David R. McCurry

David McCurry is the senior development director at Westmont College, a top-tier liberal arts college in Santa Barbara, California. In his current position, David manages the institution's fund development field staff, and is actively engaged in capital campaign fundraising.

Prior to joining the development team at Westmont in 2002, David served as vice president of advancement at Western Baptist College in Salem, Oregon. David was also the vice president of sales and marketing at PAR Distributors, in San Jose, before becoming the Northwest market manager for Honeywell's automotive aftermarket and friction materials divisions, where he managed his team's sales and marketing efforts throughout a five-state region.

David has a B.A. in Business Administration from Azusa Pacific University, an M.B.A. with a marketing concentration from City University, and an M.S. in Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy from Bay Bath College. In addition, David has earned the internationally recognized professional designation of Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE).

David thoroughly enjoys his work in fund development, particularly his interaction with donors. Hearing people's life stories and assisting them in fulfilling their philanthropic dreams has proven to be a wonderful career.

David is actively involved in the Santa Barbara community, having served for many years as a volunteer basketball and soccer coach, a mentor at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission and board chair of Life Network, a pregnancy care center on the Central Coast. Because of that work, K-Lite Radio and the Santa Barbara News Press honored David as a community hero in 2006.

David and his beautiful bride, Susan, have three children. In his free time, David enjoys landscape photography, walking along the beach, reading, coaching youth sports, and serving as an adjunct graduate faculty member at Bay Path College.

David is available for consulting with individual philanthropists and nonprofit organizations, and can be contacted at David@McCurryConsulting.com.