Nancy J. Haws

Nancy J. Haws, Chief Development Officer 

Nancy joined the Kennedy Collective in April of 2024. Nancy brings decades of philanthropic experience inspiring and sustaining donor support across a broad spectrum of meaningful causes from complex institutions to private organizations.
 
Prior to joining TKC, Nancy served as Director of Major Gifts at Catholic Charities of Chicago. She led relationship-based fundraising to secure 5-to-7+ figure gifts from high-net worth individuals, foundations, corporations, and organizations in support of emergency needs, families, domestic violence, immigration, housing, and veterans’ programs. She also managed a portfolio of $10.3M in planned gifts including bequests, trusts, and appreciated assets. 
 
Nancy was employed for years by Mayo Clinic as a Communications Consultant in the Department of Development. She played an influential role with executive leadership in successfully positioning $170M in philanthropic support for Individualized Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, the Science of Health Care Delivery, and Proton Beam Cancer Therapy.
 
Nancy is a native of Colorado where she lived and worked for much of her life. Before leaving her hometown of Denver, she served as Communications Manager for Water For People. Nancy raised funds and awareness for the provision of safe water, sanitation, and hygiene education for the world’s poor. She worked on-site with in-country program directors and NGOs in Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Peru, Tanzania, Malawi, and India.