Dan’s commitment to mission-driven work began long before his career did. As a college student, he spent a summer serving in the Dominican Republic, where witnessing the realities of deep poverty—and the enduring resilience of the people living within it—set the course for everything that followed.

He earned dual bachelor’s degrees in Latin American Studies and International Relations from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, deepening his understanding of global inequity and cultural complexity through a year of study in Quito, Ecuador. After graduation, he moved to Chicago, where he spent three years with a low-income, single-room-occupancy housing organization—an experience that crystallized a conviction he carries to this day: that all people, regardless of economic circumstance, share fundamental needs for home, dignity, belonging, and love.

Dan and his wife, Sarah, relocated to St. Louis as she launched her teaching career. There, he served as a director at Doorways, an interfaith AIDS residence, where he led with both hands-on engagement and an eye toward organizational growth. Simultaneously, he pursued graduate studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, earning a master’s degree in Public Policy Administration and a certificate in nonprofit management and leadership.

In 1999, Dan joined Holmes, Radford & Avalon, a St. Louis-based consulting firm devoted exclusively to the nonprofit sector. Over the past 25-plus years, he has built a distinguished practice centered on feasibility studies, capital campaigns, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, and nonprofit mergers. His work is grounded in a simple but powerful belief: that when organizational mission aligns with donor passion, communities thrive. The firm has partnered with more than 500 organizations, helped raise over $1 billion, and serves clients throughout the Midwest and across the country.

Dan is energized by the breadth of organizations he serves—from education and social services to independent media, libraries, and faith-based initiatives—all working to address critical needs in their communities. He has served on the boards of the Association of Fundraising Professionals St. Louis Regional Chapter and Breakthrough T1D (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), and has taught as an adjunct instructor in the Nonprofit and Philanthropy program at Washington University in St. Louis.

Jim has cultivated his fundraising and management expertise for nonprofit organizations since the early 1970s. After an extended tour of combat duty in Vietnam with the 5th Special Forces Group, the Green Berets (Airborne), Jim established an Outward Bound-style program. This initiative, where returning Vietnam veterans collaborated with juvenile delinquents, became the highly successful Providence Program, ultimately achieving recognition as a National Exemplary Program.

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While instructing anthropology and sociology at the university level, Jim routinely served as a consultant, offering valuable insights on fundraising, organizational development, and strategic planning. In his role as Executive Vice President for a national firm in New Jersey, Jim provided strategic counsel for numerous Catholic organizations, contributing significantly to various successful fundraising initiatives.

Jim formerly served as Executive Director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International as well as the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Foundation. For more than 15 years he has provided fundraising direction for educational institutions, religious organizations, theaters, hospitals, social service organizations and many other nonprofit groups. In addition to fundraising, he consults frequently on issues regarding organizational development and strategic planning. Jim earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in anthropology and sociology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

David Lauber has more than 25 years of experience as a fund development and nonprofit management professional. He has led multi-faceted development programs at a variety of human service, arts, and community-based institutions. From 2017 to 2024 he spearheaded the strategy behind an $18 million capital and endowment fundraising campaign celebrating the 150th anniversary of St. Louis’ Tower Grove Park.

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David understands the plate spinning act that is required of a development director in today’s institutions. Our nonprofit institutions deserve thriving annual funds, vibrant fundraising events, richly textured planned giving programs, and successful foundation and government grant proposals, all executed with an eye to that campaign the Board and Executive Director are teasing. It is a lot to balance, but it’s all possible with good planning and a supportive team.

David holds a B.S. in Business from Valparaiso University and is a native of St. Louis.

With over seven years of dedicated service at HRR, Zach has excelled in roles as a consultant, writer, and researcher. During his time, he has expertly crafted numerous compelling cases for support and authored both private and public proposals for our valued nonprofit partners. Zach's multifaceted contributions extend to supporting planning and feasibility studies, playing a key role in strategic planning initiatives, and providing valuable assistance in the development of fund development plans.

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Zach specializes in in-depth research on corporations and foundations, leveraging analytical tools to interpret wealth screening outcomes for individuals. His expertise extends to assisting organizations with predictive modeling and strategic planning, making him a valuable asset for comprehensive data-driven insights.

In addition to a master’s degree in English Literature, Zach holds bachelor’s degrees in Literature, Anthropology, and Liberal Studies.

Sarah Reynolds has been with Holmes, Radford & Reynolds, Inc. since 2000, serving as our leading research consultant and director of special projects.

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Sarah spent nearly five years as an elementary teacher before joining HRR. Her background as an educator has helped HRR refine its training programs and has contributed to product quality overall. Her experience has also contributed to donor prospect research and analysis on many fundraising initiatives.

Sarah received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and earned her master’s degree in Education from DePaul University.

LaTia King Harrison has been serving the nonprofit sector for over twenty years, both as a practitioner, and consultant. With a background in nonprofit fundraising and grant writing, LaTia specializes in project management. LaTia supports research, writing and feasibility study implementation. She advises on organizational culture evaluation, board engagement, and mission alignment.