Phoenix (STN) – Phoenix native Christina Fankhauser wants to make sure more of her neighbors have a place to call home.
Fankhauser, director of development at Keys to Change, graduated from Arizona State University and went on to Phoenix Seminary, planning a career in ministry. “I really wanted to be more hands-on with people who were vulnerable,” she said.
At Keys to Change, she oversees development, communications, marketing, fundraising, community engagement, and volunteerism, with a team that supports her in each area. Fundraising is her primary role, and it means connecting with community partners and individual donors to share the organization’s mission.
“We want to house as many people as possible,” Fankhauser said. “We want to fix this broken system. Help us, help us, help us. And it’s an honor to get to do that, and it’s exciting when the individuals and the corporate partners and the foundations say, ‘Yeah, let’s do that. Let’s do that together.’”
For Fankhauser, the work is about partnership. “We have the power to make a difference in somebody’s life, to make the community better,” she said. “That’s what I want, for someone to say, ‘Here’s what I have. How can we use it?’ So if they’re willing to do that, we can find a way forward together, find that spot in the system that they want to help change.”
