Our keynote, “The Power of Women as Philanthropists” was given by Kim Till, Vice President for Advancement at Dallas Theological Seminary. With over 35 years of development experience, Kim has served at DTS since 1996 and supervises the work of the Dallas Seminary
Foundation. She began as a public relations director at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, and has served as a development director for a secondary school and a social service agency, as well as an assistant vice president for development with the Baylor Health Care System Foundation in Dallas, Texas. Kim was also a consultant with Cargill Associates in Fort Worth, Texas, directing capital campaigns and providing general fundraising counsel nationally.
Kim is a native of Florida and graduated from Jones College in Jacksonville, Florida. She has been certified as a fund‐raising professional (CFRE) since 1987 with the Association of Fund Raising Professionals (AFP), She is a speaker and seminar leader for AFP and the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). Kim and her husband, Ray, have two adult children and three grandchildren.