Sandra Bishop

Sandra Bishop has more than 25 years of experience encompassing all aspects of non-profit development work: from direct response and donor cultivation to special events, board development, and mid- to major dollar-level fundraising. Her not-so-secret loves include donor-centric communications, robust cross-channel marketing, and identifying new ways for donors at all levels to feel connected to the missions they support. Most recently, Sandra was the Director of Major Gifts at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the nation’s largest Planned Parenthood affiliate, which serves over 220,000 patients each year. Under her leadership, PPMM’s overall private fundraising has more than doubled in just over two years. Previously, Sandra worked as a fundraising consultant, managing every creative and strategic aspect of the direct marketing program for several large and complex non-profit clients including MADD, Sierra Club, California State Parks Foundation and Earthjustice. In addition, Sandra was at EMILY’s List, where she was responsible for the direction and implementation of the overall fundraising and marketing strategy, both online and offline, and helped manage a 25% growth of their donor list. Sandra honed her fundraising expertise working for local service organizations— Whitman-Walker Clinic and St. John’s Community Services, both in Washington, DC—and large international and national non-profits— World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and NARAL, where she started her development career.