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Staff
Richard Hill—Philanthropic Consultant Rev. Hill is an ordained minister having served 13 years as the mission pastor of Roswell Presbyterian Church in Roswell, Georgia. His local experience includes initiatives to address homelessness, issues of poverty and the lack of affordable housing. His global experience involves efforts in evangelism, education, health and economic development with partners in Belize, Mexico, Jamaica, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, India, and Kenya. Prior to this, he also served as an associate pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta and Conyers Presbyterian Church in Conyers, Georgia. Rev. Hill graduated with a B.A. in psychology from Emory University and a MDiv from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. His nonprofit experience includes co-founding AHMEN Housing Corporation and R.O.C.K. Bridge Ministries as well as serving on the boards of Housing Initiatives of North Fulton, the Roswell Housing Authority, North Fulton Community Charities, and the North Fulton Young Life committee. He also served as chair of the urban division of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta. Richard and his wife Penny live in Milton, Georgia and have two sons, Nicholas and Philip. Janet A. Tharp—Director of Operations/Philanthropic Consultant Ms. Tharp has more than 30 years of professional experience in business management and sales, including 17 years in executive director and consulting roles with nonprofits across the country. Her experience encompasses fundraising, board governance, program implementation, and staff structuring. She serves on many nonprofit boards in Atlanta and provides pro bono consulting to those boards. Ms. Tharp graduated magna cum laude from Northern Illinois University with a B.A. in marketing. Janet and her husband, Lee, reside in Marietta, Georgia. They have three grown children. Alison Darrell—Senior Research Analyst Ms. Darrell has 14 years of professional experience in business management, marketing, sales, organizational development and high tech product management. She was a member of Verizon Corporation’s high-potential executive succession list and participated in their fast-track Marketing Associate Development Program.
Ms. Darrell has held two professional positions overseas. Early in her career, she managed cultural exchange programs for two years in Paris, France and is fluent in French. In 2001, Ms. Darrell took on a two-year pro bono project serving as a business manager at a large church in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In addition, she has volunteered with a number of faith-based organizations and thus Ms. Darrell is uniquely qualified to assess ministries’ effectiveness for clients.
Ms. Darrell earned a B.S. in business administration (marketing) from The American University in Washington, D.C., and an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois in business management.
Amy Roush—Research Analyst Amy is a Certified Public Accountant and has over sixteen years
of professional experience in financial service industries. She began
her career in the banking industry, performing commercial real estate
underwriting and lending functions for Bank One in Ohio and Barnett
Bank in Florida. For the past ten years Amy has provided tax compliance
and consulting services to individuals and business entities, through her
work in various public accounting firms. She was most recently a Tax Manager
with Ronald Blue & Co., LLC's Tax & Business Services Department in Atlanta,
GA. Amy earned her B.S. in Business Administration from Miami University
in Oxford, Ohio and did her post-graduate work at the University of South Florida. She obtained her CPA designation in 2001.
Amy is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(AICPA) and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (GSCPA),
recently serving as the Chair of the Young CPA Committee of the GSCPAs.
Amy enjoys volunteering in her community and annually participates in
Hands on Atlanta, the Atlanta Food Bank, and Toys for Tots projects. Amy lives in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Cindy Andersen—Research Analyst
Cindy worked a majority of her career at Arthur Andersen,
first as a staff auditor, then in human resources, and
ultimately in internal financial operations. She primarily
prepared budgets, projections, and analyses for Arthur
Andersen’s business operations.
She is a graduate of the
Cindy
and her husband Bruce live in Elizabeth Beinhocker—Research Analyst Ms. Beinhocker creates business quality reports that analyze nonprofit organizations. She performs due diligence on charitable and Christian organizations using a wide variety of documents conducting financial analysis, and site visits.
Ms. Beinhocker has over fourteen years of professional experience and seven years as a management consultant to a variety of corporate, government, and nonprofit clients. She has worked for the CDC, African Leadership, CAP Gemini Ernst & Young, and the Harvard Institute for International Development.
Ms. Beinhocker graduated with a B.A. in Business and Government from Skidmore College. She later earned an M.B.A. at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. She also attended Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and earned a Masters in Counseling.
Her nonprofit experience includes extensive work in South Africa and other foreign countries, for faith-based, secular, and governmental agencies.
Elizabeth lives in Marshall, VA, a Washington suburb.
Greg Heydel—Research Analyst Mr. Heydel researches nonprofit organizations and produces a variety of due diligence reports for our clients. His more than 30 years of business experience with Fortune 500 companies and leading marketing and public relations agencies provides him an excellent foundation for this role. He has also worked with the Georgia-Pacific and BellSouth foundations and counseled Turner Broadcasting System on their corporate philanthropy, providing additional perspective for our project work.
Mr. Heydel’s career has included corporate assignments with AT&T and BellSouth, and public relations roles at Matlock & Associates, Ketchum, and The DeMoss Group. His roles have encompassed a broad range of disciplines including communications, customer service, operations, and corporate governance. He holds a B.S. degree in journalism from the University of Florida with a major in public relations and minors in marketing and management.
