03/03/2026
🏅 APRA-FL 2026: Prospect Development – Going for Gold 🏅
What happens when you combine prospect development pros, powerhouse sponsors, and just a little Olympic spirit?
You get a conference worthy of the podium. 🥇
From gold-medal networking to record-breaking ideas, this year’s APRA-FL conference was a true championship event. The energy. The insights. The collaboration. Every single one of you showed up ready to compete, connect, and come home stronger for your organizations.
A standing ovation for our sponsors who helped us light the torch and carry it all the way to the closing ceremony:
🏅EverTrue
🏅 DonorAtlas
🏅 KALEIDOSCOPE
🏅 HATCH
🏅 Kindsight
🏅 Aspire Research Group LLC
🏅 Prospect Research Institute
🏅 LexisNexis
Because of you, we didn’t just participate — we elevated the entire field.
And let’s hear it for our scholarship recipients — the future medalists of prospect development:
🌟 Diana Hunter
🌟 Angela Norris
🌟 Naydelin Trejo
🌟 John Maxwell Burns
You represent exactly why this community matters.
To our all-star lineup of speakers — Kerrianne Farrow, Alisha Overstreet, Jose Osorno, MPA, Rachel Hammond, Theresa Clark, Aisha Maddox, Jennifer Filla, Lance Balding, Ronda Oyen, Domenic Giambattista, Jen Lesshafft, Connor Giresi, Mark Cross, Valerie Anastasio, and Jessica Channell-Iler, MSA — thank you for delivering sessions that were nothing short of gold-standard. You raised the bar, shattered records, and gave us strategies we can take back to our home institutions immediately.
As APRA-FL President, it was an absolute honor to help host this incredible team of professionals. This wasn’t just a conference — it was a reminder that in prospect development, your network truly is your medal stand.
Until next time… keep training, keep striving, and keep going for gold. 🏆