Geoff Cochran | Annual Giving Officer | Email
Geoff Cochran is an Annual Giving Officer with The Rotary Foundation, with a special focus on Zones 26 and 27. He is a part of a team within The Foundation’s staff who apply giving trends, data analysis, and connections to empower Rotary leaders to acquire, retain and upgrade donors, fund more grants, and create a strong pipeline of philanthropic support for The Rotary Foundation.
Geoff comes to Rotary from a decades-long career in nonprofit administration and management. He attended Loyola University Chicago from which he received a BA in History and subsequently followed that with an MS in Public Service Management from DePaul University. He lives in Evanston, IL with his family and is an active member of his community. In recent years, he served on the Mental Health Board for the City of Evanston and the Board of Directors of PEER Services, a local treatment center. He has worked in the nonprofit sector for 14 years, most recently as an Associate Officer with Club and District Support with Rotary International for over a year. Geoff is a staunch advocate of Rotary’s motto “Service Above Self.”
Districts: All districts in Zones 26 & 27
Direct Phone: 1 (847) 866-3195
Elizabeth Cruft-Anderson | Senior Major Gifts Officer | Email
Elizabeth is a staff member of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International and currently serves as the Senior Major Gifts Officer for the Pacific Northwest, Northern California, Northern Nevada, portions of British Columbia, and Alaska. She is a Rotarian with the Lake Oswego Rotary Club located in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
She specializes in working one-on-one with Rotarians and non-Rotarians to help them strategize giving to the foundation and reach their philanthropic and financial goals through Rotary.
She also provides training and advice to Rotary Districts in the West on ways to develop major gifts and fundraising strategies.
She is a Certified Fund Raising professional and has professional certifications in managing capital campaigns, annual fund, and major gifts from the University of Indiana Lilly School of Philanthropy.
Prior to joining Rotary, she served as a Development Manager and Director of Corporate Relations for several social service and arts non-profits in the Portland and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Districts: 5010, 5020, 5030, 5080, 5100, 5110, 5130 & 5190
Jon Teich | Major Gifts Officer | Email
Jon Teich joined the Rotary Foundation in January of 2022 and will serve as a Regional Major Gift Officer for the western portion of Zone 26.
Jon previously worked at William & Mary as the Assistant Athletic Director for Major Gifts, after starting his career in fundraising at High Point University. Teich started with William & Mary in January of 2020. His primary responsibilities included generating major gifts to annual scholarship support and capital projects. During his time at William & Mary, the athletic department achieved records for cash gifts and comments as well as number of donors in a fiscal year. Jon served as an athletics representative on the All In campaign, which raised $22.8 million in it’s first year.
Prior to his role at William & Mary, Jon was the Director of Athletic Development at High Point University. During his time at High Point, he secured 1.2 million in major gift commitments, increased Panther Club membership by 73%, and helped set a department for dollars raised in a fiscal year.
Jon received his undergraduate degree in Sports Communication from Bradley University and earned a Master’s in Sport Administration fromthe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jon and his fiancé Aja live in San Diego, CA with their two dogs Romeo and Big E. Jon is a native of Bay City, Michigan.
Districts: 5000, 5320, 5340, 5330, 5495 & 5500
James Sewell | Major Gifts Officer | Email
Districts: 5150, 5160, 5170, 5180, 5220, 5230, 5240, 5280 & 5300
Eric Thompson | Major Gifts Officer | Email
Eric joined the Rotary Foundation philanthropy team in September 2018 as the new major gifts officer for Zone’s 26/27. A native Coloradan and Westerner, he is very happy to be working with Western Rotarians achieve their charitable ambitions. Eric is your major gifts liaison, based at Rotary Foundation in Evanston, but he travels regularly to districts and clubs in Zone 26/27. For Eric, Rotarians’ leadership in the drive to eradicate polio is one of the most inspiring stories in modern philanthropy, particularly since he had seen first-hand the impact of polio on members of his family.
Eric comes to RI with twenty years of comprehensive fundraising experience, primarily in higher education. In all his previous roles he partnered with alumni, volunteers, and senior leadership in developing vibrant relationships with individual philanthropists, corporations and foundations, and other organizational partners in executing comprehensive capital campaigns. These campaigns were on behalf of Illinois Institute of Technology (College of Architecture and College of Engineering), Purdue University/Calumet, University of Colorado Foundation, and Ragdale Foundation.
Eric holds an MBA from the University of Illinois/Chicago in marketing, entrepreneurship, and human resource management; an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and a BFA from the University of Colorado/Boulder. Eric has also conceptualized, designed and led many subject matter presentations for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Engineering Development Forum (EDF), the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and the Center for Nonprofit Success. He also served as a subject matter expert/question formulator on the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) testing committee and held the CFRE certification 2006-2013.
Districts: 5390, 5400, 5420, 5440, 5450, 5470, 5520 and 5730
Erin Groble | | Email
Districts: 5000, 5020, 5030, 5080, 5100, 5110, 5130, 5150, 5160, 5170, 5180, 5190, 5220, 5230, 5240, 5280, 5300, 5320, 5330, 5340, 5495 & 5500