Ryan Ginard

Ryan Ginard, CFRE, is the international award-winning author of Future Philanthropy: The Tech, Trends & Talent Defining New Civic Leadership and founder of Fundraise for Australia, a social enterprise whose mission is to identify, recruit and train over 1000 new fundraisers by 2030, leveraging an additional $120 million in charitable donations as the Government of Australia seeks to double giving by 2030.Currently the Head of Advancement for Australia's top-ranked university, The Australian...See more

Ryan Ginard, CFRE, is the international award-winning author of Future Philanthropy: The Tech, Trends & Talent Defining New Civic Leadership and founder of Fundraise for Australia, a social enterprise whose mission is to identify, recruit and train over 1000 new fundraisers by 2030, leveraging an additional $120 million in charitable donations as the Government of Australia seeks to double giving by 2030.Currently the Head of Advancement for Australia's top-ranked university, The Australian National University, Ryan's career in organizedphilanthropy has seen him lead dedicated efforts in civic engagement, public policy, operations, and fundraising at the University of Texas atAustin, The San Diego Foundation, and as Chief of Staff for a $185 million philanthropic program across early education and charitablegiving, impacting over 11 million students and 22,000 schools across 20 countries including the top 10 school districts in the U.S.An active writer and thinker about future directions in philanthropy, Ryan has had his work highlighted in numerous sector-leading publications and has been a speaker at internationally renowned conferences such as South By South West (SXSW), the Public Relations Society of America's International Conference (PRSA ICON), Good Tech Fest, and Social Media Week, on themes focused on civic technology and immersive storytelling.Ryan's work has leveraged over $2.5 billion in community infrastructure funding and directly raised over $35 million for charity and groundbreaking academic research including transformative gifts in machine learning, computational oncology, and social justice efforts See less