CCAH Staff, Author at Chapman Cubine Allen + Hussey

Connecting people. Social network concept. Bright background

Look for us Here: Nonprofit Fundraising and Marketing Conferences to Mark on your Calendar

CCAH is excited to be able to attend, sponsor (and present at!) several conferences during the remainder of the year.

We hope these are on your list as well!

Tech Forward Conference

CCAH is proud to sponsor TechImpact’s conference in Denver, Colorado taking place next week, September 18 – 20. VP Digital Services Dave Onate and Principal & SVP Brenna Holmes will be there, so if you are in or near Denver, join us & register! And while it’s last minute, CCAH has one last free pass available for a nonprofit attendee, so if you’re interested, email Brenna today!

Nonprofit Innovation & Optimization Summit (NIO)

Principal and SVP Brenna Holmes is excited to attend this for the second year! This multi-day summit is a premier online fundraising conference for those looking to grow their programs and embrace innovation.

She hopes to see you in Kansas City, MO, next week, September 20 – 23. but if you can’t make it, they offer a FREE virtual livestream option too!

DMAW Sustainer Day

Back in person for the first time since 2019, we hope you’ll join us in Washington, D.C. on September 29 to learn everything you need to know about building (or leveling up!) a robust recurring giving program! Including a special panel discussion on Mastercard’s new regulations. Register today and save the date.

Engaging Networks Community Conference

As an accredited partner, CCAH is proud to be a Gold Sponsor for this year’s community conference on October 6 – 7 in Washington, D.C. So, if you are an Engaging Networks client, or thinking about exploring a new eCRM platform, please join us! In addition to sponsoring the conference, two CCAHers will be presenting! Check out the full agenda and register to attend.

DMAW Data Strategy Forum

On October 18 DMAW is hosting the DSF in downtown DC. This one-day workshop is one of DMAW’s fastest growing event and given how critical data strategy is and how it affects all channels of fundraising and marketing it’s no wonder! CCAH is proud to sponsor, and we hope you’ll join us and Brenna Holmes for her presentation on payment strategies and their role in the overall digital fundraising landscape. Register Now and mark your calendars to attend!

Whether we see you in Denver, Kansas City, here in DC, or virtually from the comfort of your own desk, we hope you’ll take advantage of all the fantastic educational opportunities available to our industry!

Any conferences we missed? Let us know in the comments!

Rookie of the Quarter: Matthew B

At CCAH, we know that progress is what keeps us relevant and keeps us moving toward our mission — advancing change and committing to activism that makes a difference. That’s why each quarter we like to recognize one our newest employees who is helping move us toward our goals and continuing our push for progress. Our Rookie of the Quarter award is given to an employee who has started their CCAH journey in the past year and has shown their willingness to go above and beyond. They are nominated by the CCAH management committee (our partners, VPs, and president, Kim Cubine), and they exemplify CCAH’s commitment to progress.

Matthew has an extensive history working in the service industry. Last year he made his transition into marketing by interning at a small technology company in Virginia. After building up experience there he wanted to move into a role where he was able to grow and learn about something new. His goal was to learn more about non-profits and what goes on behind the scenes of these organizations, while being in a role that would allow him to learn from the ground up, and CCAH looked like the perfect place for him to do that! So far, Matthew has found his work as an Account Representative in the digital department very rewarding, and finds it satisfying to know that his efforts everyday ultimately go towards helping others.

After work Matthew enjoys going to the gym most days of the week, meeting up with friends to go eat at their favorite restaurants (they are huge kbbq lovers), or practicing retail therapy online (and of course always hunting for discount codes). He also occasionally enjoys reading a good book! One he read this past year that he would recommend is 1Q84.

We are proud to have Matthew as part of our CCAH family and cannot wait to see what comes next. Congratulations on being our Rookie of the Quarter!

“I can honestly say I’ve learned so much in my time here so far and I am only excited to learn more as I progress in my career. My teammates were super helpful at getting me up to speed with our day-to-day activities and always continue to provide a helping hand when needed, truly making me feel welcome and appreciated.”

What do Marilu Henner, Ryan Zimmerman and the CCAH team have in common?

If you guessed that we will all be at the 2022 Changemakers Unite Bridge Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel & Conference Center happening between July 27 and 29… You’re right!

To celebrate returning to in person conferences and our new partnership with MissionWired, CCAH will have a booth in the Changemakers Unite Exhibit Hall. Please come by booth 113 and see us!

In addition, you can see Mia Mack of CCAH and Sarah Raffurty of the International African American Museum for their session at 8:15am on Thursday. They’ll share the rare experience of building a diverse museum membership program from the ground up (literally and figuratively). Sarah and Mia will share strategies, tips, tricks and challenges they overcame to create a national, omnichannel direct response program with tens of thousands of newly acquired members generating millions of dollars in less than a year. From budgeting with minimal data, to new audience acquisition and messaging, to omnichannel fundraising, marketing and branding integration, attendees will come away with best practices and new insights to test out.

