MCEI Seattle holds a dinner meeting each month with a distinguished marketing or communications presenter. Presenters bring a behind the scenes perspective and high-level industry marketing insights. Speakers share provocative stories, ideas, positions, and concepts, including controversial topics.
See below for our current upcoming program.
May Meeting
Carly Andrews & Jackie Montstream,
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
TUESDAY may 7 - 5:30pm - ivar’s salmon house
Find out about innovative fundraising in the digital space.
MCEI’s May meeting will feature Carly Andrews & Jackie Montstream from the Philanthropy team at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, a leading research and care institute known to many here at home and around the world.
Carly will provide insight into fundraising and engagement efforts for Obliteride, a bike ride and 5K walk / run that connects and empowers people to help cure cancer faster by raising funds for Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Obliteride—#9 in the nation's top cause-cycling events—has become a beacon of community-driven fundraising, empowering participants to advance cancer research and care through cycling, running, walking, and raising funds. This year, Obliteride aims to raise $10 million with the support of 4,500 participants; volunteers; corporate sponsors; and donors.
Jackie will discuss how—through partnerships with streaming platforms like Twitch—Fred Hutch connects content creators, gamers, and culture makers to raise critical funds for disease prevention, treatment, and care. Through innovative, peer-to-peer practices, Fred Hutch is showing how to meet today’s funders where they are. This presentation will be valuable for members eager to understand the dynamics of fundraising in today’s digital age.
Carly Andrews & Jackie Montstream, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Jackie Montstream is Project Coordinator of Peer-to-Peer and Patient Family Fundraising at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Jackie’s expertise lies in digital and innovative fundraising spaces such as DIY, livestream, and influencer fundraising. She also leads Fred Hutch’s internal and external workplace giving programs, most notably working with the Microsoft GIVE campaign every October. She is passionate about meeting fundraisers and donors in the spaces that they are comfortable in.
As the Senior Manager of Obliteride & Engagement at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Carly Andrews leads a team dedicated to participant engagement and donor stewardship for the organization's largest peer-to-peer fundraising event. Drawing on her experience in philanthropic events, relationship-based fundraising, and community-centric fundraising, Carly drives Obliteride’s recruitment and retention strategy and aims to provide an empowering experience for participants and teams. She is passionate about amplifying the voice of every Obliteride participant, as their personal stories and dedication to advance Fred Hutch’s mission are at the heart of the program.