CHAPTER MEETING & LUNCHEON

MONDAY, May 14, 2012

OMNI HOTEL FORT WORTH
1300 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102  

Member rate:	$20
Non-member:	$35
Program only:	$15
Late registration:	$35

Lunch Policy

Registration is closed.

Program Topic:  A View from Both Sides of the Table

Speaker:  Kimberly Britton, Chesapeake Energy

Program Description:  A former fundraiser-turned-funder’s perspective on what grantors are looking for from non-profits

Speaker Bio:  Kimberly Mathews Britton is the Director of Community Relations for the Barnett division of Chesapeake Energy and as such leads the company’s outreach activities in Tarrant, Johnson and Dallas counties, including corporate philanthropy and special events.

A 30-year veteran in development and community relations, she is a Fort Worth native and graduate of TCU.

Britton came from the JPS Health Network, where she was employed for 22 years, first in community relations and then fund development. For 14 years there, she served as executive director of Partners Together For Health (the foundation for JPS Health Network) which she co-founded.

As a volunteer, she has served on multiple boards and committees that include the Junior League of Fort Worth, the Woman’s Club of Fort Worth and the Rotary Club of Fort Worth. She currently sits on boards of the Fort Worth Chamber and the Van Cliburn Foundation. She is also trustee of the City of Fort Worth Employees Retirement Fund, a $1.5 billion nonprofit, as appointee of the Mayor and City Council. Britton completed Leadership Fort Worth in 1993 and will finish Leadership North Texas in the spring of 2012.

She is the 2009 recipient of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) Gerry Gunnin Professional Achievement Award, was named as a Woman of Influence by the Fort Worth Business Press in 2007, a 1999 recipient of the Five Outstanding Young Texans Award by the Texas Jaycees and 1998-99 Outstanding Young Leader of Tarrant County and she is a 1993 graduate of Leadership Fort Worth.

Currently residing with her husband Gary in her native Fort Worth, Britton is a graduate of Texas Christian University.

Don’t forget, this program will qualify for 1.0 hours of CFRE credit.

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