Theresa A. Shubeck
Executive Vice President

Theresa Shubeck has 26 years of professional philanthropic experience and is currently Executive Vice President of Ruotolo Associates Inc. (RA), overseeing firm-wide client services. Theresa has been a member of the RA team for 13 years and has counseled non-profits of all types, including arts organizations, dioceses, secondary schools, parishes, and health and social serice agencies. She has been awarded the firm's Tim Manning Culture of Excellence Award twice and received the 2008 Robert J. Smythe Outstanding Professional Fundraiser Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals-New Jersey Chapter.

During a 12-year tenure at Drew University, Theresa was involved in every area of development, alumni relations and student recruitment. Also on the institutional side, she was director of development for a private school in Manhattan.

An experienced presenter, Theresa has addressed regional conferences of fundraising professionals on a variety of topics including, "Integrating your Planned and Major Gift Programs for Maximum Results," "Building and Sustaining Board Value," and "Strategic Use of Time in the One-Person Development Office," which received recognition in the national publication, "The Non-Profit Times."

Theresa received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in English and Psychology, a Master of Letters from Drew University, and has completed additional graduate study in English literature. Her publications include her Master's thesis, Sweet Dreams: Robert Frost's Search for Self, and "For Donors Who Have Everything," The Major Gift Difference for CASE publications.

She is currently a Board member for AFP-NJ and is a former Board member of Morris Habitat for Humanity. At St. Michael's School in Cranford, New Jersey, Theresa and her daughter Claire Xian are involved in planning children's liturgies. She speaks at seminars for prospective adoptive parents through FTIA (Families thru International Adoption) and volunteers with FCC (Families with Children from China). Theresa is a former member of the Board of Directors of Morris Habitat for Humanity, and has been a competitive runner and marathoner.