Sam Connor
Sam Connor serves the non-profit and cause sectors as an outsourced executive in strategy, marketing, and fundraising, and builds teams for transformative growth. He worked as a senior marketer and fundraiser for Save the Children, and served as head of the national marketing and communications team at the Anti-Defamation League, where he has helped raise their market share and direct engagement by over 600%. He lived and worked abroad in Africa and Asia for 15 years building life-changing social entrepreneurship programs.
Since his return to the US in 2008, Sam has led teams that have raised over $40 million in creative charitable funding. Sam also started his own firm for purposeful customer engagement and cause support including bespoke strategies on fundraising in 2015. The firm has raised over $2 million for the National Center for Learning Disabilities / Understood, and helped increase Red Nose Day’s raise of $23 million in 2015 to $31 million in 2016.
A dual UK / US national who works globally, Sam continues to grow his partnerships around the world, thriving on bringing creativity and resources to fund innovations that can transform the US and beyond.