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I had the great pleasure of interviewing Peggy Daniels, currently serving as the Interim Head of School at Carolina Day School in Asheville, NC.  Peggy has four decades of experience in education during which time she has proven to be an incredible leader and innovator.  Peggy has been both a Middle and Upper School Principal and has stepped in as a Head of School on two different occasions.  During her time in leadership at Carolina Day, the school has adopted numerous innovative approaches to education including Orton-Gillingham for language instruction, inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, experiential learning, and social-emotional proficiency.  The school continues to evolve it’s teaching and assessment methods under her leadership.

Interview conducted by Colby Deitz on 02/15/2020 at Tolgard Games

Dan Allenby is the principal and founder of AGN Resources which helps educational institutions build exceptional fundraising teams through training and publications. Resources include webinars, workshops, a job board, and a library filled with articles, samples, templates, and much more. Dan’s goal is to share best practices in fundraising and empower professionals to be more strategic, collaborative, and productive. Dan is an author, speaker, and consultant who has worked with academic institutions for over two decades to train their advancement staff and volunteers. A recipient of the prestigious CASE “Crystal Apple” award for teaching excellence, Dan is an internationally-recognized expert on annual giving and constituent engagement. He chaired CASE’s Institute for Senior Annual Giving Professionals and its Annual Giving Workshop for five collective terms and served on the faculty for CASE’s Summer Institute in Educational Fundraising. His book – Ideas for Annual Giving – offers the latest designs for helping institutions increase annual giving and boost alumni participation. Previously, he served as the assistant vice president for annual giving at Boston University and also led annual giving and member marketing efforts at Tufts University, Georgetown University, and the National Geographic Society.