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Andrew Pack possesses considerable professional experience in the nonprofit sector.
Andrew Pack was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated to the United States as a child. Currently the Consulting Director of Philanthropic Initiatives for the International Finance Company, Andrew Pack was named as one of the Top 40 Under 40 professionals in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2004. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from La Salle University as well as a Certificate in Principals of Fundraising from Villanova University. An accomplished fundraising professional, Andrew Pack possesses a record of consistently securing strong revenues for nonprofit and charitable organizations. After graduating from La Salle, Andrew Pack accepted his first position in the fundraising field with the United Way of Chester County in Exton, Pennsylvania. As a Loaned Executive, he gleaned experience in the efficient solicitation of capital and the orchestration of presentations to potential donors. Following his work at the United Way, Andrew Pack served as a Development Associate for the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). In his time with the NSF, he developed the Corporate Membership Program, raised upwards of $50,000, and held a variety of responsibilities involving the organization of fundraisers. Andrew Pack’s success in his work at NSF propelled him towards a position with Variety – The Children’s Charity of Greater Philadelphia in 1996. Variety hired Andrew Pack as its Development Coordinator, and within two years he was promoted to the position of Executive Director. During his tenure at Variety, he more than tripled the organization’s annual revenue, which led to Variety of Philadelphia receiving the Fiscal Excellence Award three years in a row. Additionally, Andrew Pack launched an after school program, a wheelchair sports program for the Variety Club Camp, and supervised a staff of 18. He remained with Variety for more than a decade. In January 2010, Andrew Pack joined the International Finance Company as its Consulting Director of Philanthropic Initiatives. As the Consulting Director, he holds responsibilities for every aspect of the company’s fundraisers, including event planning, organizing and supervising advisory committees, and acquiring sponsors. Andrew Pack currently lives in Philadelphia with his wife.
Andrew Pack's Publications
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Andrew Pack
January, 2011
by Andrew Pack
One of my favorite books is The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, which comprises two volumes. The noted historian William Raymond Manchester only managed to pen two installments of a planned trilogy before his death in 2004, at age 82. Manchester wrote 18 books in total, including his bestselling 1967 account of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, The Death of a President. In 2001, Manchester received the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush. The first book of Manchester’s planned trilogy has the added subtitle Visions of Glory, 1874-1932, and it recounts the formative years of Churchill’s life. Rather than giving a straight narrative account of Churchill and his time period, Manchester immerses the reader in the drama of Churchill’s life with an uncanny sense of familiarity. Manchester presents a fascinating snapshot of an underachieving Churchill nearly flunking out of school, and then fighting valorously in British colonies such as India and South Africa. Notably, Churchill took part in what is often described as the last meaningful cavalry charge, in Sudan at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. In South Africa the following year, Churchill fought against the breakaway Boer Republics, and was taken prisoner in a train ambush. He later was recognized for extreme valor. As Manchester moves into Churchill’s early career as a politician, he masterfully describes the politics and events of World War I, and the appeasement crisis that arose from placating postwar Germany. Also notably recounted is Churchill’s decision to return England to the gold standard in 1924. This went against the advice of economist John Maynard Keynes, who accurately predicted it would lead to a severe depression. Churchill later called this decision the worst mistake of his life. The second volume of The Last Lion series is subtitled Alone, 1932-1940, and it is also an excellent read, portraying Churchill’s political isolation as a defeated Conservative in the early 1930s, and his subsequent return to prominence as a lone voice crying out against appeasing Adolf Hitler. My only complaint in reading The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is that the combined 2,000 pages of the two volumes flew by too quickly, leaving me wanting more. Unfortunately, we will never have the third volume authored by Manchester, though historian Paul Reid is finishing the project.
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