James Kinney

James Kinney is the owner of Kinney Fundraising & Marketing Communications, where they provide copywriting, editing, concept development, and campaign management. They have more than forty years of experience conceiving, writing, and implementing direct mail fundraising campaigns and executing nonprofit marketing and education initiatives. They held roles at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, including Senior Program Communications Advisor (2017–2019) and Program Officer for Wildlife Trade, Elephant Protection, and Landscape Conservation (1999–2017). Earlier, they directed direct mail fundraising programs for the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (1985–1990) and were Assistant Director of the Whale Adoption Project at the International Wildlife Coalition (1990–1993). They studied Journalism and Philosophy at the University of Bridgeport from 1967 to 1970.