Alex Pope, CFRE
Executive Development Officer, Operations
Advocate (Health Care) Charitable Foundation

Presentation Title: Building a Robust Major Gift Prospect Pipeline Using Direct Marketing

Alex Pope, CFRE, is executive development officer, operations at Advocate Health Care; executive development officer, operations at Advocate Charitable Foundation.  Advocate Health Care, one of the nation’s top 10 health systems based on clinical performance, is the largest health care provider in Illinois.  Advocate operates more than 200 sites of care across metropolitan Chicago, including nine acute care hospitals, two children’s hospitals, four Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), a home health care company and one of the region’s largest medical groups.  As a nonprofit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed more than $373 million in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland in 2008.  Alex is the past vice president, fundraising at National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, and currently serves as the president of AFP-Chicago.