Who you work with
Two principals, one disciplined approach, and the specialists your campaign needs when it needs them.
Anne Murphy
Anne Murphy is the founder of Empowered Fundraiser Consulting, with 35 years leading advancement strategy across the nonprofit sector and more than $10 billion in campaigns. She guides teams through campaigns and leadership transitions.
She rose through the Oregon State University Foundation from Director of Development for the College of Science to Senior Director of Development for Engineering and Business, exceeding goal every year and managing a portfolio with $400M in donor capacity. Earlier campaigns took her through the University of Illinois, Ohio University, and UC San Francisco.
Her work reaches well beyond the university. In her own community she has led and advised campaigns and initiatives for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, The Arts Center of Corvallis, and Common Ground Food Co-op. The same disciplined approach, at the scale a nonprofit works in.
Anne is a keynote speaker on AI and fundraising, and on fundraising campaigns. She is also founder of She Leads AI, an AI Academy grounded in powerful community, and with Don Wackerly the co-founder of MOXXEE, a relationship intelligence platform for fundraisers. She lives in Corvallis, Oregon with her family and three doggos.
B.S. Recreation Administration and M.S. Leisure Behavior, University of Illinois · speaker for CASE and AFP · ARCS Oregon Chapter
Don Wackerly
Don brings more than 25 years in sales, marketing, and business development to Empowered Fundraiser Consulting, with an MBA in Marketing from Oregon State University. Before fundraising, he led sales and marketing for regional companies across the Willamette Valley, most recently as Vice President of Sales for a specialty wine company and Sales and Marketing Manager for a sustainable packaging manufacturer.
As Principal for Donor Communications and Marketing, Don shapes the language, materials, and campaign communications that move a donor from interest to gift. As COO, he runs the operational side of the firm, from scope and capacity to the cross-organization partnerships a campaign depends on. He and Anne are co-founders of MOXXEE.
Areas of expertise
We have the experience to guide complex fundraising initiatives.
- Campaign counsel
- Feasibility studies
- Capital projects for buildings, renovation, and parks
- Fractional major gift fundraising
- Fractional Chief Advancement Officer
- Planned giving
- Monthly giving programs
- Volunteer leadership
- Executive coaching
- Enterprise-wide responsible AI
Fundraising for Capital Projects
The Arts Center of Corvallis
Campaign counsel today.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Campaign Co-Chair. Built the plan and led principal-gift fundraising with Meredith Petit.
Collaborative Innovation Complex
Senior Director of Development, Engineering, through the era of two $50M lead gifts.
Linus Pauling Science Center
Director of Development, College of Science. Completed the $25M private matching-funds initiative.
Holcomb Center for Veterans
Major-gift fundraising for the veterans' facility as part of her OSU Foundation work.
Responsible AI in fundraising
Anne co-authored the nonprofit fundraising industry's framework for responsible AI. The technology serves the mission, never the other way around.
- AssessWhere AI helps, where it doesn't, and where the risk lives.
- TeachYour people, so the capability stays in-house.
- PolicyThe guardrails that keep AI accountable, equitable, and transparent.
- ImplementStand it up, work with your vendors, or build a bespoke tool for the job.
45 Minutes of Clarity
A complimentary executive fundraising strategy session, wherever you're starting from, questions and all. Come as you are. Go home with a place to start.