Cynthia VanWinkle is President and CEO of Circle Communications Network, LLC, providing global solutions for leaders of non-profit organizations. Working as a unique network of worldwide vision and innovation, Circle Communications Network, LLC advises Christian ministries, colleges, hospitals, and national, international and local non-profits in:

• Strategic planning, development audits, and feasibility studies
• Organizing, managing, and training board members, key staff, and volunteers
• Conference and retreat planning and facilitation
• Development: major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, and capital campaigns
• Communication, marketing, public relations, publications, and graphic design
• Research, proposal development, and presentations

Cynthia VanWinkle has more than 25 years experience speaking nationwide on development, communication, organizational management, and providing global solutions for leaders of non-profit organizations. She previously was the National Senior Vice President for a national Christian communication organization, where she was responsible for marketing, public relations, development, capital campaign, major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, and publications.

She was Senior Vice President for Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation, working 15 years with staff and volunteers, building a development and public relations program resulting in more than $100 million. She was Director of the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon, leading Arkansas to a position of highest revenue among 180 hospitals for children in the United States. She created Circle of Friends, recruiting board members and training 1000 women to work in their own communities throughout Arkansas to advance pediatric medicine. She developed Committee for the Future, recruiting board members and training 150 young business leaders in Arkansas to initiate change for pediatric medicine.

Her experience includes working on the national staff of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, based in San Jose, California. As one of two national coordinators, she recruited and trained staff in 26 states to develop a new national initiative for reading, raising $21 million for development.

She was Public Information Director for the American Cancer Society in Phoenix, Arizona, creating a strategic plan for communication, education, and development.

She was selected for “Top 100 Women in Arkansas” by Arkansas Business and awarded the “Arkansas Fundraising Executive of the Year” by the Arkansas Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Distinguished leadership experience:
• Principal Partner in MillionMark Consulting Group, LLC
• Advisory Board Chair, LEAVE A LEGACY® Arkansas
• Arkansas Women’s Foundation, past board member, charter member
• Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute – Alumnae
• Past President, National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG), Arkansas Council, charter member
• Past President, Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Arkansas Chapter, charter member
• Past Regional Cabinet Member of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP)
• Past Panel Chair for the United Way of Pulaski County Planning and Allocations Council
• National Association of Women Business Owners, Arkansas Chapter
• Board of Directors, ACE - Arkansans for Charity Excellence

