User talk:Dennischamberland

Dennis R Chamberland was born in Ontario Canada and raised in Las Vegas Nevada. Dennis is the Principal of Chamberland Consulting Services where he been involved in a wide-ranging scope of donor development and fundraising activities since 1991. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of San Diego in 1985 and became a Summer-Fellow in Institutional Advancement at Vanderbilt University Peabody College in 2006. Dennis Chamberland later earned his Masters in Non-Profit leadership from New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire in 2009.

Dennis has gained a great deal of knowledge and wisdom through his direct involvement in virtually all aspects of development work ranging from the creation of 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations to assembling entire advancement departments. He has played key roles at the highest levels of fundraising administration, donor development and non-profit infrastructure creation in both academic and non-academic settings. Dennis has held senior leadership roles as Assistant Dean at Chapman University School of Law and as Director of Institutional Advancement at the University of Southern Nevada where he created and oversaw the Offices of Planned Giving, Corporate Relations, Foundation Relations, Annual Giving, University Publications and Alumni Relations.

Additionally, Dennis Chamberland served as the Executive Director of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation for the State of Nevada followed by various roles in senior management with the American Heart Association Western States Affiliate in both San Diego and San Francisco California. Dennis was also a founding principal member of the Foundation for Children with Special Needs which was an organization focused on children suffering from emotional, spiritual and physical barriers to growth.