Our Faculty
Learn from professionals with widely acknowledged expertise and reputations for excellence in the fields of planned giving, law, finance, education, and marketing.
- Dr. Robert M. Bersi*, Chair of the Faculty, American Institute for Philanthropic Studies and Chancellor Emeritus, University of Nevada
- Reynolds T. Cafferata, Rodriguez, Horii, Choi & Cafferata LLP
- Steven Chidester, Esq., Luce Forward, Hamilton, & Scripps, L.L.P.
- Jessica Dorman - Davis, Esq., J.D., Freeman, Freeman & Smiley, L.L.P., Irvine, California
- Vincent J. Fraumeni*, Fundraising Consultant, Fraumeni & Associates
- David Harrison, Senior Executive Director, Gift Planning, Western Region, for World Vision
- Marc D. Hoffman*, Editor-in-Chief, Planned Giving Design Center, L.L.C.
- William Hranchak, CPA, Arjani & Co., L.L.P.
- Fred J. Marcus*, JD, L.L.M in taxation, Partner, Freeman, Freeman & Smiley, Los Angeles, California
- Charles J. McLucas, Jr., CPA, President, Charitable Trust Administrators, Inc.
- James F. Normandin*, President, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Foundation
- Daniel E. Parr*, CLU, ChFC, Financial Planning Consultant
- Jane Peebles, JD, Karlin & Peebles, LLP
- Matthew Rayer, CPA, Arjani & Co., L.L.P.
- Claudia Sangster, JD, Director of Philanthropy Services, Harris myCFO, Inc.
- Philip T. Temple, Esq.*, McCarthy Fingar, L.L.P., White Plains, New York
* Founding Faculty