Adam Wilhelm
Vice President
I have driven success in over 50 campaigns across more than 100 engagements. This success comes from a partnership with my clients, focused on raising gifts that move the needle, and building the staffing and systems to support those efforts.
Recent Clients Served
Areas of Expertise
Healthcare philanthropy, educational philanthropy, principal and major gift fundraising, campaign management, prospect analytics and research
About Adam Wilhelm
A hands-on collaborator, Adam Wilhelm engages organizational leadership and volunteers and translates their visions into implementable activities for fundraising staff. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated consummate skill in a variety of areas, including:
- Helping clients secure major gifts in support of their missions
- Increasing efficiencies across development operations
- Fostering board members’ understanding of their role in fundraising
- Helping articulate the value of philanthropy to an organization’s work
- Developing donor engagement strategies that link organizations’ missions to individuals’ interests
In addition to leading fundraising assessments, campaign planning studies, and providing strategic counsel, Adam has held a number of interim leadership roles, including Chief Development Officer, Vice President, and Campaign Director in advancement departments at hospitals, colleges, and independent schools.
Adam is a thought leader in the healthcare and education sectors and writes frequently on matters such as grateful patient programs, principal gifts, and endowment campaigns. He is also a guest speaker at events throughout the country. Adam joined Campbell & Company from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago where he served as Director of Advancement during the seminary’s successful $56 million comprehensive campaign. During the campaign, he cultivated and solicited a national portfolio of donors and prospects for annual, capital, and planned gifts at all levels.
Adam holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College with a double major in English and American Racial and Multi-Cultural Studies. He serves as the Chair of the St. Olaf Fund Board and is a regular presenter at regional and national conferences of CASE-NAIS, CASE, AHP, and AFP.
