DMI Associates

James A. Donovan President/CEO
Supervisory Counsel

  • 35+ year veteran in philanthropy
  • 24 Years as President of DMI
  • Author two best selling books
  • Nationally recognized speaker/trainer
  • Guided over $100 million in client campaigns

Jon Flint
Senior Counsel

  • 25+ years in senior level positions in healthcare and higher education
  • Served as Co-Chair of first Statewide Florida Education Conference for the Association of Fund Raising Professionals
  • B.A. University of Pittsburgh, M.A. Duquesne

Mary Harowski
Communication Counsel

  • 27 year veteran of public relations
  • Case researcher and writer for DMI clients
  • Graduate, Colgate University, BA
  • Accreditation in Public Relations APR, 1990
  • Member of Florida Public Relations Association
  • Grants Network of Volusia/Flagler
  • Daytona Beach Advertising Federation

William L. Carlton, ACFRE
Senior Counsel

  • 30+ year veteran in philanthropy
  • 20+ years experience with Florida clients during career with three national firms
  • Collaborated with national DMI clients
  • CEO of DMI affiliate, Carlton & Co., Boston

Sherryl A. Fisher, Specialist
Advanced Prospect Research

Ms. Fisher has over twenty-five years of experience in the field of research with nonprofit institutions and Fortune 500 Companies. The scope of her research has encompassed higher education, investment banking, finance, media, real estate, insurance, and governmental entities. She specializes in providing in-depth donor and prospect profiles for Donovan Management clients.

Fisher earned a Masters of Library Science from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences from Pace University in New York City.

Her research provides clients of Donovan Management with customized in-depth profiles of their top donors and/or prospects.  The scope of her research is information already in the public domain and includes (when available) the following information on donors/prospects:

  • Assets (real estate, stock)
  • Compensation
  • Biographical Information
  • Hobbies
  • Board of Directors Membership
  • Political/Religious Affiliation
  • Recent Awards/Honors
  • Membership in Professional and Social Organizations

Fisher’s skill for uncovering hidden trinkets of information gives clients those special talking points for cultivating and soliciting major gifts.

Donovan Management is a member of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement and fully subscribes to its code of ethics for prospect research. All reports to clients are made in the strictest confidence and are not meant for public distribution or use, only for use by leadership volunteers and professional staff when conducting Prospect Review and Rating Sessions, a customary and effective fund raising practice.

Barry C. Donovan
Prospect Research Counsel &
DMI Webmaster

  • 25+ years direct/database marketing and fund raising experience
  • Co-founder DMI Prospect Research Services
  • Developer of ezScreen Prospect Screening Service
  • Graduate University of Central Florida, Business Administration and Marketing

Janet A. Donovan
Executive Assistant and Editor

  • 25+ years experience in nonprofit/business sector
  • Layout and Design Editor for DMI publications and client reports
  • Treasurer of DMI

Awilda Ramos De Mooney M.A.
Communications Counsel

  • Caribbean Representative, San Juan
  • 25+ years experience in communications/media relations/publications and fund raising
  • Assist DMI clients in the planning, design, writing and production of case statement materials as well as conducting studies for capital campaigns.