Greg Hagin, Principal & Managing Director, provides fundraising counsel and philanthropic advice to the nonprofit sector and social impact space. A former member of the CCS Board of Directors, he co-chaired the Innovation Committee and serves on the Finance and Audit Committee. Greg leads the firm’s Philadelphia, Sydney, and Toronto offices in addition to its Systems and Analytics practices. In his 20-plus years of experience, he has advised hundreds of executive leaders, philanthropic partnerships, and development initiatives that have raised over $10 billion collectively, positively impacting tens of millions of lives.
An accomplished writer and facilitator, Greg has taught for more than a decade at The Wharton School and the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been invited to speak at national nonprofit organizations, industry conferences, universities, and corporations. Greg is the co-author of AI in Fundraising, which addresses the potential of AI in modern fundraising practices.
In 2020, Greg joined the World Economic Forum in Davos, and in 2021 became a Mentor for Unusual Pioneers, a global program established by Yunus Social Business, the World Economic Forum’s Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, and Porticus. Deeply committed to the nonprofit community, Greg is a former Board member at Fairmount Park Conservancy and a past Board President for Habitat for Humanity of Philadelphia. He serves on the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Board and is a member of the Union League of Philadelphia, Chairman’s Council for the Mann Center, and the Development Council for U.S. Soccer Federation.
After opening CCS’s flagship Philadelphia office in 2018, Greg was named to the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. He was later honored as one of Philadelphia’s Most Admired CEOs and in 2023, joined YPO. Since 2020, CCS Philadelphia has been recognized as a Top-25 Management Consulting Firm in the Book of Lists.
Greg earned his MBA from the Wharton School and BA from Boston College. He also studied abroad at the University of New South Wales and Singapore Management University. Greg began his career in sports broadcasting with NBC Olympics in Sydney and Salt Lake City, then ABC Sports in Japan and South Korea for the FIFA World Cup. He has visited, studied, and worked in 45 countries across all seven continents.
Select Client Partners
- Allegheny Health Network
- American Cancer Society
- Archdiocese of Toronto
- Barnes Foundation
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- Bryn Mawr Presbyterian
- Habitat for Humanity International
- National Audubon Society
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation
- Philadelphia Zoo
- Shipley School
- The Nature Conservancy
- United Way Worldwide
- University of New South Wales
- Villanova University
