# Five new Fellows announced by the Institute of Fundraising

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/11/five-new-fellows-announced-institute-fundraising/
- Published: 2014-07-11T17:13:10+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Institute of Fundraising has announced the election of five new Fellows to the
IoF Fellowship. Fellows are recognised for their contribution to fundraising above
and beyond their day job.

In addition, the award of a fellowship acknowledges the commitment of those who 
give their time to the Institute to help develop the profession of fundraising.

This year’s fellows, announced at the Institute’s AGM at the National Convention
in London this week, are Jane Cunningham, Cathy Sullivan, Martin Price, Tenika Ah-
Wan and Margaret Bennett.

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Speaking at his last National Convention as IoF Chair, Mark Astarita said:

> “I am delighted that one of my last official acts as chair of the Institute is
> to recognise five outstanding fundraisers, who have given over and above the call
> of duty, both to fundraising and the IoF, as new Fellows of the Institute.”

## What do Fellows do?

UK Fundraising’s Howard Lake was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Fundraising
two years ago. Being elected is an honour and recognition by one’s peers for a substantial
contribution to fundraising and the Institute. Fellows are expected to offer advice,
guidance and support to trustees, staff and Institute members.

As well as the honour, Fellows are invited to attend an annual dinner in London,
at their own expense.

## Jane Cunningham

For over twenty years Jane has helped develop telephone fundraising, face-to-face
fundraising, and direct marketing techniques to the fundraising management process.
She helped the National Fundraisers Convention develop in its early years through
voluntary support and sponsorship. Her company Personal Telephone Fundraising is,
20 years later, a sponsor of the IoF fundraising awards.

She is active in the IoF Southern Regional Group, and has helped the Institute to
develop an effective self-regulation role.

## Cathy Sullivan

> Congratulations to Cathy Sullivan on being elected a Fellow of the Institute of
> Fundraising at [#iofnc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/iofnc?src=hash). [@ioftweets](https://twitter.com/ioftweets)
> [pic.twitter.com/3XsXSgURFJ](http://t.co/3XsXSgURFJ)
> — Howard Lake (@howardlake) [July 8, 2014](https://twitter.com/howardlake/statuses/486635873245888512)

  Cathy founded Fundraising Initiatives in 1999 and has contributed to the development
of face-to-face fundraising in the UK and internationally since then. Now Fundraising
Initiatives provides face-to-face, street, door-to-door and private site fundraising
across Europe, Canada, USA, South America, and Australia, and is pioneering its 
use in emerging markets for fundraising in South Africa and lndia.

## Martin Price

Martin is Chair of the Institute’s Welsh Committee and a fundraising consultant.
He was a Trustee of the Institute from 2005 to 2011 as the Welsh representative 
and now sits on the Finance and Resources Committee.  As Chair of the Welsh Committee,
he was instrumental in securing lottery funding for the Welsh Office.

## Tenika Ah-Wan

Tenika has run her own fundraising practice for 15 years, offering fundraising coaching
and mentoring services. She has been a steering group member for the development
of Fundraising National Occupational Standards. She helped establish the Black Fundraisers
Special Interest Group (SIG), the Minorities in Fundraising SIG, and is now a member
of the Consultants SIG. She delivers a range of courses through the IoF Academy.

## Margaret Bennett

Margaret has worked in the charity sector since the 1980s when she became Director
of Fundraising at WWF-UK. After that she became the British Red Cross’s first Director
of Income Generation, helping to transform the charity’s approach to strategic planning.
In 2001 she co-founded THINK Consulting Solutions. For the past fifteen years, she
has advised and guided a wide range of not-for-profits from major INGOs to UK organisations
as well as small, local charities.  

> I’m at the [@ioftweets](https://twitter.com/ioftweets) AGM. New fellows: Martin
> Price, Tenika Ah-Wan, Cathy Sullivan, Jane Cunningham, Margaret Bennett [#iofnc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/iofnc?src=hash)
> — Lucy Caldicott (@LucyCaldicott) [July 8, 2014](https://twitter.com/LucyCaldicott/statuses/486545425391169537)