Join the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featuring Rene Kurdzos of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. At our request, she will focus her time on Thursday on fundraising and discussing the pros and cons of an endowment.
The program will be presented on Zoom on Thursday morning with the line opening at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required.
Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning. The Zoom line will open shortly after 7 a.m.
Renee Kurdzos is the Executive Director, Planned Giving at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
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Prior to working at Fred Hutch, Renee served as the Gift Planning Officer for Washington and Hawaii at American Red Cross, Development & Planned Giving Officer at University of Puget Sound, and as the Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving at the Seattle Repertory Theatre.
Renee is a Board Member of the American Council on Gift Annuities. She is the past Co-Chair of the Planned Giving Affinity Group for the National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers. She is also a Past President of the Washington Planned Giving Council and past Board Member of Leave 10.
She has a Masters of Science in Taxation and a Certificate in Estate Planning from Golden Gate University, and has achieved the designation of Certified Gift Planning Specialist through the Institute for Philanthropic Studies at California State University Long Beach. Renee has worked in development for 23 years and in planned giving for 18.
She lives in West Seattle with her husband Kevan, daughters Zoe and Margaret, and dogs Abbey and Jack.