Leadership at The Blackbaud Giving Fund®

Holly Ivel

Operations Director

Holly Ivel is the Operations Director for The Blackbaud Giving Fund, supporting the organization’s mission to unleash generosity by connecting people to causes they care about around the world. Holly has a deep background in program and people management and data analytics. Her experience spans a wide range of industries – having worked in higher education, the nonprofit sector, for a fortune 250 utility company, and most recently for a certified B-corp insuring youth-serving organizations.

Holly brings strong nonprofit and donor-advised fund experience having served as the Senior Director of Data Services and Senior Director of Business Development at CANDID (formerly Guidestar) where she led efforts to mature and expand their data services and as the Director of Program Management at Fidelity Charitable where she made significant improvements to grant making operations and oversaw the International Granting and Philanthropic Advice programs. In addition to her passion for the nonprofit sector, Holly is an advocate for women’s education and currently serves at the Chair of the Business School Advisory Board at Meredith College.

Holly holds a BA in Economics from Wheaton College in MA, an MS in College Student Development from Northeastern University, and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Dan Aptor

Board Chair

Dan Aptor is an Associate Director at Accenture, serves as Strategic Advisor to Rego Payment Architectures (RPMT) and Board Member of TCIG Advisors. As a digital strategist with core expertise in marketing and data analytics, data science and digital transformation, his experience spans business and technology and touches the fintech, media and entertainment, nonprofit, healthcare, automotive, property and casualty insurance, and leisure and hospitality sectors. In prior roles, he served as a senior executive at AT&T, The Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal, Ticketmaster, Solera Inc., and the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. A Computerworld Laureate and a MicroStrategy Innovation of the Year recipient, Dan holds a BA in International Relations from UC Santa Barbara, a MSc in Management & Systems from New York University, and an MBA and Master of International Business from the Katz School, University of Pittsburgh. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and is PMP certified.

David Kimm

Board Member

David Kimm is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Co., supporting the global risk, wealth and investment management practices. A highly accomplished financial services executive with deep expertise in designing, building, integrating, and optimizing complex business operations. He is regarded as a thought leader on risk, compliance, and audit management best practices as well as SEC Board regulations. As Executive VP, Chief Risk Officer and Treasurer at TD Ameritrade Holding Co., he established the firm’s first risk management entity and built high-performing teams, while concurrently serving a five-year term on the board of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC). In prior roles, David served as a senior leader with financial services institutions including Wachovia Securities/Wells Fargo Advisors, First Clearing, LLC, LPL Financial Services and Fidelity Investments. A servant leader and veteran, David earned his MBA at New York University and spent eight years in the U.S. Army, including four as a Staff Officer at The Pentagon. David also serves the community as a Partner in Social Ventures Partners/Charleston and a mentor at the Harbor Entrepreneur Center.

Jeffrey Angerman

Board Member

Jeffrey Angerman is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Blackbaud, Inc., and is a seasoned corporate attorney with significant experience handling payments, financial regulatory compliance, SEC and corporate governance, and complex corporate and transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Blackbaud, he was in private practice at a leading international law firm where he advised both public companies and private equity sponsors in a wide variety of transactions, including leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, restructurings, financings and dispositions. Jeff is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and is a former commissioned officer in the U.S. Army. Jeff earned a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Tycely Williams

Board Member

Tycely Williams, CFRE, is an award-winning C-suite executive who has led inclusive teams that raised and managed over $600M in her 25-year career. She currently serves as the CEO of Liberty Fellowship and previously held chief development roles at the Bipartisan Policy Center and America’s Promise Alliance. Tycely chairs the boards of The Nonprofit Alliance Foundation and YWCA National Capital Area. She also serves on the boards of Leadership Greater Washington, The Institute for Responsible Citizenship, and The Blackbaud Giving Fund, the 10th largest donor-advised fund in the U.S., which has transferred over $2.2B to 195,000+ nonprofits since 2020. A past president of AFP DC, she also led AFP’s Global Women’s Impact Initiative and Inclusion Committee. Tycely is a Certified Fundraising Executive and 2023 Nonprofit Times Top 50 Power & Influence honoree. She holds degrees and certificates from Wake Forest, Georgetown, Duke, Boston University, and Harvard and teaches at Penn State’s World Campus.

Jerry Needel

Board Member

Jerry Needel is Chief of Product Innovation at Blackbaud, where he leads the company’s fintech products and businesses including Blackbaud Integrated Payments, Donation Forms, and Peer‑to‑Peer fundraising.  In addition, Jerry drives company‑wide innovation programs, including Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program, developer conferences, and Off the Grid hack weeks, with a focus on accelerating both the pace and perception of innovation across the organization.

Jerry found his passion for building and growing mission‑driven businesses while running his own charitable crowdfunding campaign, which raised $600,000 from 12,000 donors in just two weeks at an out‑of‑pocket cost of $35. He has since spent his career building and scaling fintech‑enabled vertical SaaS businesses that balance commercial growth with mission impact. His experience spans B2B and B2C payments, marketplaces, and transactional revenue models, with prior leadership roles including President & General Manager of JustGiving, Head of Revenue and Partnerships at Indiegogo, and GM/COO roles within Nielsen and McKinsey’s social analytics businesses.