Creative, effective fundraising professionals

Graham-Pelton Consulting has set the industry gold standard for creative and effective ways to respond to our clients' unique and ever-evolving challenges. With each new client, we choreograph and orchestrate our work to the level of an art form, and our clients clearly benefit.

Graham-Pelton is successful because we are committed to your success. We believe in our professional abilities; we enjoy the challenge each new client presents; and we celebrate with our clients when our combined efforts achieve your goals.

We know this business. Our highly qualified staff brings decades of experience to the table in every aspect of development, for every type of organization. We are seasoned professionals with excellent track records as on-site campaign directors and veteran consultants who help diverse clients and their causes all over the country.

Meet the Leaders of the Graham-Pelton Catholic Fundraising Consulting Team

Select Catholic archdioceses, dioceses, parishes, congregations and schools serviced by the leaders of our practice group:

Craig J. Leach

Chief Executive Officer

Craig C. Hall

President, Outsourcing Division
  • Diocese of Greensburg, PA
  • Diocese of Raleigh, NC
  • Diocese of Orlando, FL
  • Diocese of Paterson, NJ
  • Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL
  • Diocese of Trenton, NJ
  • The Papal Foundation
  • All Hallows High School
  • Cardinal Hayes High School
  • Cardinal Shehan Center
  • Cathedral of Mary Our Queen
  • Dominican College
  • Church of St. John the Evangelist
  • Dominican College
  • Holy Ghost Preparatory School
  • Holy Redeemer Health System
  • Iona College
  • Iona Preparatory School
  • Little Sisters of the Poor, Baltimore Inc.
  • Pope John XXIII HS
  • St. Francis de Sales Parish
  • St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center
  • St. Magdalen de Pazzi RC Church
  • St. Thomas Aquinas College

William M. McLean, Jr.

Senior Vice President and Managing Director
  • Diocese of Allentown, PA
  • Diocese of Bridgeport, CT
  • Diocese of Brooklyn, NY
  • Diocese of Erie, PA
  • Diocese of Paterson, NJ
  • Diocese of Scranton, PA
  • Diocese of Orlando, FL
  • Bergen Catholic High School
  • Capuchin Franciscan Friars - Province of St. Mary
  • Cardinal Hayes High School
  • Church of St. John the Evangelist
  • Holy Family Catholic Church
  • John F. Kennedy Catholic High School
  • Paterson Catholic Regional HS
  • St. Ann's Media - The Daily Mass
  • St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish
  • St. Helen's Church
  • St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church
  • St. Jude the Apostle Parish
  • St. Mary of the Assumption Parish
  • St. Mary of the Assumption/St. Ann Parish
  • St. Mary of the Nativity Parish
  • The Ursuline School

Bradley K. Patterson

Vice President
  • Diocese of Greensburg, PA
  • Archdiocese of Dubuque, IA
  • Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis, MN
  • Archdiocese of Winnipeg, MB
  • Diocese of Austin, TX
  • Diocese of Fort Wayne-
    South Bend, IN
  • Diocese of Fort Worth, TX
  • Diocese of Lafayette, IN
  • Diocese of Lincoln, NE
  • Diocese of Springfield, IL
  • Diocese of Paterson, NJ
  • Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL

Shawn Trahan

Senior Manager

Elizabeth S. Zeigler

President
  • Georgian Court University 
  • Link Community School
  • Manhattan College
  • Marymount University
  • Sacred Heart High School
  • Saint Peter's College
  • Seton Hall University
  • St. Francis College
  • St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers

Mark Faraci

Vice President
  • Archdiocese of Boston, MA
  • Diocese of Greensburg, PA
  • Diocese of Paterson, NJ
  • Diocese of Rochester, NY
  • Diocese of Trenton, NJ
  • Holy Ghost Preparatory School
  • John F. Kennedy Catholic High School
  • St. Agnes Church
  • St. Francis de Sales Parish
  • St. Jude the Apostle Parish
  • St. Magdalen de Pazzi RC Church

Patrick O'Connell

Vice President
  • Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis, MN
  • Diocese of Greensburg, PA
  • Diocese of Raleigh, NC
  • Archdiocese of New Orleans, LA
  • Diocese of Lincoln, NE
  • Archdiocese of Detroit, MI
  • Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL
  • Marist College
  • St. Francis College
  • Saint Peter's College
  • Gilmour Academy
  • La Roche College
  • St. Agnes Church