Charley Trimble
For the third time this year I am writing about the passing of someone who had a significant impact on the world of fundraising. And for the second time this year, that person is someone I consider a mentor and friend. Charley Trimble passed away today. For more than 45 years, Charley served Ketchum’s clients and taught Ketchum consultants how to run successful capital campaigns. The campaign he directed for Johns Hopkins in the early 70s was Ketchum’s first $100 million campaign. He was the one who created Ketchum’s modern campaign “manual.” He also developed KCP, Ketchum’s first commercial software program for the management of capital campaigns. In the words of Elliott Oshry, “Charley was a mentor, a tyrant, an extraordinary strategist, a disciplinarian, and a good friend to fundraising consultants, volunteer leaders, and Ketchum clients for more than 45 years.” I cannot even begin to fathom the number of indviduals who credit a portion of their fundraising knowledge to Charley but I know I am one of them. Please consider posting your own memories of Charley here.
Tags: capital campaigns, Charley Trimble, fundraising, Johns Hopkins, Ketchum, Software
December 12th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I too owe much of my professional growth and success to Charley Trimble, and was saddened to hear of his passing. He was a giant of a professional who was totally committed to others he mentored, trained and served long before servant leadership was coined. And he was fun to be around!
His life’s work lives on in many fine professionals throughout the world.