About
Fisher Storey is part of the Seed Fundraisers network, a community of best-in-class professionals who are equipping nonprofit leaders to create sustained fundraising growth.
Seed’s distinguishing idea is that sustainable and scaling fundraising teams consistently evaluate and strengthen their organization through four domains of work:
- vocational conviction
- strategic focus
- infrastructure & talent
- daily practice
The outcome: organizations sustainably scale their impact and revenue from the inside out. No unsustainable silver bullets. No ambiguous strategies. By partnering with Seed, we’re boosting our offerings and becoming an even stronger asset to the organizations we serve.
The Team
Daina Storey, MAICD
Daina is a nonprofit professional with over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit and social enterprise space, specializing in fundraising, grant writing, project & event management, board development and strategy. Daina holds a Master of Arts degree in International Community Development from Northwest University and a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Belmont University and has held positions with respected national and international institutions including World Vision, Social Enterprise Alliance, Vector Management, and Village Real Estate. Daina currently serves on the board of Thistle Farms. She has lived in East Africa and London, and led multiple international team trips to Uganda. Most of all, she is passionate about supporting nonprofits and sustainable social impact in communities and working to grow the sector.
Laurel Fisher, M.Ed.
Laurel Fisher is a nonprofit specialist with over 20 years of experience working in fundraising, grants management, social enterprise, data collection, impact measurement and nonprofit training. Laurel holds a M.Ed. in Nonprofit Leadership from Belmont University and has held positions at some of Nashville’s most dynamic organizations including Vanderbilt University, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, W.O. Smith/Nashville Community Music School, Catholic Charities of Tennessee, and Metro Nashville Arts Commission. Laurel co-founded Fisher Storey Consulting in 2019 with nonprofit specialist, Daina Storey. Together, they have coached dozens of nonprofits nationwide on new nonprofit formation, fundraising best practices, grant writing, major gift fundraising, and capital campaigns. She is a Nashville Emerging Leaders alumni and serves on the board of the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra and on the HOPE International Nashville board.
Megan Taggard
Megan serves as a prospect research consultant and analyst with 24 years of experience in higher education, secondary schools, social services and healthcare fields. She is a strategic thinker and team leader with ability to analyze large quantities of data, verify wealth screening data and create high-quality written pieces of research to guide strategic gift planning. Her expertise is in wealth screening, building prospect research departments, creating processes, data integrity, individual, corporate and foundation research and data mining. Megan has served in the development services staff as a prospect researcher at Duke University (Durham, NC) supporting the institution’s $2 billion campaign, Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY) and the Lahey Clinic (Boston, MA).