Pronouns: she/her
Becky Kiely is a Senior Vice President with the Central United States team at CCS Fundraising. Since joining the firm in 2018, she has worked across sectors to direct campaigns and studies from $6M to $1B, and to collaborate with leaders to grow their teams’ capacity. Becky brings a care for relationship management, focused attention to detail, and strong communication skills to every client partnership. She helps client partners stay nimble to opportunity and focused on team development, with a goal of ensuring organizations grow and learn alongside their fundraising success. With over a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector, Becky has expertise in campaign planning and management, case development, growth planning and major gifts strategy, and board engagement.
Within CCS, Becky is passionate about building an inclusive team and developing diverse talent. She supports recruitment and leadership development both within the Central US team and across the firm.
Prior to joining CCS, Becky worked as a frontline fundraiser in both secondary and higher education. Becky worked at Loyola University Chicago in corporate and foundation fundraising, and at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Pilsen in scholarship fundraising, board management, and development operations. Becky earned her MBA in the Baumhart Scholars Program at Loyola University Chicago – a selective program within the Quinlan School of Business that prepares leaders from the private, government, and social sectors to thrive at the intersection of profit and purpose. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.
select client partners
- Arkansas Children’s (AR)
- Christ Church Grosse Pointe (MI)
- Diocese of Dallas / Mother Teresa Catholic School (TX)
- Easterseals serving Chicagoland and Greater Rockford (IL)
- Edgewood College (WI)
- Fenwick High School (IL)
- Froedtert Hospital & Medical College of Wisconsin (WI)
- Greater Cleveland Food Bank (OH)
- Grinnell College (IA)
- Harris Theater (IL)
- John Carroll University (OH)
- Mercy Health Foundation (MO)
- Nine PBS (MO)
- Northwestern Memorial Foundation (Northwestern Medicine) (IL)
- Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital (MO)
- Second Harvest Heartland (MN)
- Spring Hill College (AL)
- St. Peter St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church (OH)
- University of Chicago Urban Labs (IL)
- University School of Milwaukee (WI)
- University of Texas at Arlington (TX)
- Versiti Blood Research Institute (WI)
