Mark Holman is a senior advancement professional with 35 years of experience in all aspects of fundraising and communications. As managing director of Strategic FundRaising Solutions, he employs a strategically integrated approach to leadership giving, major gifts, grants, board development, peer-to-peer fundraising events, and online marketing.

Before moving to Boston in 2000, Mark ran alumni programs and annual fund campaigns at the University of Minnesota Medical School and PLTS, a member seminary of the ecumenical, interfaith Graduate Theological Union (GTU). He also directed a $15 million capital and endowment campaign for the College of Education at Penn State University as part of a $1.3 billion comprehensive effort.

At the YMCA in Newton, Mark designed and executed a capital campaign, annual fund, and marketing overhaul to enable a $7 million facility and program expansion. At the Home for Little Wanderers, he drove the rapid expansion of individual giving and gift planning and helped launch a first-ever $1 million gala. Since 2007, Mark has served as fundraising counsel to a range of educational, human service, and environmental nonprofits in the Boston area and created innovative, staff-efficient models for leadership gift crowdfunding and on-demand online fundraising events.

Mark is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Claremont McKenna College. He also holds a masters degree in social ethics from the GTU and a masters in higher education policy from U.C. Berkeley. He lives in Boston with his wife, Deb, and their college-age son.