North-American Interfraternity Conference - advocate • collaborate • educate

Darrell Godfrey - Transformational Philanthropy for Transformational Organizations 

Thursday Pre-Conference Seminar & Friday volunteer symposium

Darrell Godfrey is a facilitator for Advancement Resources. He has served as an executive in agribusiness and information technology. Darrell was previously a managing partner of a consulting and recruitment firm, serving clients in healthcare, financial services and information technology industries.

An experienced speaker and presenter, Darrell has developed and offered training programs in a variety of venues.

Mr. Godfrey has served as Vice President of the FarmHouse Fraternity International Board and is currently a member of the FarmHouse Foundation Board of Trustees.  In 2004 he received the Master Builder of Men award recognizing his contributions to the fraternity and his community. Darrell and his wife Nelda have two grown children and reside in Liberty, Missouri.

Penelope Burk

Friday Opening Session & Two Educational Breakout sessions

Report on the NICF/Cygnus Donor Attitudinal Survey

Penelope Burk is an author, researcher and mentor celebrated for some of hte most important innovations in modern-day fundraising.

In 2000, Penelope introduced the not-for-profit industry to the concept of Donor-Centered Fundraising®transforming the way the sector communicates with donors and bringing fundraising in line with donors' needs.  Today, Penelope's groundbreaking research continues to gain international recognition for challenging long-standing but ineffective fundraising practices and showcasing evidence-based methods that raise more money.

Jeff Mason - "Transforming the Nonrofit Sector"

Saturday Opening Session & One Educational Breakout sessions

As Vice President of Social Solutions Jeff Mason has been instrumental in expanding the company's role and influence in the nonprofit sector. Under his leadership, Social Solutions has evolved from a software provider for nonprofits to a facilitator of performance management across the human service sector.

Jeff has designed and implemented several groundbreaking initiatives since joining Social Solutions in 2007. In that same year, he launched Social Solutions' first user conference, bringing together hundreds of human service professionals to share performance management best practices and ideas. In 2008, Jeff worked closely with Social Solutions' founder Steve Butz to launch a first‐of‐its‐kind foundation, the Superstar Foundation, dedicated to rewarding top performing human service professionals with cash grants. Jeff currently serves on the Superstar Foundation Board.

In 2008 Jeff developed and launched an industry leadership group, the Alliance for Effective Social Investing, featuring some of the most influential leaders spanning the nonprofit sector. He recruited thought leaders across the country and abroad for this group, to join forces and improve the distribution of funds to nonprofit organizations. Jeff serves as the Chair of the Alliance. In addition to his work on industry wide initiatives, Jeff also serves in an operational capacity overseeing partnership and advocacy efforts at Social Solutions.

Jeff brings more than 20 years of experience to his role at Social Solutions. Previously he led marketing and product management at Artifact Software, a company he co‐founded. Prior to that, Jeff served as Sequoia Software's (NASDAQ: SQSW) Vice President of Marketing where he played an integral role in developing Sequoia into a market leading, publicly traded organization.

Jeff has a B.S. degree in marketing from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A from Loyola College.