Lindsay is an executive leader and major gifts professional with extensive experience in managing and facilitating major gifts from philanthropists and foundations in the environmental, education, and public health sectors.
Lindsay’s expertise lies in leading donor development strategy, board engagement and participation in fundraising and marketing, solicitation of 6+ figure annual and multi-year gifts, donor event design and management, governance, staff recruitment and management, and marketing and communications. She has facilitated international programs to engage donors directly in an organization’s mission, and led U.S. and non-U.S. teams and stakeholders to successfully deliver projects that meet the revenue and marketing goals of a global organization.
Lindsay currently serves as the San Francisco Executive Director for Summer Search, a youth advocacy organization facilitating college access and readiness for talented low-income youth in San Francisco and the East Bay. Previously, Lindsay served as the U.S. National Director for Right To Play, a global humanitarian organization that trains teachers in over 20 countries how to use sport and play as platforms for teaching critical life skills including disease prevention, conflict resolution, leadership, literacy and numeracy. Lindsay also served in a leadership role managing the major gifts program at Rare, and held positions with the Clinton Global Initiative, the Worldwatch Institute, and the Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. House of Representatives Resources Committee. She is a global traveler, a rookie triathlete, and a practicing yogi. She serves on the Board of Directors for Mountainfilm, a documentary film festival based in Telluride, Colorado, and Project Glimmer, a venture philanthropy initiative based in San Francisco. She holds a master’s degree from American University’s School of International Service in Global Environmental Policy and a BA from Cornell in both International Development and English. Lindsay is a native New Yorker but has enjoyed calling San Francisco home since 2010.