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):

  • 7 Certified Association Executives
  • 6 experienced fundraisers with more than 75 years experience between them
  • 5 languages spoken fluently by Coulter colleagues
  • 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

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, FASAE, MPA, CAE
Group President, Strategy & Innovation

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_thumbElisa Perodin, CMP, CEM
Vice President, Coulter
Managing Director, Coulter Events

  Sylvia Strobel, JD, MBA 
  Vice President


Fran Brasseux
Associate Vice President
Barbara L. Collura
Vice President

Colleen Delaney Eubanks, CAE
Vice President
Lesa Faris, CMP
Associate Vice President

ellen-galant-thumb  Ellen J. Galant
  Associate Vice President

Blake Kotenbrink
Vice President, Corporate Events & Experiences

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
  Associate Vice President,
  Creative & Social Media


Khunteang Pa
Senior Associate

  Shane Robinson, MA
  Senior Associate


schwarz-thumb  Andy Schwarz
  Associate Vice President, Public Relations

hooper-biothumb  Kartraice D. Hooper, CMP
  Senior Events Manager

dibenedetto-thumb  Lisa DiBenedetto, CMP
  Senior Manager, Events

jimenez-biothumb  Hector Jimenez
  Senior Manager, Operations


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

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