Andy Holtz

Andy Holtz serves as the Fundraising and Growth Strategist for the Hill CDC. Andy has had a diverse career spanning various sectors, including government sector environmental protection, private sector health care and financial services consulting, and private sector information systems and business process management. Over the past 18 years, he has been involved in fundraising for education, cultural enrichment, racial justice, environmental sustainability, and community development causes.

Mr. Holtz’s fundraising activities have encompassed a wide range of tasks and techniques, during which he has developed innovative approaches to solicit, manage, and report on contributions. Notably, during his tenure at the City College of New York, he authored a multi-million-dollar proposal for a minority-centered college entry and support program, subsequently overseeing its management. Additionally, while at the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, he devised a multi-tiered fundraising model that quantified annual corporate gifts to the organization in terms of ROI. At Penn State Greater Allegheny, he formulated a scholarship funding model enabling many individuals to establish a scholarship honoring a departing professor. Furthermore, he implemented CRM systems in several locations to track grant report due dates, deliverables, and budgets across multiple program lines and years.

Throughout his career, Mr. Holtz has held roles such as Vice President of Development, Associate Program Manager, and Grant Writer/Manager. He has directed individual giving campaigns, major giving programs, and legacy giving efforts; managed corporate and endowed foundation grant proposals, reporting, and relationships; engaged in governmental fundraising at various levels; and orchestrated corporate sponsorships and Galas.

Mr. Holtz earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Earlham College and a master’s degree in public management and policy from Carnegie Mellon University.