our people

Coulter's team of nonprofit professionals brings a breadth of experience and expertise to all of our client relationships. In addition to their education and credentials, our team includes (but is not limited to):

  • 6 experienced fundraisers with more than 75 years experience between them
  • 5 Certified Association Executives
  • 4 conference and meeting planners who plan events for 20 to 2,000 attendees
  • 3 staff members with management experience in educational certification programs
  • 2 senior database managers
  • 1 Emmy®-winning creative director
  • A multi-lingual staff. Coulter employees speak Spanish, French, Khmer, Portuguese, Vietnamese and certain African dialects.

Below you'll find bios and backstories on some of our senior staff. For a complete staff listing, please click here.


 Thomas Coulter Gibson
Chairman/CEO		 Erin M. Fuller, MPA, CAE
Group President, Strategy & Innovation

Mark J. Dobosz
Senior Vice President		 Trish Smith
Senior Vice President, Fundraising & Partnerships

Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHA
Vice President
 Michele Jerome, MPA, CAE
Vice President, Enterprise Operations

Sara Meier, M.S.Ed, CAE
Vice President		 Elisa Perodin, CMP, CEM
Vice President, The Coulter Companies
Managing Director, Coulter Events

Fran Brasseux
Associate Vice President		 Barbara L. Collura
Associate Vice President

dibenedetto-thumb  Lisa DiBenedetto
  Events Manager

 Colleen Delaney Eubanks, CAE
Associate Vice President

Lesa Faris, CMP
Associate Vice President		 hooper-biothumb  Kartraice D. Hooper, CMP
  Senior Events Manager

Hector Jimenez
Manager, Enterprise Operations		 Amy E. Lestition, MA, CAE
Associate Vice President

Amy B. Lotz, CAE
Associate Vice President		 Lee K. Lowery, MPA, CAE
Associate Vice President

Kate O'Donnell
Director, Marketing & Creative		 Khunteang Pa
Senior Associate

A. Shane Robinson
Senior Associate		 Robert J. Weil, Esq.
Independent Counsel

Other, less "traditional" experience includes:

  • A competitive ice skater and former member of the United States Figure Skating Association
  • A cow-milking contest winner
  • An Irish castle owner
  • A former competitive gymnast
  • A child actress
  • A former yak herder
  • An avid kickboxer

“To do the work you love and feel that it matters; how could anything be more fun?”

Katharine Graham

September 7, 2010
Back to school...again!
By: Sara Meier, M.S.Ed, CAE As a former kid and a former teacher, I, like the rest of our country, connect September wi ... Read more
August 16, 2010
Summer Reading (Continued)
This topic seemed like a great idea when we doled out assignments a few months ago – but now it is August, and I am scro ... Read more
July 15, 2010
Summer Reading … Of Big Shorts, Great Bridges and Mockingbirds
By: Thomas Coulter Gibson The raging debate of whether Kindle or iPad, hardback or paperback, obscures what’s really ... Read more