Dr. Sandra G. Ehrlich, CFRE
Board Chair, Friends of Talkeetna Library
President, Association of Fundraising Professionals, AFP Alaska Chapter President, Sandra Ehrlich Consulting, LLC
Senior Fund Development Consultant, Let’s Build Hope, LLC Full Professor, Management & Marketing
College of Business & Public Policy, UAA
UAA Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence, CAFÉ Team-Based & Collaborative Learning Faculty Associate
Dr. Sandra G. Ehrlich is a Full Professor of Management & Marketing at the College of Business and Public Policy at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She is a management, leadership, and fund development consultant with more than 35 years of increasing responsibility in the private and public sector.
As a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) in Alaska, Sandra has successfully raised more than $50 million for national and local nonprofits. For her vital contributions and exemplary leadership in the nonprofit sector, she received the coveted Outstanding Professional in Philanthropy award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Alaska Chapter in 2018.
A transformational nonprofit leader, she is the Board President of the Friends of Talkeetna Library. She and her leadership team has raised $5.4 million to build a library and community resource center and lead an endowment campaign in her hometown, Talkeetna, Alaska.
A dedicated nonprofit advocate, Sandra is a catalyst for excellence. She is the President for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, AFP Alaska Chapter. One of five AFP Master Trainers in Alaska, she facilitates the Fundamentals of Fundraising, Donor Retention, and CFRE Refresher workshops. Nationally, she delivers presentations at fund development conferences, webinars, and workshops.
A preeminent leader in the philanthropic sector, she is one of 30 international fund development professionals selected for the CFRE Ambassador Program. As Alaska’s first CFRE International Ambassador, she mentors, advises, and supports fundraising professionals across the Pacific Northwest.
As a national consultant, she assesses, monitors, and moves corporate and nonprofit clients to a higher level of achievement and performance. Through strategic planning and integrated fund development best practices, she guides nonprofit leaders to embed crucial nonprofit governance and fundraising practices.
For Sandra’s contributions in enhancing and integrating fund development and communications to increase organizational effectiveness and efficiency, she has received two national fundraising awards.
Sandra received the CH2M Hill Alaska Leadership Development Program (ALDP) award for accelerating development and extending leadership opportunities in a public-private partnership. She crafted and delivered a series of presentations on building core competencies, mentorship, and volunteer opportunities for emerging leaders.
In her leadership role as the UAA Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ) Team-Based and Collaborative Learning Faculty Associate, she champions and advances innovative, evidence-based, high-impact initiatives at UAA. This expertise extends to her service on the UAA CAFÉ Advisory Council. Working alongside CAFÉ leadership and faculty across the university, she identifies key programming needs and recommends strategic courses of action.
As the only certified Team-Based Learning trainer-consultant in Alaska, she facilitates workshops and intensives for University of Alaska faculty. She serves as a mentor, liaison, and conduit to pedagogically orient, ground, and immerse faculty in team-based and collaborative learning to enhance student success.
For her exemplary commitment and dedication to teaching excellence, she received the UAA CAFÉ Faculty Excellence Award, as well as the College of Business and Public Policy Teacher of the Year award.
Academic background: Doctorate in Management and Leadership, Webster University, 2009; M.S. in Integrated Marketing, Northwestern University, 1982;
B.S. in Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1981.