2017 National Spring Conference Speaker
Lorraine del Prado
Lorraine del Prado is principal of del Prado Philanthropy, which provides training and consulting services to help amplify the philanthropic practices of individuals, nonprofits and wealth advisors. She has been in fund development for 25 years and has led operations that have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in outright and legacy gifts for charitable programs. She most recently served as Vice President for Seattle Children’s Hospital Foundation where she led their principal gift and legacy planning programs for 11 years. Prior to that, she served as the President of Children’s Hospital & Research Center Foundation at Oakland, Associate Development Director at the University of California, Berkeley and Sr. Account Executive at New Boston Group, a fundraising consulting and direct marketing company.
Lorraine holds the designation of Certified Specialist in Planned Giving from the American Institute of Philanthropic Studies at California State University, Long Beach. As a Certified Specialist in Planned Giving, she works with donors and their financial and estate planning advisors to design charitable plans that address their financial and tax-mitigation needs as well as their multigenerational and philanthropic goals. She also holds the designation of Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE). She earned a bachelor’s degree in Humanities, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines and a master’s degree in English Literature from Boston University.
In terms of volunteer leadership, Lorraine is President of Leave 10, Board Member of the Seattle Philanthropic Advisors Network and Associate Dean for Planned Giving at the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy’s Madison Institute.
Lorraine holds the designation of Certified Specialist in Planned Giving from the American Institute of Philanthropic Studies at California State University, Long Beach. As a Certified Specialist in Planned Giving, she works with donors and their financial and estate planning advisors to design charitable plans that address their financial and tax-mitigation needs as well as their multigenerational and philanthropic goals. She also holds the designation of Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE). She earned a bachelor’s degree in Humanities, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines and a master’s degree in English Literature from Boston University.
In terms of volunteer leadership, Lorraine is President of Leave 10, Board Member of the Seattle Philanthropic Advisors Network and Associate Dean for Planned Giving at the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy’s Madison Institute.