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arrie Glasby, a member of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, has been appointed Development Manager for Friends General Conference. Carrie brings a deep commitment and enthusiasm for Quakerism, FGC and development work. She has served in three development positions over the past few years, including Director of Development for a nonprofit agency in Philadelphia. She has also volunteered or worked in various capacities on the last two FGC Gatherings.

Carrie came to Quakerism on the West Coast while in graduate school in Oregon. She joined Eugene Meeting in 1998, and from August 1998 through August 1999 she was an intern at Ben Lomond Quaker Center in California. It was there that she learned to love development and to cherish working in a Quaker environment. At FGC Carrie will be responsible for mail appeals, grants, database management and a variety of communications with the meetings and Friends we serve.

Michael Wajda, who was hired as Development Manager in 1996, has now been appointed Associate Secretary for Development and Interpretation for FGC. In his new work, Michael will focus on an FGC major gifts program and charitable gift planning with individual donors. He will be traveling and meeting with Friends and meetings throughout the United States and Canada. Along with the Development Committee, Michael will maintain responsibility for the overall vision and strategy of development activities at FGC.

This expansion of the development program is being implemented to help secure the level of funding required to sustain FGC’s significantly increased services for meetings and Friends. In the past four years, under the leadings of the Spirit, FGC has initiated the Traveling Ministries Program, Young Quakes conferences for Quaker teens, a Committee for Ministry on Racism, regional conferences in different parts of North America, a new outreach website www.QuakerFinder.org and greatly expanded its websites, www.fgcquaker.org and www.quakerbooks.org.

Carrie is grateful for this chance to serve the wider community of Friends and appreciates all those who donate or volunteer to make FGC’s work possible.

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