With 40 years of highly successful higher education fundraising experience and 17 years Executive Search consulting experience, Dennis Vest has built The Charitable Resources Group into a company that reflects his fundraising and search philosophies.

He has served as Chief Development Officer for:

Alderson-Broaddus College

Carlow College

Central Michigan University

Chautauqua Institution

Pittsburgh Symphony

Butler Memorial Hospital Foundation

Mr. Vest has been a featured speaker (1992 through 2003) at the Annual Council for Independent College's New Presidents Institute. He has also been a speaker at national meetings of CASE, NSFRE, American Symphony Orchestra League, United Cerebral Palsy National Conference, West Virginia Foundation for Independent College's Annual Meeting (President, Trustees, and Corporate Executives), and the National Association for the Deaf's Bi-Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. Dennis was chosen as an Outstanding Fundraising Executive by the Western Pennsylvania Chapter National Society of Fundraising Executives and was a recipient of the Alderson-Broaddus College Alumnus of the Year award. As a seasoned consultant, Dennis Vest provides an abundance of fundraising and administrative experience to higher education institutions, K-12 and independent schools, civic and religious organizations, medical and health care facilities, and cultural and social welfare institutions.