim with fantastic, generous donors, volunteers, and nonprofit leadership.” Recognize that description? It’s Our Town!

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John Shehane, president, the John Shehane Group

John Shehane, president, the John Shehane Group; with Lisa Ousley, After the Harvest

Also featured in the September 14, 2019 issue of The Independent