Larry G. Raff is president and principal of Copley Raff, Inc., a U.S. and international management and fundraising consulting firm that specializes in raising the sights for nonprofit organizations and helping them meet aspirational goals.

He worked 20 years as a senior level front-line advancement executive in healthcare, biomedical research, and human services, and nearly 20 years of consulting with more than 200 nonprofit organizations. Larry has been campaign counsel to campaigns ranging from $2M to $200M, served as interim senior leadership, facilitated board development retreats and has conducted many strategic advancement planning efforts.

Larry has authored the GivingTake blog since 2011 and is co-founder of planMGO, a four-day Master Gift Officer™ event dedicated to improving the quality and professionalism of development executives. The program has trained hundreds of professionals from across the U.S. and has been credited by attendees with providing transformational insights that have led to vastly improved major gift performance.