Kim Fischer has more than 20 years of experience in fundraising, public
relations and marketing. She has worked in large
healthcare and social service organizations and has had clients
ranging from hospitals, physician practices, and foundations - to schools and
colleges,
cultural arts
organizations and national development firms.
In San Antonio, she is a development
and public relations consultant for numerous not-for-profit organizations
throughout the region. Her clients have included the Cancer Therapy and
Research Center, The Children's Shelter, and the San Antonio Symphony, where she
helped
the organization emerge from bankruptcy and achieve a
multi-million dollar fundraising goal.
Kim supports clients in all areas
of fund development, including annual fund, major gifts, events and capital
campaigns and brings additional expertise in community awareness, branding
campaigns and donor communications. She was public relations director for a
large Albuquerque healthcare system, Director of Marketing for United Way of
Central New Mexico, and Director of Development for a San Antonio museum.
A Midwestern native, Kim earned her bachelor's degree in English from
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and has taught literature and
writing in high schools in suburban Chicago and Albuquerque. She is an adjunct
professor of writing at Trinity University, San Antonio.
Kim has won awards from the Public Relations Society of America and the American Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, including the coveted Touchstone Award for her creative work on an employee fund-raising campaign. Actively involved in the San Antonio community, she co-chaired the 2007 Poinsettia Ball for Hospice and is a board member of The Symphony League, the Friends of Hospice San Antonio, and the San Antonio Chamber Choir - and a member of the Rotary Club of Downtown San Antonio and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She is a trustee on the Parish Council of her church, Christ Lutheran.