About CARA:
The California Advancement Researchers Association is the largest single state chapter of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA), an international professional association of development research and information management professionals. Originally two separate organizations, the Southern California Researchers Association (SoCARA) and the Bay Area Researcher Group (BARG), CARA became an official APRA chapter in 1993.

CARA's mission is to serve development researchers by promoting and educating advancement professionals for the benefit of philanthropy. Our vision is to be recognized as the primary professional resource for development researchers in the California region.

We encourage anyone interested in a development career to join CARA. Membership is open to any individual who seeks to join an association of professional researchers within the fundraising community.

CARA Board of Directors

President

Gary Lance
   Prospect Research Consulting Service

   408-921-8483
(term ending 2010)

President Elect Kimberly A. Ordunio
Director, Prospect Research
Loyola Marymount University
   310-338-7652
(term ending 2012)
Secretary Maggie O'Brien
Prospect Research
San Francisco State University
   415-405-2420
(term ending 2011)
Treasurer Natalie Larmon
   Development Research Analyst
University of Southern California
   213-740-9588
(term ending 2011)
CARA Conference
Co-Chair
Sara Boretz
Prospect Research Coordinator
Cal Poly Pomona
   909-869-2969
(term ending 2011)
CARA Conference
Co-Chair
Nathan Fay
Director of Prospect Research
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
   650-497-8161
(term ending 2012)
Communications Chair Paul Goyne
Senior Prospect Research Analyst
UC Riverside
   951-827-5400
(term ending 2011)
Vendor Relations Chair Amy Walling
Director of Gift Planning and Prospect Research
The San Diego Foundation
   619-235-2300
(term ending 2012)
Membership Chair Jeff Jay
   Director, Research and Prospect Management
Stanford University, Office of Medical Development
   650-234-0662
(term ending 2010)
Regional Chair,
Northern California
Chris Shields
   Senior Research Officer
California Academy of Sciences
   415-379-5415
(term ending 2010)
Regional Chair,
Southern California
Stephanie Petty
Director of Research and Prospect Management
California State University, Fullerton
   657-278-4172
(term ending 2012)
Mentor/Volunteer Chair Andillion Hackney
Sr. Prospect Research Coordinator
Childrens Hospital of Orange County - CHOC
   714-531-8684
(term ending 2012)
CARA Administrator

Jerry Packer