Kim Hales
Consultant
Kim Hales is a consultant for Soukup Strategic Solutions with passion, drive and vision resulting in successful outcomes in generating revenue and increasing support bases for non-profit organizations. She specializes in working with nonprofit clients on High-End Event Planning, Grant Proposal Writing, Program Development, and Major Gift Solicitation.
Kim Hales is a career non-profit professional working to move organizations toward their funding goals Driven by the desire to create positive change in the community she lives, Kim has spent the past 15 years working across different sectors in the Louisville community. She has served in development leadership roles at Make-A-Wish, St. Francis School, The Speed Art Museum, and the University of Louisville and Amped
Kim has consistently led fundraising efforts throughout her career and raised millions of dollars in the positions she served. This includes when she helped to raise $4.5 million annually through corporate, individuals, foundations, and government funding. She also Championed the School of Nursing portion of a six year, one-billion-dollar ($1,000,000,000.00) university-wide comprehensive capital campaign as the Director of Development at the University of Louisville.
Kim has a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Iowa, she is currently in the pursuit of a Masters of Public Administration and Non-Profit Management at the University of Louisville. When she isn’t building relationships to drive meaningful change in the world, you can find her at home in Louisville with her two daughters and their dog and two cats.