Then don’t miss Brenna Holmes (CCAH), Jennifer Ingram (Wiland) and Jen Walsh (WJC) presenting at 4pm on Thursday about successful Omni-Channel campaigns with co-op data. If how to meet your fundraising goals in light of privacy changes with iOS and the depreciation of third-party cookies has you losing sleep at night, don’t panic! First party data from cooperative databases can expand your fundraising beyond the mailbox into display, social, email, P2P and connected TV. It can also help diversify your donor file by finding new audiences you haven’t found before. They will share how WJC and other clients went from fundraising in different channels to a truly omnichannel, donor-centric program that increased revenue for ALL channels.

CCAH will have many staff attending the conference, and we are all excited to reconnect with our industry partners and share the new techniques and innovations we’ve been working on. Find us in various sessions and at Booth 113 in the Changemakers Unite Exhibit Hall throughout the conference.

Rookie of the Quarter: Linsey P.

This quarter, we are recognizing Linsey P.

Linsey comes from a digital marketing and special events production background with over six years of experience working with nonprofits and institutions for change. Her strategic communications initiatives for trailblazing organizations such as the Wall Street Journal, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, the Center for American Progress, DC Office on Aging, George W. Bush Institute, and Winrock International have assisted philanthropic and humanitarian efforts around the world, creating experiences that elevate brands, establish connections, and inspire action and change. Starting at the grassroots level during her time at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Virginia, her work has focused on spreading awareness and maximizing fundraising efforts for various global issues she’s passionate about, including combatting climate change, protecting marginalized communities, and promoting public health initiatives.

Her background in implementing commercial advertising strategies and firsthand practice working with nonprofits allows her to combine a zeal for humanitarian work with her extensive knowledge and professional experience to ensure campaigns are managed effectively and advertising dollars are spent efficiently, without compromising the organization’s mission.

In her spare time, Linsey enjoys cultivating her green thumb, winning your money in fantasy (football and basketball), traveling for live shows/festivals, and obsessing over cats.

We are proud to have Linsey as part of our CCAH family and cannot wait to see what comes next. Congratulations on being our Rookie of the Quarter!

The Inspirational Women of CCAH

The first Women’s History Month was established by Congress in March of 1987, and every year since, people have used this month to reflect on the invaluable contributions made by women. At CCAH, we are lucky to work with some incredible women who are leading the way in the direct response industry and helping our clients achieve their goals and make real and lasting impacts.

CCAH is woman-owned, and 66% of our partners and 57% of our employees identify as women. We have women in every department, and women are integral drivers of strategy and our company’s future. For Women’s History Month, we asked CCAHers to nominate the women who inspire them day in and day out to be the best that they can be.

Kim Cubine, our president, is the fearless leader at CCAH. Before starting here, her work in the political sphere helped shape our country, and at CCAH, that passion has not lessened. With Kim Cubine at the helm, we helped raise more than $166 million for the Biden Harris campaign, more than $50 million dollars to retake the senate, and more than $15.6 million to elect more democrats (especially women and people of color) to the House of Representatives and state offices around the nation. Kim Cubine is a positive force in our office, inspiring everyone day in and out. As she explains, “When I graduated from college, in my state there were specific jobs for women, and politics weren’t one of them. But that’s what I was always really interested in, so I moved to DC to pursue that dream. And here I am today.”

Brenna Holmes, partner and Senior Vice President of Digital Services, is known for her ability to wear many hats at once, and all flawlessly. From managing our social media channels and representing us at conferences and in interviews to heading both digital services on the account side and the digital production side, Brenna is an all-around digital powerhouse! Brenna is always doing what she can to keep CCAH on the cutting edge, and as one employee said, she’s “helping our clients make history by looking to the future, all with a spirit that cannot be denied. With Brenna in your corner, you know you can take on the world and make it a better place.”

Meg K-L, or MKL to many, is a Vice President and a data crunching genius! Our Fundraising Analytics team is capable of delving into the nuances of even the most difficult to untangle data questions, and Meg is an integral part of their success. Her coworker says “Meg has a difficult to replicate way of thinking through all facets of a problem or question because before she transitioned to our analytics team she worked at nonprofits and on the client services side of things here at CCAH. That diversity of experience makes her such a valuable part of the CCAH team.”

