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Dave Cook is an entrepreneurial non-profit leader devoted to helping missions reach their full potential. He has served in myriad executive and development roles over a 20-year career. He is animated by his faith and enjoys exploring new and creative ways to promote human flourishing.
Dave is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a bachelors in mathematics and philosophy. He later attained an MBA at George Mason University. Throughout his career, he has applied best practices in entrepreneurship and business to the non-profit world. As Director of Programs at the Youth Leadership Foundation, he more than doubled program capacity and helped YLF be recognized as one of the “Best Non-Profits in the Greater Washington Area” by the Catalogue for Philanthropy. He went on to serve as Executive Director for YLF, establishing the organization’s first annual giving program and securing coverage for YLF’s programs on national television.
Dave’s first foray into the diocesan world was as Director of Operations and Stewardship for a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia. Overseeing all the temporal activities of the church and school, Dave expanded ministry volunteerism, improved school enrollment and initiated multiple capital improvement projects, among other managerial duties. Eventually, Dave moved across the Potomac River to become Director of the Annual Appeal for the Archdiocese of Washington, where he navigated the covid-19 pandemic through novel digital and integrated marketing forms of donor outreach, inspiring nearly 30,000 gifts and $11 million in donations per year from the local faithful to support archdiocesan ministries. He then expanded his horizons internationally, serving as Executive Director for World Villages for Children, the North American development arm of the Sisters of Mary of Banneux, a religious order committed to lifting children out of poverty.
Dave’s past volunteer service includes membership on the Diocese of Arlington Pastoral Council, the Board of Directors for the International Catholic Stewardship Council and the Board of Directors for the Youth Leadership Foundation. He currently serves as Finance Council Chair for Queen of Apostles Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia. He is also a Knight of Columbus, Eucharistic adorer, lector, basketball coach and men’s group leader at his parish. Dave is a devoted husband and father of six children. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing basketball and golf, and watching his beloved Fighting Irish on TV on Fall Saturdays.
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