Meet Katelyn
Katelyn Simone is a fundraising and communications strategist, writer, and musician with over a decade of experience advancing arts and social impact organizations. She has raised millions of dollars for clients, including the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Allentown Symphony, and previously served as a Senior Consultant at CCS Fundraising. A music journalist and critic, Katelyn contributes to the San Francisco Chronicle, Opera America, and San Francisco Classical Voice. She is also an active professional oboist and holds a Master of Music Performance from Northwestern University.
Katelyn is based in NYC, and on the weekends, you can find her reading, running, or trying to swing dance, probably all in Central Park.
Meet Erin
Erin Lively Koppel is a strategic fundraising consultant with over two decades of experience leading complex capital campaigns and major gift initiatives for cultural institutions. She served for twenty years at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where she directed donor engagement efforts supporting annual funds of over $15 million and designed a $50 million endowment campaign securing six- and seven-figure gifts. Erin currently serves as campaign counsel for the Second Century Capital Campaign at The Grand Theater in Wausau, Wisconsin, which has raised $15.6 million toward a $17.5 million goal.
She holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Dayton and pursued graduate studies in Arts Administration at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.