Leadership at The Blackbaud Giving Fund®
Our Leadership
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.
Elizabeth Marenakos
Board Member
Elizabeth Marenakos is Director of Product Marketing and Value Enablement at Blackbaud Inc and has 20 years of experience in developing and launching successful products for the nonprofit sector. Passionate about building capability that enable nonprofit success, Liz has worked closely with hundreds of organizations that manage Endowed Funds or Scholarships or offer Donor Advised Funds. In so doing, she has developed a deep operational understanding of the management of DAFs, endowments and other restricted funds that require a high degree of stewardship. Liz is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and holds a Masters in Accountancy from the College of Charleston.
Tycely Williams
Board Member
Tycely Williams, CFRE, is the Chief Development Officer for the Bipartisan Policy Center, a DC-based think tank that fosters bipartisan policy development to promote health, security, and opportunity for all Americans. Tycely previously served as the Chief Development Officer for the America’s Promise Alliance, the driving force behind a nationwide movement to improve the lives and futures of America’s youth. An experienced nonprofit leader, she has encouraged investments of more than $135 million toward social good at organizations including the YWCA of the USA, the American Red Cross of the National Capital Region and the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington. A servant leader with decades of experience in volunteer service, Tycely is the chair of The Nonprofit Alliance Foundation, Rising Media Stars, and YWCA National Capital Area. She leads the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Committee and is the founding chair of AFP’s Women’s Impact Initiative. A lifetime member of the Girl Scouts and Leadership Greater Washington, she holds an Executive Masters in Leadership from The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, is a cum laude graduate of Wake Forest University with a BA in Communication with distinguished departmental honors and a minor in Journalism.
Matthew Nash
Executive Director
Matthew Nash is the Executive Director of The Blackbaud Giving Fund, leading the organization’s mission to unleash generosity by connecting people to causes they care about around the world. An experienced executive with a focus on customer relationships, he previously served as the Executive Director of the Generosity Commission Working Group, where he continues to volunteer, focusing on implementing a research agenda aimed at more deeply understanding generosity in America. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Donor Experience at Fidelity Charitable, one of the largest grant-makers in the United States, where he studied donor behavior and worked to make giving accessible, simple, and effective. An expert in donor-advised funds and philanthropy, Matt is an advocate for local public education, having served as a foundation president funding innovative educational programs and on the board of advisors for District C, a nonprofit that brings students together across schools to solve real problems of local businesses. He received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Minnesota.