Meet the Team

PGgrowth was founded in August 2010 as a partnership between James Hilborn and Ed Sluga, CFRE.

Colleen Bradley and Doug Puffer joined the team in 2012; Ken Ramsay and Doug Flanders in 2014; Jasmine Sweatman in 2015; Tracey Church, and Neil Williams joined in 2016 and Colleen DeJager and Theresa Butler-Porter joined in 2017. In 2018 the team was once again strengthened by the additions of Jane Jamieson and Nancy Collett. In 2019, Grant Monck joined as Senior Counsel along with Katherine Blake to round out our team of Senior Consultants. In 2019 PGgrowth was excited to partner with Barbara O’Reilly as our U.S. Counsel. In 2020 Peggy Killeen and Karen Viersen joined as Senior Consultants, Eric Patterson as Associate Consultant while Julia Magnuson-Ford joined as VP, Business Development. Caroline Banadar joined as Senior Consultant in 2021, and Suzanne Bone joined as Senior Counsel in 2021.

Together we have over 400 years of combined planned giving experience.

To learn more about members of our team, click on their name below.

Our Founders

Ed Sluga

Ed Sluga

President and Co-founder

Jim Hilborn

Jim Hilborn

Co-founder

OUR TEAM

Caroline Banadar

Caroline Banadar

Senior Consultant

Katherine Blake

Katherine Blake

Director, Client Engagement & Senior Consultant

Suzanne Bone

Suzanne Bone

Senior Counsel

Colleen Bradley

Colleen Bradley

Support Consultant

Theresa Butler-Porter

Theresa Butler-Porter

Senior Consultant

Tracey Church

Tracey Church

Senior Research Consultant

Nancy Collett

Nancy Collett

Director, Donor Engagement Services
& Senior Consultant

Colleen DeJager

Colleen DeJager

Senior Consultant

Doug Flanders

Doug Flanders

Editor & Senior Consultant

Rob Henderson

Rob Henderson

Senior Consultant

Jane Jamieson

Jane Jamieson

Senior Consultant

Peggy Killeen

Peggy Killeen

Senior Consultant

Julia Magnuson-Ford

Julia Magnuson-Ford

VP of Business Development

Grant Monck

Grant Monck

Senior Counsel

Eric Patterson

Eric Patterson

Consultant

Doug Puffer

Doug Puffer

Senior Counsel

Ken Ramsay

Ken Ramsay

Senior Counsel

Jasmine Sweatman

Jasmine Sweatman

Senior Consultant

Karen Viersen

Karen Viersen

Senior Consultant

Neil Williams

Neil Williams

Senior Consultant

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