Katie S is a Vice President of Client Services, and she is able to run incredibly successful direct mail campaigns for her clients while also leading the team in charge of our socials and spirit week events! While she has planned many events, everyone loves her unique spin on trivia—where she finds any random trivia that interests her, and the answers on her paper are the only ones accepted. A coworker says, “Upon meeting her, it was immediately obvious how someone so young has done so well at the company. There is no one more organized, excitable, and down to earth. Every day she manages to bring energy, life, and zest to each meeting. She has the greatest sense of humor and I am consistently impressed at how she manages to add character and fun to our days all while maintaining the utmost professionalism.”

Ana M was CCAH’s first female web developer! Ana joined the firm out of college, honing her skills first as an Account Representative, working alongside the web dev team to create exciting campaigns and innovative user experiences for clients. Her curiosity and eagerness to learn about the code that powers landing pages and emails made her a prime candidate to develop those skills and make a move to work on the production side. While no longer the only woman on this small but mighty team, Ana is known for her great work ethic and speedy turn times. One coworker says “She is intuitive and knows what questions to ask before we even do. She is a problem solver, finding solutions that work best for the production team, account teams, and the clients. She’s brilliant, incredibly talented, and is pretty much a jack of all trades after starting on the account side. Plus, she loves Gritty (the hockey mascot), which brings a lot of fun to calls when you see a photo in the background!”

If you’ve been following our social media channels, you won’t need an introduction to these two inspirational ladies! Jessica W, from our production department, and Mia M, an Account Executive in our Direct Mail department, were two of our first nominated women this month. Their infectious positive energy and team spirit ensures that everyone that comes into contact with them leaves with a smile on their face. Both ladies are incredible artists in their own right—Jessica’s art is in mixed media work, acrylic paints, rubber stamps, and mail art, and Mia is a crafting and party planning extraordinaire! If you missed it, check out @CCAHDirect to see some of their awesome work!

These incredible women only scratch the surface of the amazing women of CCAH. Accomplished women head our Print Production, Digital Advertising, and Fundraising Analytics departments, are Creative Directors, writers, account leads, coordinators, list planners, graphic designers, and so much more! We are so lucky to work with such dedicated people fighting to make the world a better place every day.

Rookie of the Quarter: Melanie M.

This quarter, we are recognizing Melanie M.

Melanie has been in the fundraising space for quite some time, working for the last 20 years at 2 telemarketing firms. She has worked in a variety of roles including Operations, HR, Quality Control, and finally as Director of IS.

Melanie has always loved working with progressive nonprofits and takes great pride in knowing that doing her job well, although indirectly in most cases, will help further the missions of the incredible organizations we work with. She credits her shorter learning curve here at CCAH to her wonderful team, who have been so generous with their time to help her transition from TM to the integrated, multichannel world of CCAH.

When Melanie isn’t in the (home) office, you can find her doing mom (of 3) things, or grandma (of 2) things unless it is between March and October – then she’s probably at a baseball field with the aforementioned kiddos watching her son play ball.

We are proud to have Melanie as part of our CCAH family and cannot wait to see what comes next. Congratulations on being our Rookie of the Quarter!

Rookie of the Quarter: Amy Adler

This quarter, we are recognizing Amy Adler.

Amy is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. She started her professional career in politics working on campaigns for Congressman John Sarbanes, the Nevada Senate Democratic Caucus, Marylanders for Marriage Equality, and most recently for Pete Buttigieg’s Presidential Campaign as the Nevada Get Out the Caucus Director. Amy started in the digital fundraising space in 2015 and has raised millions of dollars for progressive candidates and causes nationwide over the course of the past five years. Making the jump to non-profit fundraising with Chapman Cubine Allen + Hussey has been both an honor and a joy and she looks forward to continuing this meaningful work. In her spare time she enjoys photography, road trips, and hanging out with her husband and her cat, Bubs.

We are proud to have Amy as part of our CCAH family and cannot wait to see what comes next. Congratulations on being our Rookie of the Quarter!

Brenna Holmes Selected for DMAW Board

We are very proud to announce our partner & SVP Brenna Holmes has been elected to the 2021-2022 DMAW Board of Directors. The Direct Marketing Association of Washington provides education, networking, and professional development programs to help foster a vibrant, growing, supportive, and informed direct response fundraising and marketing community.

At CCAH, Brenna became a partner this year, teaches in our “MBA” continuing education program for our staff members, and regularly speaks at conferences to help share what she’s learned with our larger direct response community.

In her eleven years here, she built our digital program from the ground up, and we know that with a position on the DMAW Board, she will bring the same energy and enthusiasm to helping shape the future of their educational programing.

Brenna is dedicated to bringing more multimedia, data savvy, and technical content to complement the already exceptional marketing and creative-based trainings that DMAW offers to its members. We could not be more proud and excited for Brenna in her newest endeavor in joining the DMAW Board, and we are excited to continue to have her expertise and dedication here at CCAH. Congratulations to Brenna Holmes!

