Amanda Ferrari, JD, CFRE

Principal
Ferrari Philanthropic Consultants, Inc.

Amanda J. Ferrari, JD, CFRE and her partner, Robert Sheldon, JD are the principals of Ferrari Philanthropic Consultants, Inc., a full service Consulting Firm with over 30 years of combined fundraising and philanthropic expertise providing counsel to Nonprofit Organizations in Estate and Gift Planning, Bequests, Major Gifts, Feasibility Studies, Capital Campaigns, Endowment Campaigns, Executive Coaching, Fundraising and Business Plans, Board and Staff Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Nonprofit Management, Leadership Retreats, and Marketing.

Most importantly, Amanda works closely with donors, their advisors, and Board members in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties with such noted charitable organizations as St. Joseph Hospital of Orange, Mission Hospital, St. Jude Medical Center, St. Mary Medical Center, Laguna Beach Community Foundation, Laguna Canyon Foundation, Southern California College of Optometry, Orange County Performing Arts Center, the California Science Center, the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor UCLA, The Muzeo, Chapman University, Santa Ana College, just to name a few.

Amanda was named the 1997 Association of Fundraising Professional’s Outstanding Fundraising Executive for Orange County. Amanda is actively involved in or serves on Boards of the Planned Giving Round Table, the Association of Fundraising Professionals in Orange County and the Orange Coast Estate Planning Council. She is a Past President of both PGRT-OC and AFP-OC. Amanda holds degrees from the University of California, Riverside and UCLA, and her Juris Doctorate from Western State University College of Law. She has been an adjunct professor at California State University, Long Beach with the American Institute for Philanthropic Studies and also at the University of California, Irvine extension program.