I helped raise a billion dollars for a university.

What they asked for instead: relationships, credibility, and someone who could make people believe in the mission before the money showed up.

→ $50M: UnidosUS’s capital campaign. Same skill, different institution.

→ 2024: Named HNBA Latino Attorney of the Year.

→ Two terms as President: Hispanic Bar Association of PA, then Region IV President of HNBA.

→ 35 years, $150M+ raised: not from grant writing, from convincing people their investment matters.

None of that happened because I know how to fill out a proposal. It happened because a courtroom and a capital campaign ask the same question: can you make people believe your case before they’ve seen the outcome?

Most nonprofits hire a fundraiser. Very few hire someone who has had to defend an argument under oath first.

Which would you trust with your next campaign: someone who has only pitched donors, or someone who has had to prove a case to a judge?