Seeing a project go from a concept to a fully funded initiative, thanks to effective donor engagement and collaboration, is incredibly gratifying.

A headshot of Shawn McKay.

Shawn began his career working as a Mental Health Worker at Butler Hospital (Providence, RI) and served as the Director of Confirmation Retreats and Youth Ministry at his home parish, Immaculate Conception Church (Cranston, RI). Subsequently, he spent nearly eight years as the Director of Admissions and Communications at Saint Raphael Academy (Pawtucket, RI).

As a Senior Vice President with CCS, he leads capital campaigns, major gift efforts, development programs and operations, feasibility and planning studies, and organizational assessments. He partners with clients to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major individual, corporate, and foundation donors; create compelling cases for support and related donor communications; recruit, train, and manage volunteer leadership at the board/c-suite level; and design plans to meet target goals and outcomes among other responsibilities.

Shawn currently serves on the Advisory Board of Saint Raphael Academy (Pawtucket, RI). He resides in West Orange, NJ with his wife, Tracy, and their daughters, Sloane and Quinn. He has a passion for technology, music, theater, and design. Shawn is also a classically trained singer and has performed in many choirs, musicals, and plays.

Select Client Partners

  • Archbishop Molloy High School
  • Archdiocese of Cincinnati
  • Catholic Charities of Long Island
  • Diocese of Brooklyn – Catholic Foundation of Brooklyn & Queens
  • Diocese of Bridgeport
  • Diocese of Rochester
  • Fontbonne Hall Academy
  • Order of Malta American Association
  • Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women
  • Portsmouth Abbey School
  • Rome Health
  • St. Thomas More Catholic Center and Chapel at Yale
  • The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

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