Greater Dallas AFP Newsletter

January 2025

In This Issue

• 2025 Luncheon Subscription available through January 31, 2025
• President's Message
• 2025 Greater Dallas AFP Chamberlain Scholar

Subscribe to 2025 Luncheon Programs!

Convenient, discounted, one-time registration for members only. The AFP Greater Dallas Chapter, a CFRE Approved Continuing Education Provider, is offering you a chance to budget for and schedule all eight 2025 educational luncheon programs with a convenient, discounted one-time registration. Send a colleague in your place if you're unable to attend a luncheon program. Learn more and register now, the offer closes on January 31, 2025.

President's Message

Wishing You a Joyful Start to the New Year

Dear Members,

I hope this message finds you refreshed and rejuvenated from the holiday season. Whether you spent time celebrating with family, connecting with friends, or simply finding moments of peace, I trust your holidays were filled with joy and meaning.

As we step into a new year, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for being part of our association’s community. Your dedication, collaboration, and support have been the foundation of our shared successes, and I am incredibly excited about what lies ahead.

The new year brings new opportunities to grow, learn, and work together toward our shared goals. It’s a chance to build on our accomplishments, explore innovative ideas, and continue strengthening the bonds that unite us. I look forward to collaborating with each of you to make 2025 a year of progress, impact, and success.

Thank you for all you do to contribute to our collective mission. Here’s to a year filled with purpose, connection, and achievement!

Warmest regards,

Manuel Mesa

2025 President, Greater Dallas AFP

January Luncheon Program

Mentorship: Pathway To Career Advancement & Professional Fulfillment

Are you new to fundraising or in a new fundraising role? Are you a fundraising team leader seeking solutions for retaining excellent performers and up-and-comers, or a CEO new to fundraising accountability? Would you value a trusted and more experienced leader (other than your boss) as a sounding board? Milton Key and Diana Kao, CFRE, CAP, who were matched through the Greater Dallas Chapter's mentor program in 2019, will discuss their motivations and mindsets for prioritizing mentorship and share what has made their mentor-mentee journey work.

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

• 11:30 Networking
• 12-1 PM Luncheon & Program

Maggiano's Restaurant NorthPark Center

205 NorthPark Ctr

Dallas, TX 75225

Learn more and register now for this upcoming event! 

Members and non-members are welcome! Discounted rates for emerging leaders age 35 or under and/or with 5 years or less experience as a fundraising professional, member or non-member.



• $50 for non-members
• $35 for members
• $30 for emerging leaders, members or non-members, 35 and under or with 5 or fewer years fundraising experience

JANUARY 14, 2025

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

"Uncovering Donor Dreams" presented by Mike Allen

Register by Tuesday January 7, 2025

Greater Dallas AFP Chapter Members Attend at Member Rate!

Chapter News

Congratulations to Lauren Vaughan, Director of Development for Patriot PAWS Service Dogs! She is the Greater Dallas AFP's 2025 Chamberlain Scholar and will represent our chapter at the AFP ICON conference in Seattle, Washington.

If you've earned your CFRE or been recertified recently and want to share the great news, let us know! afpchapteroffice@afpdallas.org