Donna Budak serves as Division Vice President of Philanthropy for CommonSpirit Health, St. Luke’s Foundation.
Ms. Budak's health care fundraising experience spans over 20 years and includes key leadership positions for the organizations with which she has been associated. Working in both adult and pediatric fundraising, her roles encompass health care philanthropy executive leadership, governance and all facets of fundraising.
Prior to joining CommonSpirit, Ms. Budak worked at Ascension Illinois as Vice President Foundation Service Line and Strategy. In this role she was responsible for major gift fundraising including a successful capital campaign, initiating a grateful patient program, and private and government grants. Ms. Budak worked at the Seton Foundations, as the Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President/Executive Director for The Seton Fund and Seton Williamson Foundation, and was the Director of Campaigns for The Seton Fund. This was preceded by four years with Dell Children’s Foundation where she was Director of Major Gifts and Director of Planned Giving.
Ms. Budak is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson University where she studied cytopathology and received her master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University. She holds both the FAHP and CFRE designations. Donna is Co-Chair for AHP’s Madison Institute and Dean for the Elements of Major Gifts track. Additionally she served as Chair for both AHP’s International Conference and Leading Forward. Ms. Budak was also a board member with the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA and the Shade Project.
Her early fundraising career included working as development director in both an arts organization and in private school education.
Drew Gagner is the Vice President of Philanthropy for CommonSpirit Health's Northern California Division. Most recently he served as Chief Philanthropy Officer at Dominican Hospital Foundation in Santa Cruz, Calif. Prior to this role, he spent almost 20 years with three other Dignity Health foundations, St. Joseph's Foundation of San Joaquin, St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation and St. Mary Medical Center Foundation. Mr. Gagner has worked closely with foundation staff and board members on a number of fundraising projects, including the successful conclusion of the St. Mary Medical Center Foundation’s 40th Anniversary Capital Campaign, which helped the foundation raise over $5.2 million. In addition to his current role at Dignity Health, he has worked in fundraising and development positions at hospitals in New York and Connecticut.
Mr. Gagner earned his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Redlands. In addition, he is a fellow of the California Health Leadership College in Berkeley, California.