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Real Gifts, Real Donors
Gift Planning When It’s Not Your Full-Time Job
Real Gifts, Real Donors: Gift Planning When It’s Not Your Full-Time Job is a practical session designed for development professionals who want to grow planned giving without adding complexity or overwhelming limited staff resources. Through real donor stories and proven strategies, attendees will learn how to focus on approachable, high-impact gifts such as bequests, appreciated stock, QCDs, and donor-advised funds. The session emphasizes simple systems, consistent marketing, and meaningful donor stewardship that can help turn everyday conversations into lasting philanthropic relationships.
Speaker: Bill LaBore — Director of Planned Giving, Loma Linda University Health
William “Bill” LaBore serves as Director of Planned Giving at Loma Linda University Health, where he helps individuals and families develop charitable and estate-planning strategies that reflect their values, support the people they love and create lasting philanthropic legacies.
Bill has more than 30 years of experience in leadership, relationship development, fundraising, sales, and organizational growth. Before joining Loma Linda University Health in 2025, he spent many years in international mission aviation project management, helping develop and manage medical aviation programs serving remote communities in Guyana and the Philippines. His responsibilities included raising funds from private donors to support mission families, aircraft, and aviation operations; building relationships with government leaders; coordinating medical and dental missions; and overseeing operational and financial initiatives.
Throughout his career, Bill has been passionate about serving others, building meaningful relationships, and connecting people with a shared mission. He especially enjoys helping donors identify tax-efficient and purposeful ways to support the causes they care about most.
Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Photographic Engineering Technology from St. Cloud State University and is PGTS certified through the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
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