Jon Simons

    Executive Vice President
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    In his role as Executive Vice President, Jon has oversight over product development and training for DBD Group. He, along with the rest of the leadership team, provides strategic direction and insight for the company. He plays a key role in welcoming new consultants and ensuring that they offer the same quality service and tools as the rest of the DBD team.

    In addition, Jon provides leadership and coaching for his many clients.  Through a comprehensive assessment of strengths and areas for growth, Jon works with clients to maximize current resources and establish clear and measurable goals for future success.

    Jon provides counsel for:

    • Annual Campaign Assessment and Development
    • Development Staff Coaching
    • Board and Volunteer Development
    • Capital Campaign Feasibility and Execution
    • Volunteer/Staff Training, Retreat Planning and Facilitation
    • On-site seminars, including: Mission Articulation, Art of the Ask, Donor Centered Development, Branding Your Annual Campaign

    Prior to joining DBD Group in 2008, Jon enjoyed a nearly 20 year career in nonprofit management, serving in roles including Program Director, Executive Director and Development Officer.

    Today, with over 30 years of professional experience in both for profit and not-for-profit organizations, Jon has the honor of working with hundreds of mission driven causes and speaking to thousands of community leaders across North America providing clarity, focus and inspiration.

    Through his development work, Jon provides support for annual sustaining campaigns, capital development projects, volunteer and staff training and leadership coaching. Jon finds joy in encouraging others, equipping them to leave their unique mark on this world.

    Jon holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Human Services Administration from Springfield College. He and his family live in Vermont and enjoy their time in the great outdoors hiking, cycling and kayaking.

    Phone/Fax (toll-free):877.323.3904
    Phone (direct):781.223.4032

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    • "Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but the seed you plant."

      Robert Louis Stevenson

    • "Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have."

      Margaret Mead

    • "You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you."

      John Bunyan

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      John Quincy Adams

    • "No one has ever become poor by giving."

      Anne Frank

    • "It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping themselves."

      Charles Dudley Warner

    • "It's every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it."

      Robert F. Kennedy

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      Frederick Douglass

    • "Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle."

      Ken Hakuta

    • "Philanthropy is the mystical mingling of a joyous giver, an artful asker, and a grateful recipient."

      Douglas M. Lawson

    • "Whatever good things we build end up building us."

      Jim Rohn

    • "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

      Winston Churchill

    • "Goodness is the only investment that never fails."

      Henry David Thoreau

    • "The greatest problem with volunteers is not killing them with overwork, but simply boring them to death. Causes don't need workers as much as they need informed, dedicated and passionate advocates."

      Harold J. Seymour

    • "A civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they will never sit."

      Greek Proverb

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      Gladyn Browyn Stern

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      Carlos Ramirez

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      Maya Angelou

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      Mother Teresa

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      Albert Schweitzer