Harvey McKinnon is a Vancouver-based CFRE with 25 years experience as a fundraiser. For a decade he worked with Oxfam Canada, and in 1989 he formed his own successful direct mail fundraising company, specializing in direct mail, monthly giving, planned giving, training, development audits and direct response television. He has served a wide range of nonprofits all over the world, among them The David Suzuki Foundation, WGBH Boston, the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Union of Concerned Scientists, UNICEF Geneva, Koala Rescue (Australia), many hospitals, international development agencies, and social service organizations.

An internationally recognized trainer, Harvey has taught fundraising to thousands of groups across Canada, Australia, the U.S.A. and in Europe, Africa and Asia. He has won international awards for his direct mail packages and is the author of Hidden Gold, the first and only book on monthly giving. Harvey has produced two best-selling training videos and has hosted a six-part TV series on fundraising: Friends for Life (with Ken Burnett). His new training CD, How the New Rich Give, has been widely praised.

His company has also created videos and direct response TV for nonprofits, as well as television documentaries focusing on issues such as racism, AIDS, social justice, and the environment. They have been aired in dozens of countries around the world and have won many international awards.

Harvey is a contributing editor to Mal Warwick's Successful Direct Mail, Telephone and Online Fundraising, a columnist for Canadian FundRaiser, and has written for numerous publications including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Donors, and Fundraising Forum.

He has been active on a number of boards, including: Greenpeace Canada Foundation, the Vancouver International Comedy Festival and the U.S. based environmental funder, the Brainerd Foundation, among others.