Ms. Bird joined Salesforce in 2020 after spending 28 years in the nonprofit sector.

A nationally recognized leader in the nonprofit community, Ms. Bird has nearly three decades of experience in service to philanthropy, with particular emphasis (and passion) for capital campaigning and major gifts. In the years before becoming a development officer herself, Ms. Bird was a development consultant at three major international fundraising consulting firms. Ms. Bird has conducted more than two-dozen capital campaigns throughout the United States with combined goals in excess of $5.5 billion.

Ms. Bird has extensive experience working with CEO's, non-profit executives, development directors, board chairpersons, and volunteer & staff leadership within complicated large organizations. She enjoys an excellent record of exceeding capital goals, is skilled at change management, creating information flows, and gaining access to key decision-makers and benefactors.