Robert Swaney Consulting Names Scott Giffen As Senior Consultant

Bob Swaney, Founder of Robert Swaney Consulting (RSC) announced today that Scott Giffen has joined the firm as Senior Consultant and will be based in the Missouri office.  Mr. Giffen will focus on clients throughout North America, with special emphasis on fundraising program assessment, sponsorship / grant development and funding, and annual / endowment fund program growth for arts and cultural organizations.

With nearly fifteen years of hands-on arts administration experience, Scott Giffen’s fundraising, marketing, and executive management repertoire spans classical music to modern dance, arts education programming to musical theatre productions, and grassroots organizations to one of the nation’s premier orchestras.

Originally from Dallas, Mr. Giffen began his career as an arts administrator in St. Louis, serving first as Executive Director for GASH/VOIGT Dance Theatre, then Development Director for STAGES ST. LOUIS. Later as Executive Director for Young Audiences of St. Louis, Mr. Giffen broadened his industry knowledge to include arts education. In 2005, Mr. Giffen moved to North Georgia, accepting a multi-faceted leadership fundraising position with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO).

For each organization, Mr. Giffen posted double-digit contributed revenue growth, consistently surpassed multiple campaign goals, and established new fundraising programs that positioned organizations for future expansion. Most recently, at the ASO, Giffen surpassed the $3 million mark in institutional support for the first time in the Orchestra’s history and also signed the largest symphony/airline partnership to date.

Company founder Bob Swaney said, “Scott has certainly proven that he is an agent of growth.  He has a focused yet sensitive approach to arts and cultural fundraising that is essential for successful outcomes, particularly now.  He also shares my company’s passion to achieve superior results while putting our clients – and their donors – first so that we can make a lasting, positive impact in the arts.  I am very excited and immensely grateful to have Scott join our team.”

Regarding joining RSC Mr. Giffen stated, “Bob (Swaney) is a known force in arts fundraising and has tremendously advanced many of our country’s greatest arts institutions.  It is an honor to work through Robert Swaney Consulting, Inc. to share my expertise and passion of empowering artists by strengthening the organizations that support them.”

Robert Swaney Consulting (RSC) is a provider of contributed revenue growth strategies and hands-on interim management for arts and cultural institutions.  The firm has Midwest offices in both Indiana and Missouri, with clients across the country including Indianapolis, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Jacksonville and Knoxville.  For more information, please call (317) 797-8924 or visit the website at www.rrsconsult.net.