David Bixel
Past President
(1948-2005)
Semple Bixel Associates, Inc

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David R. Bixel was the President of Semple Bixel Associates, Inc., the Nutley, New Jersey fund raising counseling firm beginning its 29 th year of service to the non-profit community.

Bixel, a graduate of the University of Scranton, taught high school history before entering the fundraising world. Retained by Geraldo Rivera’s One to One Foundation in 1976, Bixel was chosen to lead a national community acceptance project funded by the McConnell Clark Foundation. The project, designed to reduce resistance to community homes for the disabled, urged 150 non-profits nationwide to use public relations and community fundraising to build community support.

Later, he built a career in health care philanthropy and joined the firm of Robert Semple Associates in 1992.

Accomplishments:

• Supervised all fundraising activities for a national health system with 22 facilities in six states.
• Became partner of Semple Bixel Associates, Inc. in 1995 and President in 2000.
• Planned and directed many multi million dollar campaigns.
• Chairman of the Board of the Association for the Multiple-Impaired Blind Endowment Fund.

An aggressive fundraiser, Bixel was schooled in all techniques of fundraising, taught at local colleges, and presented dozens of seminars each year.

Bixel was a Director of The American Association of Fundraising Counsel, and its affiliate the AAFRC Trust, a former board member of The Association of Fundraising Professionals formerly the N.S.F.R.E. New Jersey Chapter.

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