CYNTHIA VANWINKLE is exceptionally qualified through diverse experience, utilizing a network of worldwide vision and innovation to advise Christian ministries, hospitals, universities, and international and local non-profit organizations.
A sampling of projects includes:
•	ACE – ARKANSANS FOR CHARITY EXCELLENCE Advocating excellence in governance, management, and programs and promoting the highest standards of financial integrity and stewardship for Arkansas nonprofit organizations
•	AGAPE SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL, GHANA, WEST AFRICA MEDICAL MISSION PROJECT Providing mobile clinics to villages throughout Ghana and building a Medical Hospital and Life Enrichment Center in Ningo, near Accra
•	ALPHA OMICRON PI FRATERNITY Teaching college women leadership skills Awarded Stella Perry International Award for leadership
•	AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY – ARIZONA Bringing together businesses, individuals, and medical professionals to fight cancer
•	ARKANSAS ARTS COUNCIL, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HERITAGE Promoting access to the arts for all Arkansans
•	ARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE Providing a four-year quality education in a caring and nurturing environment for 120 years
•	ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION Encouraging and challenging staff, board, and volunteers, raising $100 Million for pediatric care Selected by Arkansas Business for Top 100 Women in Arkansas
•	CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK - ARKANSAS An international network of 180 hospitals for children, providing more than $1 Billion for pediatric medicine Arkansas ranked number one among all U.S. member hospitals for five years
•	CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Recruiting and training 1000 women to work in their own communities to advance pediatric medicine in Arkansas
•	COMMITTEE FOR THE FUTURE Recruiting and training 150 young business leaders to initiate change for pediatric medicine throughout Arkansas
•	ARKANSAS HUNGER RELIEF ALLIANCE Working to end hunger in Arkansas through a statewide coalition of foodbanks
•	ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Affecting change through active student government and broadcast media Awarded R. E. Lee Wilson Award for most outstanding graduate
•	ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY Offering high quality academic programs in a small-town setting
•	ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS-ARKANSAS Charter member, past President and past National Board member Writing curriculum and teaching development classes for the AFP Arkansas Chapter, including: Major Gifts, Development Planning, and Development Budgeting and Financial Management
•	CELEBRATION MINISTRIES, DALLAS, TEXAS Providing enrichment for families, teenagers, and Christian music artists worldwide, through the music of Christian artist, Al Denson, television, radio, Internet and a Conference Center for education
•	CHILDREN’S HOMES, INC. Offering a substitute home in Arkansas for dependent and neglected children and restoring the broken lives of children and families in the United States
•	DAWSON MCALLISTER ASSOCIATION, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Reaching teenagers throughout America through radio, books, and Christian youth conferences
•	4-H FOUNDATION OF ARKANSAS Encouraging the youth of Arkansas and building character, leadership, and life skills
•	GUATEMALA Medical missions, teaching women and children about nutrition and hygiene
•	JUNCTION BRIDGE PROJECT Promoting downtown development and tourism through a Pedestrian Bridge Redevelopment Project involving the 100-year-old Junction Railroad Bridge - in collaboration with Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Pulaski County.
•	LEAVE A LEGACY® ARKANSAS Charter Partner, Marketing Chair, and Advisory Board Chair Facilitator for Global Philanthropy session for Arkansas Philanthropic Symposium Leave A Legacy is a public awareness campaign encouraging individuals to continue their charitable giving beyond their lifetimes, by including bequests in their trusts and wills for the charity or church of their choice
•	LEARNING DISABILITIES OF ARKANSAS Assisting teachers, parents, and employers with resources for individuals with learning disabilities
•	MANGAN HOLCOMB RAINWATER CULPEPPER ADVERTISING AGENCY FOR LE BONHEUR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PROJECT, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Providing quality pediatric healthcare and community outreach programs throughout the Mid-South
•	MAIN STREET ARKANSAS Enhancing the quality of life by the discovery, preservation and presentation of Arkansas’ natural, cultural and historic resources
•	NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON PLANNED GIVING – ARKANSAS COUNCIL Charter member and past President Organizing the Planned Giving Academy, writing curriculum and teaching planned giving workshops
•	OLD INDEPENDENCE REGIONAL MUSEUM Serving as a resource for individuals, researchers, colleges and schools by providing historical information, genealogical material and archival collections
•	OUR HOUSE HOMELESS SHELTER Providing emergency housing, transitional housing, and job training for homeless men, women and their children in Little Rock, Arkansas
•	QUALITY LIFE ASSOCIATES FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Providing training and education for individuals who have survived a traumatic brain injury
•	READ-A-THON – A NATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY Initiating a new national reading program for children across the United States
•	RESCUE MISSION OF MAHONING VALLEY (WITH GRIZZARD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.) Providing emergency housing, transitional housing, and job training for homeless men, women and their children in the Ohio and Pennsylvania Valley
•	ST. EDWARD’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL Offering high quality academic programs in Little Rock that are integrated with religious values
•	ST. VINCENT HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION Providing inspired quality healthcare and community outreach programs throughout Arkansas
•	THE MISSION, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA (WITH GRIZZARD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.) Providing emergency and transitional housing in a Christian environment for homeless men, women and their children in North Dakota and Minnesota
•	THE SUMMIT ON PHILANTHROPY Teaching development classes for volunteer, philanthropic, and nonprofit leaders at the Annual State Conference sponsored by Arkansas Community Foundation, Arkansas Division of Volunteerism, and Association of Fundraising Professionals-Arkansas
•	UNITED WAY OF PULASKI COUNTY – PLANNING AND ALLOCATIONS COUNCIL Leading by example, joining hands with business leaders to provide helpful services for families
•	WHITE RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION - JOSEPHINE RAYE ROGERS WOMEN’S CENTER AND IMAGING STONE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER Expanding medical care and services by building the new Josephine Raye Rogers Women’s Center and Imaging to serve women and families in north central Arkansas; and expanding the Stone County Medical Center in Mountain View, Arkansas
•	WOMEN’S FOUNDATION OF ARKANSAS - INITIALLY PART OF THE ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Providing grants for community projects and a math, science, and technology initiative for girls
•	YOUTH HOME (WITH GRIZZARD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.) Offering a residential group home for adolescents and help for troubled teens and their families in Arkansas
•	YWCA – YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Mid-South Leadership Conferences, teaching girls in southern states values and leadership skills