Dana Vandersip is Chief Development Officer for Make-A-Wish San Diego and a Certified Fund Raising Executive. Previously she was Senior Director of Development at San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine, Director of Development at UC San Diego, Foundation Relations Director at NARAL Pro-Choice America, Development Office/Director for Foundation Relations at IREX, and Grants Officer at the United States Holocaust Museum. She holds an MA in Russian Literature from the University of Washington, and a BA in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Arizona.