Chris is Vice President, Marketing and Sales. As a gift planning marketing consultant, Chris brings over 18 years of experience to assisting organizations structure and develop planned giving marketing and promotional programs. Chris has consulted with numerous non-profit and financial services companies, collaborating with them in the design and structure of training and marketing programs targeted to realize long-term goals and objectives. He is a graduate of Indiana University.
Andrea is our National Sales Executive. She has over 15 years of investment and financial services experience. As a financial planner, Andrea provided wealth management advice to clients seeking to preserve and distribute wealth using estate planning and charitable giving tools and techniques. She is committed to client-focused service that is designed to help individual organizations reach their endowment development goals.
You can be sure with Andrea’s wealth of experience in advising individuals and business owners that she:
- understands the importance of identifying and cultivating prospective donors
- knows the importance of defining and presenting an organizational mission
- has first-hand experience in uncovering donor objectives and issues, and
- recognizes that motivating donors to action is essential to program success.
Andrea is adept at partnering with clients to select tools and techniques, implement program details, and provide ongoing follow-up – all designed to assist you in reaching your strategic goals.
Andrea is a graduate of Purdue University. She is based in Indianapolis and provides consultation to clients across the country.
Terry is President at EDS. He has a BA Degree from DePauw University (English Composition). His writing/publishing experience has covered 25 years in areas that include planned giving, financial services education and training, information technology and online documentation, website design and content development, and marketing. He has also served as a seminar instructor and provides editorial oversight for EDS publications.
Michael is a legal editor for EDS. He received his B.A. in English from Indiana University and J.D. from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. He is a licensed attorney in the state of Indiana and a member of both the Indiana Bar Association and Indianapolis Bar Association.
Executive Vice President at EDS, David provides editorial and technical review for EDS publications and products, including our allied professional publications and Planned Giving Answers Online. David has tax, financial, and estate planning expertise. His undergraduate and law degrees are from Indiana University.
Gary Strader is the EDS Chief Technologist. Gary brings over 25 years of financial services information management experience to our staff. As a vice president of a major regional wholesale bank, he directed the application of technology to business processes. He has also managed the information technology resources of a life insurance company and a property-casualty insurer, and has provided information technology consulting services to financial planning firms. At EDS, he is directly involved with product development and client support, as well as research and development in emerging technologies.
Nancy Connor, graphic designer, has a BFA in painting from The University of Iowa and many years of design and illustration experience. At EDS since 1997, her principal responsibility has been interpretation of non-profit clients’ graphic standards and visual preferences to create newsletters and other publications that are both fresh and reflective of each institution’s character and style.
Mark has worked in print production and graphic design since 2000. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University, Mark has worked with national clients such as Bayer Advanced, Lowe’s, YMCA and Three Ring Records. Mark has designed countless projects including product displays, catalogs, newsletters, posters and album covers. He joined EDS in 2005 to serve as production designer and project coordinator.