Adam Stanfield

As executive director of the Chapters Health Foundation of Chapters Health Foundation, Adam Stanfield is responsible for overall leadership for the development team including strategic visioning, operational management, staff development and community relations and awareness; and the launch of the foundation including the identification, cultivation and recruitment of a separate community-based board of directors; and the overall expansion of fundraising capabilities.

Adam has 25 years of senior level management experience with both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, which includes leadership roles with two foundations. At the beginning of his career, he entered J.C. Penney’s Management Training Program and quickly progressed through multiple positions, ultimately becoming the youngest Operations and Personnel Manager within the Washington, DC Metro area. Adam moved into the philanthropic arena as Executive Director and Chief Development Officer of Hands of Hope Clinic in Atlanta. During his tenure with this organization, he secured $234,000 in grants, expanded the corporate donor base and increased individual contributions. The following four years of Adam’s career were devoted to the community-based Piedmont Henry Hospital Foundation in Stockbridge, Georgia, where he raised more than $4 million and implemented an enterprise-wide grant program. Since 2014, Adam has held the position of Chief Executive and Development Officer for SPCA Florida in Lakeland, where he implanted an annual fundraising campaign and increased corporate funding by more than 200 percent.