Assistant Vice President of Transformational Giving
University of Central Florida
As an experienced entrepreneur and Certified Fund Raising Executive, Anthony has spent the last two-plus decades helping individuals and organizations achieve their goals. He has served as a major gift officer for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois, a generalist at the University of Illinois Foundation, and team lead at the University of Central Florida. In his roles, Anthony developed strategies and initiatives that resulted in philanthropic support of the largest land-grant in the Big 10, the three Universities of the Illinois System, and the largest college at UCF, the second-largest university in the country.
Anthony graduated with his B.A. in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002, and began a 15-year journey as an entrepreneur, opening and running no fewer than 5 regional restaurants. He served on the Regional Executive Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters (2010–2015), the executive board of his local Greek Orthodox Church (2014-2022), and the Kirby Medical Foundation Board (2020-2022); he currently sits on the Orthodox Christian Fellowship National Board and is an at-large board member for the Charitable Gift Planners of Central Florida. Anthony considers himself to be a lifelong learner, and has finished his College for Financial Planning coursework to sit for the CFP exam. He is the co-founder of the Cognitive Empowerment Consulting Group, LLC.
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Cognitive Impairment in Donors: Identifying the Issues & Applying Best Practices
Thursday, July 30, 2026
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT