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Scott Staub

Member profile details

Membership level

Individual Membership

First name

Scott

Last name

Staub

Company

Brakeley Search

sstaub@brakeleysearch.com

Work Phone

408-425-5711

Sectors

Advocacy, Policy, and Civic Engagement
Affordable Housing
Animal Welfare, Aquariums, and Zoos
Children, Youth, and Families
Environmental and Sustainability
Faith-Based Organizations
Health, Science, and Medicine
Higher Education
Human and Social Services
Immigration and Refugees
LGBTQ+
Libraries
Museums – Art, Science, Children’s, Historical preservation

Position Types

Development and Fundraising
Executive
Finance
Operations

Company/Organization Website

www.brakeleysearch.com

Bio

Scott serves as Managing Director of Brakeley Search, and conducts leadership searches on behalf of our clients. A nonprofit professional for over 30 years, Scott has demonstrated success in building high performing teams, budgeting and financial analysis, problem-solving, and creativity, to achieve measurable results. He has served as both staff and consultant to many nonprofits. He was the executive director for the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library and recently Chief Advancement Officer for the Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center.

Over the course of his career, Scott has served nonprofit organizations by planning, directing and implementing capital campaigns to raise millions of dollars for hospitals, churches and schools. An accomplished major gift solicitor, Scott has successfully researched, cultivated and solicited many six and seven figure gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations. Annual giving campaigns have met or exceeded goals and within budget.

Scott has worked in healthcare, social services, medical research and religious organizations. He was a regional director on Rotary International’s PolioPlus campaign.

Scott holds the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive (ACFRE) credential, the highest available for fundraisers, and is one of 116 people in North America to achieve this distinction. He has been honored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Aloha and Silicon Valley chapters as an Outstanding Fundraising Professional. He has served as an officer of AFP International board and the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy board. He’s been a regular speaker at the AFP International Conference as well many AFP chapters. He is a past chair of the ACFRE Board of AFP. He’s also been active in Rotary International as president of the Ala Moana Rotary Club and the Golden Gate University Alumni Association board.

Scott holds a MPA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and a BA from Washington University in St. Louis. Among Scott’s hobbies are food preserving (making pickles, jams and fruit preserves) and comic book collecting.