Del has been a powerful and respected influence in the nonprofit sector for nearly four decades, providing results-oriented counsel to hundreds of capital and endowment campaigns, as well as helping clients establish major gifts and annual fund programs.

As a founding partner of Alexander Haas Martin & Partners, Del helped build the company into a leading fundraising consulting firm. She served as Alexander Haas Martin & Partners’ chief creative services officer and worked with a variety of nonprofit institutions, advising on capital campaigns and major gift fundraising, including Auburn University, the University of Alabama and Georgia College & State University. 

She is a past chair of the Giving USA Foundation and served on the AFP Georgia Chapter board. Heavily involved in The Giving Institute, she served as Program & Education chair and led the Summer Symposium.  

A graduate of the Executive Leadership Institute of the Indiana University Lilly Family Center on Philanthropy, Del is a popular speaker on fundraising and marketing and has made presentations for many AFP chapters, including the AFP International Conference. She is a “heavy hitter” award-winner for her CASE presentation, “Effective Writing Skills for Advancement Professionals” and has authored numerous articles for many esteemed publications. Del is a recipient of the Atlanta AFP Chapter’s Be Haas Award, which is awarded to outstanding fundraising professionals.

Del is a board member of the David & Linda Shaheen Foundation. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia, with an undergraduate degree in graphic communications and graduate work in journalism and advertising. Del also is a member of the advisory board for the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia.