Tony was for 20 years director of development for The Cleveland Orchestra and its Summer Home, Blossom Music Center. He was responsible for Cleveland’s largest annual institutional fund-raising campaign. Since 1993, Tony has been a fund-raising consultant serving the need of all non-profit institutions’ to develop and to maximize their potential to raise annual, endowment, capital, and sponsorship and underwriting funds.

Tony’s experiences have won him a wide audience at hundreds of workshops in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. He has addressed every facet of raising contributed income for social service, medical, educational, religious, and cultural institutions, and has been a speaker/specialist consultant to the United States Information Agency and the Mexican Government.

He is the author of the widely used and praised book It’s a Great Day to Fund Raise, a step-by-step guide to help volunteers and professionals be as successful as possible as they carry out their fund-raising responsibilities.