Ø      Rick Rowden, owner of the NFP Group, Development Specialist

o       Professional Fundraiser Registration No. PFR-017-04

Ø      21 years in managing businesses with 120+ employees and over 10 million dollars in annual sales (Springfield MO. based Consumers Markets)

Ø      9 years as Marketing Director for a company with over 48 million in annual sales (Columbia based Nowell’s grocery stores)

Ø      4 years marketing and promoting Christian band that traveled nation-wide and broke the top 20 on Christian radio (Wisdom’s Cry)

Ø      1.5 years as Resource Development Director for the Central Missouri Food Bank with fundraising budget of 1.2 million