Katie in front of our chalkboard that reads 'welcome to CCAH spirit week'

We’ve Got (Virtual) Spirit!

Each September we have CCAH’s annual spirit week, but this year, spirit week went virtual! This fun-filled employee appreciation week included a lunch hour at the Charlie Hides Funhouse, a team-vs.-team MadLib competition, and our annual award ceremony (this year held over Zoom).

Each day had its own treats and surprises in addition to our weeklong Guess Who game, where employees were challenged to match fun facts with new staff, and the correct answers were revealed at our Thursday happy hour … it was such a fun way to get to know our fellow coworkers!

Monday

CCAH was closed for Labor Day, but we could hardly wait to return to the (home) office to kick off the spirit week festivities.

Tuesday

It was Mad Lib day! This fun team-vs.-team competition encouraged people to think outside the box as they completed a CCAH-themed MadLib! Teams worked together to come up with the zaniest nouns, adjectives, and verbs they could to impress the judges with their creativity. We also kicked off our New Staff Guess Who game, where everyone worked to match fun facts with the employee who has done it. With facts ranging from a fear of frogs to a world-class ranking on Pokémon Go, to speaking about fundraising on six continents; we’ve certainly hired some pretty interesting people during the pandemic!

Wednesday

For our lunch hour, we brought back Charlie Hides with a brand new gameshow: Charlie’s Funhouse! Staff members went head to head to win fun prizes in a variety of games: the Price is Right (but only with UK food items with interesting names), Name that Tune, and the Masked Celebrity, to name a few. Not everyone was a winner, but we all walked away with a smile after an hour in the funhouse!

Thursday

At happy hour, we kicked off the festivities with a scavenger hunt. Employees rans around their houses and apartments trying to be the first to find a particular item — from something red to something with a face — we had 15 seconds to find our items and run back to the screen before time was up!

From there, employees were recognized — from plaques for those celebrating two years with the company to CCAH monogramed swag gifts for those working here for five, ten, twenty, and twenty-five years.

Quentin Patrick received the Bill Goldstein Legacy Award for his twenty years with the firm. This award recognizes excellence in service and a commitment to outstanding loyalty to CCAH, our clients, and their missions. Twenty years symbolizes a remarkable achievement in one’s career and demonstrates fortitude, grit, and perseverance. Over the years, Bill Goldstein’s work had profound impact on some of the most critical issues facing our country and people around the globe. We are proud to honor his legacy with this award.

Katie Chambers received the coveted CCAH Spirit Award. This award goes to one individual, voted on by the management committee and partners, who we believe embodies dedication to clients and their fellow colleagues, always lending a helping hand and jumping in if someone doesn’t understand. Katie goes the extra mile for a client with a positive attitude and a smile in every situation. As one person noted, her “positive attitude is actually infectious for everyone she works with.” Congratulations to Katie Chambers for this distinction!

The Spirit Committee judges also announced the answers to the Guess Who matching game! While only five CCAH employees were able to get a perfect score (congrats to Arwen, Kahla, Srikar, Julia, and me—Becca!), everyone was a winner when we got to learn more about our coworkers.

Friday

Spirit week was finally coming to a close, but not without one final announcement: we changed our name! Jenny Allen officially became a name partner, making our company now Chapman Cubine Allen + Hussey — you can read all about it here if you missed the announcement blog. With this exciting news top of everyone’s mind, it was easy to forget about the MadLib competition (even though that was also a very exciting moment in CCAH history). Team Mia took home the win, and all of the bragging rights that came with it.

As a final surprise, everyone was excited to find goody bags at their door the week after spirit week. MJ, Katie, and Quentin had worked tirelessly to ensure a sweet snack for all of our employees even though we were far apart.

With that, we closed another wonderful week at CCAH. Now we are back to work, refreshed and ready to take on Q4 and another full year of doing great work for all our amazing clients!

We Changed Our Name!

On behalf of Jim Hussey and Lon Chapman, it is with excitement and pride that we announce that Jenny Allen has been made a name partner and moving forward our firm will be called Chapman Cubine Allen + Hussey!

Jenny has been an integral part of the growth and success of CCAH these past several years. She has helped drive the diversification of our client base as well as the expansion of our digital, analytical, and database services. Jenny is known as a creative powerhouse.

Jenny is as passionate a person as you will find. She is devoted to the missions of the organizations that CCAH represents, and her clients consider her a friend in addition to a trusted counselor. Her ethics are unimpeachable, and her sense of humor and salty vernacular make working with her fun.

She is a true leader at our company and has earned her place on the masthead.

Please join me and the rest of the CCAH family in celebrating our newest name partner, Jenny Allen.

Chapman Cubine Allen + Hussey

All posts by : CCAH Staff