The CCS Leadership Team includes highly successful and experienced fund-raising professionals. CCS Executives are extensively involved in the projects they manage.

 

Paul Miles

Operational Vice President

 

Paul C. Miles is an Operational Vice President with responsibility for the firm’s business in the Midwest.  Paul’s areas of expertise include Feasibility Studies and Development Audits, Campaign Planning and Management, Major Gift Solicitations, and Donor Cultivation. His campaigns have raised more than $750 million for religious organizations, educational institutions, seminaries, cultural and civic organizations, and international NGOs.

In addition, Paul has served as the acting Senior Vice President for and Habitat for Humanity International in Americus, GA and Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN.  In that capacity, he was responsible for the creation and implementation of departmental programs and engaged in senior level planning. 

Paul is a frequent speaker at conferences such as Association of Lutheran Development Executives, Association of Fund Raising Professionals, and Association of Healthcare Professionals.  Paul is a graduate of Concordia University Chicago (IL) where he currently serves on the President’s Advisory Council.  He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Baltimore – based, Lutheran World Relief, an international relief and development organization.  Paul and his wife, Sonja, live with their three children in Naperville, Illinois. 

A selection of organizations that have benefited from Paul’s counsel include:

  • American College of Phlebology in Oakland, CA
  • Baylor Health Care System Foundation in Dallas, TX
  • Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services in Watertown, WI
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, IL
  • Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, IL
  • Diocese of Austin in Austin, TX
  • Freedom House in Washington, DC
  • Habitat for Humanity International in Americus, GA
  • Hospice of Northeastern Illinois in Barrington, IL
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church in Batavia, IL
  • Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod World Mission Development in St. Louis, MO
  • Lutheran Social Services of Illinois in Des Plaines, IL
  • Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore, MD
  • Madonna Foundation, Lincoln, NE
  • Make-A-Wish Foundation of America in Phoenix, AZ
  • Messiah Lutheran Church in St. Charles, MO
  • Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, OH
  • Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Aurora, IL
  • Provena St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, IL
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Edwardsville, IL
  • Springfield Center for the Arts in Springfield, IL
  • St. Anne Catholic Church in Barrington, IL
  • United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago in Chicago, IL
  • William Woods University, Fulton, MO