The McLeans are coming
Howard Lake | 28 September 2010 | Blogs
The McLean clan has truly arrived in the fundraising sector. Indeed, we now have A McLeans at the head of two of the fundraising sector’s principal bodies.
Alistair McLean is chief executive of the Fundraising Standards Board, and Amanda McLean is the new chief executive of the Institute of Fundraising. No, they aren’t related.
The surname means “servant of St John”. A quick check of St John’s patronage sadly doesn’t reveal any fundraisers under his protection. Instead, he is the patron saint of tailors, printers, motorways, farriers and lambs. Perhaps of more use in the world of fundraising is the fact that he is patron against convulsions, spasms and hailstorms.
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Have I missed any more A McLeans in the fundraising sector?
- Full forenames strongly encouraged but not mandatory on Gift Aid claims (15 March 2019)
- If they were charity fundraisers… (29 July 2021)
- What’s in a name? (20 August 2014)
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.