Mark Kimbell, a specialist in post-HIPAA healthcare fundraising and benchmarking, has 25 years of leadership experience in healthcare and higher education institutions. A GG+A consultant since 2000, Mark also serves as senior vice president and executive director at the Methodist Hospital Foundation in Houston.
Prior to joining the firm, he served as president of the Children’s Memorial Foundation in Chicago. There, he led a successful five-year capital campaign that exceeded its original goal of $100 million a year early and raised more than $135 million by campaign’s end.
Mark’s experience in higher education includes his tenure as executive director of development at Rice University, where he oversaw the launch of two major fundraising campaigns, and as assistant vice president for development at the University of Houston, during which he helped launch its $350 million Creative Partnership campaign.
A former trustee of the international philanthropic organization Children’s Miracle Network, Mark was named Baylor University’s 1999 Outstanding Young Alumnus.
Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and finance from Baylor University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Houston.
Selected GG+A client work includes:
– Emory University and Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences, engagement in ongoing consulting role since 2002 to evaluate fundraising productivity and partner with staff professionals on strategic and tactical recommendations to increase performance
– University of California, San Diego, direction and market analysis delivery of prospective major donors to approve a $1 billion campaign the week after September 11, 2001
– Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, review of fundraising programs and staffing to increase principal gifts and broaden major gifts base for a $600 million research facility
– Cleveland Clinic, analysis of development activities and strategic recommendations to expand fundraising to a national base of major donors, including a branding strategy to that audience
– Boston Children’s Hospital, facilitation of complex contract negotiations to secure commitment from a major third party fundraising organization that maximized results and minimized cost per dollar raised