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FPN professionals are respected by clients for their strategic and creative skills as well as their ability to deliver the goods.
Amy Barnes
amybarnes@fundraisingpartnersnw.com
Amy Barnes is an FPN founder, offering clients more than a decade of experience in the fundraising and event planning industries with organizations from Fortune 500 companies to start-up nonprofits. Prior to her role as a principal of Fundraising Partners Northwest, Amy established Strategic Events & Fundraising LLC (SE&F) with partner Val Motley in 1998.
At SE&F, Amy worked with state and federal political candidates and nonprofit organizations on a variety of fundraising and event planning efforts across the United States and beyond. Amy began her career in Washington, D.C. coordinating special events for the Alaska congressional delegation, as well as conferences and tours with members of Congress and staff. During this time, she traveled to locations as diverse as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska and Puerto Rico. After returning to the west coast, Amy worked as campaign field director and campaign finance director for state and federal political campaigns throughout the northwest and Alaska.
After moving to Seattle and co-founding SE&F, Amy managed the Safeco Scholarship Fund dinner at Safeco Field. Her expertise helped the Fund contribute $1.5 million to diversity scholarships at the University of Washington. Amy’s work with the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation has given her international experience in cities such as Vladivostok, Russia and Seoul, Korea. She also coordinated three annual events for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, raising more than $530,000 for this living, national memorial to President Wilson.
Amy’s political fundraising experience includes directing statewide campaigns. She managed fundraising for the Mike McGavick for Senate campaign in 2006 and the Dino Rossi for Governor campaign in 2004. With Amy’s guidance, the McGavick campaign raised over $10 million from supporters across the country. The Rossi campaign raised more than $6.2 million in just 11 months, with more than 96 percent of those funds from Washington State residents. Through her political work, Amy has developed and managed VIP events with Seattle Seahawks Robbie Tobeck, Matt Hasselbeck and Mack Strong; First Lady Laura Bush; former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani; Vice President Dick Cheney; former Seattle Mariner Jay Buhner; former New Jersey Governor and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman; U.S. Senator John McCain and many other members of Congress.
Amy is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and graduate of the AFP/AAFRC Consultants School, holds a certificate in fundraising management from the University of Washington, is a member of the Northwest Development Officers Association and of the Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Amy grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and holds a bachelor of arts degree from Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
Her clients appreciate Amy’s ability to be both practical and passionate about her work, and consider responsiveness her number one asset. Amy is an extraordinary multi-tasker who is always available and willing to assist.
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Sarah Bruemmer
sarahbruemmer@fundraisingpartnersnw.com
Sarah Bruemmer joined Fundraising Partners Northwest in 2005 after six years working in the government affairs department of Microsoft Corporation. Since joining Fundraising Partners Northwest, Sarah has managed fundraising efforts for the Washington State Senate Republican Caucus and Washington Conservation Voters. In addition, she has worked with the Espy Foundation, U.S. Congressman Doc Hastings, the PenMet Foundation, Life Support and the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging. Sarah specializes in fundraising management, strategic planning and event planning.
While working at Microsoft, Sarah coordinated both small and large events with elected officials and VIPs, and is credited with streamlining the planning process for high level events. Sarah also contributed to the development of a strategic plan for the MSPAC, Microsoft’s political action committee, and spent four years educating and recruiting potential MSPAC contributors. She wrote the strategic plan and oversaw Web site content development for Microsoft’s Get Out The Vote campaigns for the 2000, 2002 and 2004 elections. Later in her career at Microsoft, Sarah managed the Freedom to Innovate Network, a grassroots network of Microsoft customers, partners, shareholders and employees.
Before starting her career with Microsoft in 1998, Sarah worked for U.S. Congressman Rick White as a constituent liaison in his Washington State district office.
In 2006, Sarah completed the Fundraising Management Certificate Program at the University of Washington, acquiring valuable skills to better serve FPN’s nonprofit clients. Sarah is also an active member of the Northwest Development Officers Association. She is a lifelong resident of Seattle and a graduate of the University of Washington, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. In her spare time Sarah enjoys cheering for her alma mater at sporting events and supporting her community as a Junior League of Seattle provisional member.
Sarah is dedicated to her clients. She is a creative thinker whose passion for her work is the driving force behind a positive attitude and can-do spirit.
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Bob Frause
bfrause@fundraisingpartnersnw.com
As one of three Fundraising Partners Northwest founders, Bob Frause brings clients more than 30 years of development, communications and marketing experience.
Bob’s fundraising and development career includes leadership roles as director of development and communications for Seattle University, and executive director of the Economic Development Council of Puget Sound. Additional fundraising support and corporate citizenship consulting engagements include Seafirst Bank; McCarthy Construction; Odyssey, The Maritime Discovery Center; Eastside Catholic High School; Northwest Maritime Center; Seattle Audubon Society; Chevron USA; The Edgewater Hotel; Schnitzer Northwest; Metzler North America and others.