Mr. Heydel’s nonprofit experience has included marketing and communications work with the American Cancer Society, Atlanta Resource Foundation, High Tech Ministries, and Ministry Ventures. He has also served in volunteer leadership capacities with the United Way, Bible Study Fellowship, and the Atlanta Global Day of Prayer.
Greg and his wife Barbara live in Lilburn, Georgia and have a son, 24, and a daughter, 22.
Darcy Phillips—Research Analyst Ms. Phillips performs program evaluation that is both quantitative
and qualitative. She also conducts research on nonprofit organizations
and prepares extensive written reports for donor clients. Ms. Phillips has over 10 years of professional experience as a
statistician. She began her career working at Yankelovich Partners
in the analytical department performing survey data analysis. She
later worked for Abacus, a database marketing company performing
data analysis for catalog marketers. Ms. Phillips’ nonprofit experience includes extensive work as a
volunteer in the U.S. and internationally. She has worked in
Nicaragua volunteering for Empowerment International, which enables
children to attend school, and managed Seeing Hands Blind Massage,
a project that trains blind Nicaraguans the vocation of massage.
She has also served as a volunteer for Junior Achievement, Visiting
Nurses Association, Sexual Assault Crisis Clinic, and Big Brothers
Big Sisters of America. Ms. Phillips graduated with a B.A. in sociology with minors in
statistics and Spanish from Central Connecticut State University.
She later received a masters in nonprofit management from Regis
University in Denver, CO. Darcy lives in Granada, Nicaragua and speaks fluent Spanish. Karen Barnes—Associate Research Analyst Mrs. Barnes has 13 years of professional experience.
She has seven years of experience with Holsen Corporation,
a manufacturing company, and prior to locating to Georgia,
worked as a financial analyst for BlueCross BlueShield of Mississippi.
She holds a Business Administration degree from the University of Southern
Mississippi, and studied Insurance at the London School of Economics,
University of London. Karen and her husband Steve live in Cumming, Georgia where they
are active members of their community, St. Brendan’s Catholic Church,
and enjoy playing league tennis. They have one daughter who is
attending the University of Southern Mississippi. Karen is very
involved in volunteer work, and is the president of her local
Phi Mu fraternity alumnae group. Luci Nellums—Administrative Assistant As administrative assistant, she works directly with Heather Kutzman performing tasks to support the firm’s consulting work including: booking travel arrangements, purchasing, administrative support, and other duties.
Ms. Nellums is a 2006 graduate of Georgia State University with a B.A. in Economics. While at Georgia State, she was Vice President of Phi Chi Theta, a national business fraternity, a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, a national economic honor society, and an active member in her sorority Delta Zeta.
She is an active volunteer with Hands on Atlanta participating in numerous projects every year. She serves as a math tutor for middle school children and is a member of the visual arts ministry at First Baptist Woodstock. Ms. Nellums is also the current Southern Regional Director for Phi Chi Theta.
P National Christian Foundation (NCF) is a community foundation
offering donor-advised funds to its clients. We recommend
that our clients avail themselves of the services of NCF
or a similar entity, and NCF refers clients to our firm.
Many of our clients have donor-advised funds at NCF and
pay our fees through their account. |
Calvin
W. Edwards is founder and CEO of Calvin Edwards
& Company. After 20 years in executive leadership of
nonprofits and faith-based organizations, Edwards created
the firm to help high-capacity donors make wise giving decisions.
His experience in the business operations and governance
of ministries provides insight and sound judgment to charity
evaluations and client recommendations. 
Richard Hill joined Calvin Edwards & Company in February 2008 as a philanthropic consultant. He works directly with clients, including families and foundations contacting prospects, and serving clients.
Janet Tharp joined Calvin Edwards & Company in January 2008 to serve a dual role as the director of operations and philanthropic consultant. In her role as director of operations Janet oversees the day to day operations of the firm which includes project management and administrative functions. As a philanthropic consultant she works directly with clients and prospects, including individuals, families and corporate foundations.
Alison Darrell joined Calvin Edwards & Company as a research analyst in August 2004. Ms. Darrell assists the firm’s clients in their donor decisions through the use of various nonprofit evaluation and grant oversight methodologies.
Amy Roush joined Calvin Edwards & Company July 2007 as a fulltime research analyst. In this role she researches and analyzes nonprofit organizations and prepares business quality reports to assist the firm’s clients in their giving decisions.
Cindy
Andersen joined Calvin Edwards & Company in July 2006 as a
research analyst. In this role, she researches targeted
nonprofit organizations and prepares reports meeting client
specifications.
Greg Heydel joined Calvin Edwards & Company in May 2006 as a research analyst.
Darcy Phillips joined Calvin Edwards & Company as a research analyst in August 2007.
Luci Nellums joined Calvin Edwards & Company in August 2006.