We are your biggest cheerleaders
Founded in 2021, Megan Theiling Draper, CFRE, started Philanthrope Reimagined to help nonprofits create sustainable, generational impact. As a mom of two, she desires the firm to help create strong legacies for future generations.
With two decades of managing comprehensive advancement programs, Megan’s professional expertise includes cultivating, connecting, and stewarding constituents while maintaining high fundraising and major gift expectations. By providing essential strategies and supporting nonprofit leaders, she has helped raise tens of millions in successful fundraising campaigns.
Megan’s heart for founding Philanthrope Reimagined was to bring together an incredible team of talented individuals to offer a full range of fundraising services to nonprofits in need of a boost of strategy and encouragement. She believes that philanthropy should be donor-centric, mission driven, values-based, and lived out loud for the good of others.
As a Philanthrope Reimagined client, you will have a team of cheerleaders supporting your mission and vision.
MEET YOUR CHEERLEADERS BELOW:
Teamwork makes the dreamwork
(and we are on your team forever)
Megan Theiling Draper
CFRE, Founder, Lead Coach & Consultant, Expert Fundraiser (and Cheerleader)
Megan is a strategic and innovative thought leader, relationship builder, problem solver, and certified fundraising professional.
Megan first developed a passion for philanthropy when she was a student at Furman University. Then-President Dr. David Shi invited her to speak at a donor event and share her appreciation for the scholarship support she had received. While attending, Megan realized that she had inadvertently found her passion and calling.
Highlights of her professional career include an executive fundraising role at The Madeira School, a private girls’ day and boarding school in McLean, Virginia, and at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy in Charleston, South Carolina.
Aside from being a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Megan is a member of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). She has served as a member of the AFP Lowcountry Board, a committee member on the AFP International Next Generation Committee, and is a member of the 2014 Charleston Regional Business Journal 40 under 40. She was nominated and selected as the inaugural cohort of the Advanced Leadership Program within the Medical University of South Carolina’s Leadership Institute.
In 2021, Megan founded Philanthrope Reimagined to help organizations create sustainable, generational impact. Since then, she has served multiple organizations that are changing the world and helped raise tens of millions of dollars.
Megan loves to share her passion for reimagining philanthropy and has been a presenter on countless fundraising initiatives through Nonprofit Webinars, AFP Lowcountry, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, and Development Director Special Interest Groups.
She and her husband, Trevor, have two children and reside in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Trevor Draper
Co-Founder + Financial Guru + Business Man
With over fifteen years of business experience, Trevor has served as Philanthrope Reimagined’s Chief Financial Officer since the company’s founding in 2021.
Trevor is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame has served in a variety of leadership roles in non profit organizations and has founded multiple business ventures.
He is a catalyst for making good things happen in so many ways, including the founding of Philanthrope Reimagined.
Katie Pitts
Grants Manager + Researcher + Organizer
Katie is an experienced medical writer and has been instrumental in the writing and project management of several large publications and communications. In 2023, she joined Philanthropē Reimagined with a desire to use her skills and expertise to support and serve nonprofit organizations.
Previously, Katie worked for 10 years as a clinical pharmacist across patient-care settings including inpatient, outpatient infusion, informatics, chain retail, and specialty oncology pharmacy.
She graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Spanish and Public Health in 2008 and received a dual PharmD/MBA degree from the Medical University of South Carolina and The Citadel in 2012.
Katie lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with her Clemson Tiger husband, Jim, and future Tigers, Drew and Maggie. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering, triathlons, reading, cooking, and traveling.
Melissa Macpherson
Graphic Designer
Melissa has many years of experience as a graphic designer and has served the Philanthropē Reimagined community since the creating of our original logo and brand guidelines. She makes good things happen…and makes them look pretty.
Melissa grew up in the Midwest and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire with a BFA - emphasis in Graphic Design.
She lives in Mount Pleasant with her husband Mark, four children, and dog Moo.
Melissa enjoys running, paddleboarding, hiking, traveling, watching her kids play sports, and volunteering at her kids schools.
Lizzy Haseltine
Communications Specialist + Writer + Encourager
Lizzy has a heart for helping nonprofits succeed by strengthening their communications. She thrives at sharing organizations’ stories to inspire others to support their mission.
With previous experience at two large ministries, she assists mission-minded agencies, churches, and even a podcast with their communication needs. Her specialties include article and email writing, strategic content curation, and editorial assistance.
She graduated from Liberty University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a double concentration in Communications and Marketing in 2017.
Lizzy and her husband, Teddy, live in Charlotte, North Carolina. When Lizzy’s fingers aren’t flying across a keyboard, she can be found exploring coffee shops, spending time with friends and family, or planning her next trip.
Jani Theiling
Hospitality Manager + Client Relations
Jani has been a part of the Philanthrope Reimagined team long before the company was even founded. She serves as Philanthrope Reimagined hospitality manager, helping with the logistics and details in helping make good things happen for the Philanthrope Reimagined community.