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About Mel & Pearl
Mel B. Shaw
offers more than 30 years
experience in fund development and marketing. Formerly the
Vice President of Marketing for the United Negro College
Fund (UNCF), he created and produced the Lou Rawls Telethon,
raising $4 million annually in corporate sponsorships and
over $500 million in annual gifts to date. Mel also served
as the Executive Director of the Texas Association of
Developing Colleges, facilitating joint programs and
fundraising.
Prior to
forming Saad & Shaw Comprehensive Fund Development Services
he headed his own firm Shaw & Company, which specialized in
capital campaigns, annual giving, development assessments,
feasibility studies, board development, campaign designs and
planning, and major donors. Mel holds a Bachelor of Science
from
Lane
College
in
Tennessee
; a Masters in Business
Education from the
University
of
Memphis
; and was a fellow at
Harvard
University
’s
Institute
of
Educational Management. In 1964 was named teacher of the year by Geeter High School
in Memphis, TN. In 1991 Mr. Shaw received an
honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from
Lane
College
.
He is the
co-founder of The Great Urban Escape; serves on the Steward
Board of
Oakland ’s
First
AME Church
; is the Vice-Chair of the board of the
Lincoln
Child Center
in Oakland ,
CA ; is on the Board of the Association of
Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Golden Gate Chapter;
is a member of the Advisory Council of the MultiCultural
Alliance, a program of AFP's Golden Gate Chapter; and is a member of the Development
Executives Roundtable.
Pearl D.
Shaw, CFRE (formerly Pearl Saad) is a
development professional with management experience in the
private and non-profit sectors. She has served as
Development Director of the Women’s Funding Network, an
association of 100+ women and girls’ foundations; and as a
major gifts officer for
Mills
College . Her private sector
experience includes business development and marketing.
Prior to forming Saad & Shaw Comprehensive Fund Development
Services, she headed her own firm, Phrased Write, providing
nonprofit organizations with proposal writing, executive
coaching, and strategic fund development services including
major gifts work.
Pearl has written
proposals securing millions of dollars for her clients.
These include the Omega Boys Club;
Regional
Technical Training
Center ; Centro de Servicios; Bay
Area Black United Fund; and the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee,
San Francisco .
Pearl has served as
a member of the Board of Directors of the Development Executives
Roundtable since 2002, and is a member of the Association of the
Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Pearl serves on the Board
of Directors of Unity Church of San Leandro and is a member
of the Advisory Council of the MultiCultural Alliance, a
program of AFP's Golden Gate chapter. She holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree from UC Berkeley, a Masters in Public
Administration from Cal State Hayward, and is a Certified
Fundraising Executive.
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