ELLEN H. ARNOLD, CFRE

PRINCIPAL

Ellen Arnold is our newest principal, joining the firm in July 2007 upon her retirement after 10 years as Vice President of Institutional Advancement for The Brethren Home Foundation in New Oxford.  Mrs. Arnold has over 25 years of experience in development and non-profit management with additional positions at Lebanon Valley College, The Allied Arts Fund (founding executive director) and The American Red Cross (Lycoming County).  She has served as board chair for the Pennsylvania Kiwanis Foundation, The Kiwanis Club of Hanover and the Lebanon County Chapter of The American Red Cross and has extensive volunteer leadership involvement with Hemlock and Penn Laurel Girl Scout Councils.  She is a volunteer Fund Development Specialist for Girl Scouts of the USA.  In addition, she has been active with Chambers of Commerce in Harrisburg, Lebanon and Hanover.  Mrs. Arnold is a director and past president of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and chaired the association's national Continuing Education Unit Review Committee.  She was recognized in 2000 as the Central Pennsylvania Fund Raising Executive of the Year.

RICHARD F. CHARLES, CFRE

MANAGING PRINCIPAL

Dick Charles has been a senior development officer for more than thirty years, personally directing campaigns aggregating over $75 million.  He has served  as vice president at Lebanon Valley College and Wilkes University, and in senior development and alumni  capacities at Franklin & Marshall College.  His career assignments include director of public relations for the Hamilton Watch Company and the American Red Cross in education and public information positions.  He has served on a wide variety of boards, including Fulton Opera House Foundation, North Museum, Urban League of Lancaster County, Boy Scouts of America, Sordoni Art Gallery, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery and Greater Annville Committee.  In 2006 he was re-elected Vice President of the Annville (PA) Township Board of Commissioners and recently completed eight years as a national director of the American Cancer Society and had served as Board Chair of the Society's Pennsylvania Division.  Mr. Charles is a past president of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (formerly NSFRE) and in 2002 was named Central PA Fund Raising Executive of the Year.

THOMAS R. STONE, Ph.D., CFRE

PRINCIPAL

Dr. Tom Stone was Founding President and CEO of Whitaker Center for Science and the arts for nine years, retiring from Whitaker and joining Franklin Consulting in early 2002.  His experience includes 27 years in the US Army (retiring as a colonel), management of the Capital Cultural Campaign which yielded over $1 million and he led Whitaker Center through a capital campaign which exceeded its $52 million goal.  As a volunteer, Dr. Stone has served as International President, Cosmopolitan International and as Board Chair, Cosmopolitan Diabetes Foundation.  He is a Founding Director of the Modern Transit Partnership, a Founding Member of the Steering Committee of the Capital Area School for the Arts, a member of the Board of the Community Action Commission. Tom is a Board Member and Past President of the Cumberland-Perry Association for Retarded Citizens.  He us a director of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter, Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and currently co-chairs the Senior Professionals, Training and Certification Committee.  In 1998 he was named Central PA Fund Raising Executive of the Year.