Silicon Prairie Capital Partners, LLC

Silicon Prairie Capital Partners, LLC is a Minnesota based innovative, technology driven FINRA member Broker-Dealer firm.  The firm’s Investment Banking services include capital raising and M&A, covering transactions from crowdfunding through institutional debt and equity capital rounds for lower middle market companies in all industries.  It is part of a family of FinTech companies including a leading FINRA licensed crowdfunding portal, a stock transfer agent and an Alternative Trading System (ATS).  While doing business nationwide, we’re proud to be based in the heartland of America.  "The Silicon Prairie: Where Good Ideas Grow!"
https://sphi.io/index.php/investment-banking/

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Community Dental Care

A non-profit organization providing quality dental services to underserved patients

Chair of the Board

Bethel University Foundation

Board of Governors

Allison-Williams Company

Allison-Williams Company is a Minneapolis-based institutional investment banking firm with corporate finance services including capital-raising and M&A for lower middle market companies, and trading securities with institutional investors.  Founded in 1919, we are the oldest continuously independent broker/dealer firm in the Upper Midwest.

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President at Silicon Prairie Capital Partners, LLC

Experienced Corporate Finance Investment Banker involved in numerous transactions raising capital for small to middle market companies, projects and transactions and M&amp;A.  Industry generalist covering private capital rounds for all levels of the balance sheet, representing companies and private equity funds in transactions with institutional and professional investors, primarily in North America.

Specialties: Growth capital for private companies, industry generalist, also specialty financial services, value and distressed asset financing, real estate repositioning and bridge financing, capital structure advice.  Senior debt, subordinated and mezzanine debt, growth equity capital, buyout and acquisition financing.  Cash flow based and asset based debt.  Limited partner capital for private equity funds.  Life settlement related transactions and structured transactions.

Cedric Long, CFA

Slavic Gospel Association

From our founding in 1934 through today, SGA has been working with churches in the former Soviet countries in Europe and Asia, to share the Gospel, help train leaders for the church, and to help the hurting and forgotten in the name of Jesus.

Director of Partner Relations

Bible Study Fellowship

School Program Supervisor

Pilgrim Africa

Our mission is to challenge despair, love boldly, and create a future of sustainable prosperity and health. We work to serve, empower, and love others to the glory of God, regardless of economic, religious, or social standing.

Pilgrim Africa was founded as an indigenous Christian response to the plight of more than 1.5 million refugees living in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the war-torn regions of Northern Uganda. From its inception as an organization providing medical and nutritional relief as well as psycho-social support to desperate refugees, Pilgrim Africa has grown to be an international organization with regional and national interventions in Public Health and Education.

Chief Development Officer

Bethel University

Act as the chief fundraising officer for the university in partnership with the university president. Lead a team of 31 staff including the Major Gifts team, Planned Giving, Annual Fund, Alumni and Parent Relations, Church Relations, the Bethel Foundation, Advancement Events and Advancement Services. Serve on the university Cabinet, Executive Leadership Team and as an ex-officio member of the Advancement Committee of the Board of Trustees.

Senior Vice President for University Advancement

Biola University

- Manage all aspects of development operation
- Campaign Management Team
- Prospect Meetings for Senior Gift Officers
- Major Gift Solicitation
- Campaign Performance Reporting


Direct the following areas:
- Annual Fund Department
- Endowed and Restricted Scholarship 
- President's Circle
- Donor Research 
- Donor CRM Systems
- Print Production Department

Senior Director of Development

Seattle Pacific University

- Manage CRM system and constiturent support
- Design and produce custom marketing and gift officer performance reporting, benchmarks and dashboards
- Develop and maintain Web presence for University Advancement
- Provided strategic fundraising intelligence on donor prospects during largest Comprehensive Capital Campaign in university history
- Grew all mass marketing for SPU (e-Marketing, Direct Mail and Telemarketing units) over four year assignment
- Manage budget for $2.5M fundraising operation
- Produce financial reporting for senior management and board of trustees
- Produce annual Honor Roll of Donors in partnership with design team

Director Development - Advancement Services

World Vision

- Created custom performance reporting for major gift officers
- Prepared management financial and donor reporting
- Worked with regional field staff to prepare funding proposals 
- Participated in audit of World Vision Mozambique spending five weeks in-country evaluating WV’s work with the poorest of the poor
- Prepared a variety of monthly performance summaries and customized financial reports for executive management 
- Co-developed and ran computerized activity based costing system for WVUS 
- Audited World Vision Chicago ministry effectiveness and finances

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