Susan J. Fields

Susan J. Fields, CFRE, has worked in the nonprofit sector for 22 years. A former English teacher, she served as Director of Institutional Advancement at Holy Cross High School in Flushing, Queens between 1994 and 2011 where she built a fundraising program from a "one-person shop" to a department of four full-time associates in charge of managing a broad range of fundraising, marketing, public relations and community-building programs. Susan is currently a communications consultant to nonprofit organizations seeking to enhance their relationships with donors and constituents.

Articles by Susan J. Fields

• A nonprofit without ethical leadership is like the Titanic headed for an iceberg

  Wednesday, April 15, 2015

  ​Ships usually stray from course due to the human frailties of the captain and crew. The same can be said of a nonprofit organization whose mission it is to serve the public good. Whether it reaches its objective is dependent upon the people guiding the organizational ship.