Bob has been a board member and actively engaged in the fundraising campaigns of several regional nonprofit organizations, including Friends of King Street Station, Seattle Center Foundation, Seattle-King County Emergency Housing Foundation, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Washington and the American Cancer Society of Washington.
Career highlights include senior management and ownership positions with Hill and Knowlton Public Relations, DDB Advertising, KNCF/Dave Advertising and Public Relations, and Commerce Publishing Corporation.
Bob is chairman and CEO of The Frause Group, a Seattle-based public relations, marketing and communications firm. Since 1998 The Frause Group has assisted more than 100 public, private and nonprofit sector clients with a variety of communications and marketing services, including fundraising campaign support.
Bob holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from Seattle University. He has written extensively on public relations, marketing and related topics for local and national publications, including Total Quality Environmental Management and the Puget Sound Business Journal. Bob is co-author of The Environmental Marketing Imperative (Probus, Chicago, IL). He co-founded the Washington Software Association and is vice chairman of the Public Relations Society of America’s Board of Ethics and Professional Standards.
Creativity and enthusiasm, in addition to practicality and strategic planning, are strengths Bob brings to every project. With a wealth of experience gleaned from more than three decades in fundraising, public relations, public affairs, advertising and marketing, Bob's inspired, out-of-the-box problem solving ability has earned him nationwide respect.
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Val Motley
valmotley@fundraisingpartnersnw.com
Val Motley is an FPN founder with more than 13 years’ experience in event planning and political and nonprofit fundraising for organizations and individuals throughout the United States.
After spending several years on Washington, D.C.’s Capitol Hill and working on a senatorial campaign in Alaska, Val returned to the Pacific Northwest in 1998 to co-found Strategic Events & Fundraising (SE&F) with partner Amy Barnes. In addition to planning events, SE&F raised more than $20 million for political and nonprofit clients. In 2004, Val became a co-founder of Fundraising Partners Northwest to provide clients with a wider range of services.
Val has extensive experience with special events, providing set-up, on-site coordination and follow-up for conferences, receptions, dinners, celebrations, galas and other occasions. She specializes in taking events on the road. An expert in transportation logistics, Val’s experience enables her to take an event from inspirational beginning to successful completion. Since 1999, she has coordinated the multifaceted annual Alaska Symphony of Seafood events in Anchorage, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Seattle. In 2005, Val produced the Northwest Independent Power Producers Coalition annual meeting, which included marketing the event, coordinating all venue logistics, managing registration, soliciting and coordinating speakers and providing on-site supervision. Val has also coordinated several events for Premera Blue Cross, including receptions to honor physicians in both eastern and western Washington.
Val successfully coordinated two separate launch events for Alaska Airlines’ “Salmon Thirty Salmon,” a 737 airplane painted in the image of an Alaskan king salmon. She worked with numerous vendors and the host, Alaska Airlines, to ensure that the celebrations ran smoothly and were thoroughly enjoyed by the several thousand guests who attended. Despite the fact that the two events took place within 24 hours of one another – one in Seattle and the other in Anchorage – Val’s commitment and energy never faltered. Both events were deemed highly successful.
Val’s political fundraising resume includes roles as campaign coordinator for a federal campaign in Alaska and finance consultant for several state races in Washington and Alaska. She has worked with Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris since 2002.
Her nonprofit fundraising experience is equally impressive. Val worked with Premera Blue Cross on an event to benefit Seattle University’s College of Nursing; with Odyssey, The Maritime Discovery Center; the AGC Education Foundation; the Northwest Chamber Orchestra and Washington Conservation Voters.
In 2006 Val become a Certified Meeting Professional, having met high standards of proficiency in meeting management as demonstrated by substantial professional experience and superior examination performance. She is an active member of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Alaska Committee, and is a member of the Seattle chapter of Meeting Planners International. Val is a graduate of Virginia’s Lynchburg College with a bachelor of science in business management.
Clients value Val’s dedication, her creativity in addressing project challenges, and her incredible work ethic – as is evidenced by the number of clients who repeatedly seek Val’s expertise. She rates FPN’s success based on victories achieved for the firm’s clients, and Val’s own contribution to such successful outcomes is indisputable.
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Lisa Smith
fpn@fundraisingpartnersnw.com
Lisa Smith provides the executive support needed to keep the Fundraising Partners Northwest trains running on time. In addition, she provides administrative assistance to The Frause Group, a public relations, marketing communications and business analysis firm who cohabitates with Fundraising Partners Northwest.
Lisa came to FPN from Marketry, Inc., where, as an account executive, she managed the details of multiple direct marketing campaigns. She previously served as publications manager for Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) Publishing. During this time she furthered her organizational skills by coordinating the publication and distribution of class materials.
Lisa honed her customer service skills through retail sales with Pacific Sunwear and her work as a reservationist for Thousand Trails/NACO. She learned business fundamentals while studying business administration at the University of Washington.
With her gracious demeanor and keen attention to detail, Lisa is committed to delivering top-notch service to both the Fundraising Partners Northwest team and our clients. And her recent graduation from Brian Utting School of Massage is a definite perk for all who have a chance to enjoy her skills!
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