John Webster Hochstadt, Contributing Editor, Western Canada

John survived to the age of majority in New York City and subsequently worked in neuropsychology research, low-temperature physics, psychiatric social work, commercial fishing, alternative energy, and beekeeping. With a Master of Public Administration degree from Queen’s University he worked on a Metro Toronto United Way campaign, then joined the University of Toronto as Director of Planned Gifts & Bequests, and in 1994 moved to Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation.

A founding Director of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, John chaired the inaugural CAGP conference and served as their first National Chair, while maintaining a consulting practice in program design and evaluation. He began publishing both fiction and non-fiction in 1980, most recently in Canadian Fundraising & Philanthropy, Descant, the Globe and Mail, Alberta Outdoorsman, and Alternatives Journal. In June 2002 he became Contributing Editor to Canadian Fundraising & Philanthropy, based in Twin Butte Alberta and covering western Canada.