
Senior Associate
Madelaine Thompson
Madelaine is a nonprofit leader with 30 years of experience leading advancement programs where she created and implemented comprehensive resource development, marketing, and communications plans. Her areas of expertise include major gifts, annual campaigns, corporate and foundation support, planned giving, donor and funder communications, marketing, event planning and implementation, staff capacity building, board development and support, and donor database oversight. Madelaine is committed to promoting practices that value diversity, equity, inclusion, and access, grounded in respect and appreciation for diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Madelaine has motivated and guided high-performing teams to achieve strategic and sustainability goals while supporting their growth as professionals. Madelaine enjoys collaborating with boards and organization leaders to create and connect strategic plans with advancement programs that will ensure continued growth and sustainability for the benefit of the communities they serve.
In 2022, Madelaine launched her consulting practice. Projects have included interim development leadership, development assessment, annual/multi-year planning, staff hiring, onboarding, and coaching, board fundraising training, campaign management, and event planning and execution. She resides in north Seattle with her furry family and regularly stays in touch with her large and geographically far-flung human family.