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
408-921-8483
(term ending 2010)
Secretary Maggie O'Brien
Prospect Research
San Francisco State University
415-405-2420
(term ending 2011)
Treasurer Joseph Boeke
Director, Development Operations
California Institute of Technology
626-395-8001
(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
Diana Moore
Manager, Prospect Research
UC Berkeley
510-643-9258
(term ending 2009)
Communications Chair Paul Goyne
Senior Prospect Research Analyst
UC Riverside
951-827-5400
(term ending 2011)
Marketing Chair Aimee Fitzgerald
Principal
Fitzgerald Information Services
310-259-6864
(term ending 2009)
Membership Chair Kristen Miller
Assistant Director of Research
University of San Francisco
510-418-5431
(term ending 2010)
Mentor Chair Kimberly Ordunio
Director of Prospect Research
Loyola Marymount University
310-338-7652
(term ending 2009)
Regional Chair,
Northern California
Andrea Dickens
Manager, Prospect Tracking
UC Davis
530-752-9179
(term ending 2009)
Regional Chair,
Southern California
Jennifer Wise
Assistant Director, Prospect Management & Research
CSU - Long Beach
562-985-2483
(term ending 2011)
Volunteer Chair Sandra Campero
Director of Research and Prospect Management
Arizona State University Foundation
480-727-8509
(term ending 2010)
CARA Administrator Jerry Packer