ABOUT US:

Our Team

Jim Shapiro Jim Shapiro: Jim is the founder of The EDGE Group. Before EDGE, Jim was the Vice President of Development at CRISTA Ministries, managing fundraising operations for the $70m organization. (He was the youngest vice president in CRISTA's 50-year history). Jim is a seasoned and experienced development professional, and has led successful capital campaigns, events, and development efforts for a large number of organizations. He has also consulted with charities, churches, and schools throughout the Pacific Northwest on topics of leadership, board governance, and management. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University, Jim is married, has two great kids, and is Head Coach for the King's High School football team.
Shannon Barnes Shannon Barnes: Before joining The EDGE Group, Shannon was an executive for a multi-national manufacturer, a customer service manager for a financial services company, and spent more than a decade as a pastor, strategist, and communications director for two growing churches. He has extensive experience in strategy, leadership, board development, conflict resolution, branding and communications, and the ability to organize complex relationships into highly productive and mission-oriented teams. Shannon and his wife Christina have 5 children. He is a long-time member of the Gary Bonner Singers, a board member of the Association of Professional Consultants, and active in his local service club.
Jeff Fransen Jeff Fransen, Associate: Jeff has 20 years of experience in nonprofit, business and real estate development. Prior to joining The EDGE Group, Jeff was the owner of Fransen Development Partners, vice president of an investment firm specializing in emerging growth companies, and founder and Executive Director of Mexico Family Missions. He has a great deal of experience in development and fundraising in the non-profit sector; having worked with many school, church and community organizations including Youth for Christ and Athletes in Action. Jeff received his MBA from Washington State University and has extensive experience in venture capital and finance. He is married and has three kids.
Sonny Manning Sonny Manning, Associate: Sonny has spent more than 15 years in nonprofit fundraising work in New York, Boston, and Atlanta. Most recently, Sonny served as a Fundraising Systems Consultant for Blackbaud, Inc. Prior to that, he served in primary fundraising positions for organizations in higher education, arts and culture, health and social service, as well as religious organizations and churches. Sonny enjoys working with organizations on business process analysis, donor-database efficiency, annual giving strategies, major gifts, corporate/foundation grants, and Board development. He holds a Master’s degree in Social Ethics from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and is lives in Seattle with his wife Margaret.
Kevin Urie, Associate: Kevin began his career at The Domain Group (now Merkle) during the first “dot com” boom, working on direct response programs for CARE (Domain's largest client). After his time at Domain, Kevin developed and implemented hundreds of successful marketing programs at Destination Marketing. As a Digital Strategist, he has led numerous website design projects and online marketing campaigns, and founded the Seattle chapter of Social Media Club International to educate and facilitate growth in the new social media marketplace (Facebook, Twitter, etc.). In a short time, this club has grown to be one of the largest in the world. Kevin is married and has two kids.
Jeudy Mom, Associate: Jeudy is passionate about helping nonprofit organizations fulfill their mission. Prior to joining the EDGE Group, he served for three years as the Marketing Coordinator for the YMCA of Orange County. Jeudy received a B.A. in Marketing and minored in Advertising from California State University Fullerton. As Outreach Leader at Greenleaf Church, Jeudy teaches, plans, and challenges the church to spread the gospel through outreach opportunities. Additionally, Jeudy actively volunteers with Kingdom Causes of Bellflower on the Homeless Taskforce and the Bless Bellflower campaign.
Tim Foley, Associate: Tim has spent more than 25 years in non-profit work.  After 15 years as an educator and teacher trainer, he established a strong reputation in the field of event management which is what lead him into fundraising and donor relations.  He is a seasoned Executive Director of Development and Marketing, with expertise in program development, systems/process development, strategic planning, fundraising assessment, board training, volunteer recruitment and training.  Tim and his wife, Keri, have three incredible daughters; together, they enjoy serving at their church and in the community.
Kim Rosiar, Associate: With 20 + years of nonprofit CEO experience, 10 years of leading two industry associations and two faith-based ministries plus several years owning and operating a retail service business, Kim Rosiar brings a wealth of practical, operational and leadership experience and expertise to bear in assisting your organization in increasing its mission impact and effectiveness. Kim is a graduate of BIOLA university; earning both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Organizational Leadership, focusing on Strategic Planning and Organizational Development. Kim has extensive board experience as both board member and CEO. He has served on local church boards, public school foundations, private golf club and Christian camping industry association boards. He is a certified facilitator of the Strengths Deployment Inventory®; a self-discovery tool used in identifying one’s motivational value system – the core of building better interpersonal relationships and reducing unhealthy conflicts within an organization. Kim and his wife, Donna, live in Southern California, have three grown daughters, and are expecting their first grandchildren in 2010.
Laura Ferejohn, Associate & Grant Writing Specialist: Laura has worked in higher education and nonprofit fundraising for more than 20 years. She specializes in grant writing and consulting for small and medium nonprofit organizations in southern California, and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Laura believes we each make a difference every day and that it is up to each of us to choose what kind of a difference we make.
Dave Bartels David Bartels: Dave’s experience is broad and deep. Before his career with non-profit organizations he was instrumental in the development of a new business that had ground breaking achievements in the health care industry. Most recently he served an industry leading business intelligence firm as their Manager of Corporate Strategy. More importantly, for more than 20 years Dave has been developing, leading and supporting ministries around the country, as a campus leader, a pastor and as mentor to leaders and organizations. For more than 10 years he has directed The River Foundation, a non-profit leadership development ministry. Dave brings to The Edge extensive experience in strategic planning, team building, organizational development, vision development and leadership development. In addition to a Masters of Divinity, David holds a doctorate in Leadership Development. Along with his wife and three sons, they live in a Seattle suburb where they are deeply involved in their church and local sports.
Tim Robertson Tim Robertson, Associate Advisor: In his more than three decades of Christian ministry and education experience, Tim has worn a number of different “hats” – as a missionary and college professor in Mississippi, as an executive pastor in Colorado, and as a university administrator in California. Tim’s strengths include leadership development, mentoring, administration, strategic planning, marketing and networking. His passion is for ministry – a passion he lives out through EDGE and through a weekly businessmen’s Bible study he leads in his home. He and his wife, Debbi, reside in Orange County and have three grown children: a married daughter in Portland, a son with a para-church ministry in Colorado Springs, and another daughter headed to Thailand.
Picture Pending Bill Barton, Associate: Bill has spent nine years in architecture; designing and producing everything from churches, to schools, to international high-rise office buildings. His interests lie in project management, owner representation and organizational identity and development. Bill holds a Bachelor of Architecture with a specialization in Sacred Architecture, a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and is currently finishing up his MBA at Pacific Lutheran University. Bill and his wife live in the Pacific Northwest and have two children.