Frank Cerisano

Frank Cerisano

Frank Cerisano

Mr. Cerisano has 32 years of senior executive management experience and has held many executive positions for a number of national and local organizations in Canada. Prior to opening FCM Network in 2010, Mr. Cerisano served as the Executive Director of Advancement for the Sheridan Institute. With FCM Network Mr. Cerisano has successfully completed term contracts as the Executive Director of Advancement for Centennial College ($300M); Chief Executive Officer of the Bowmanville Hospital Foundation (Lakeridge Health System) ($110M). Also, throughout his career, Mr. Cerisano has held various positions in the healthcare sector where he served as the National Vice President of Development for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and launched a $1B campaign for Type 1 diabetes. Mr. Cerisano was a Campaign Director with Ketchum Canada where he managed to completion a $10M campaign to build the new Woodstock General Hospital, and was part of a team that laid the ground work for Sunnybrook and Women’s Foundation $300M M-Wing expansion campaign. Mr. Cerisano has managed and led a number of campaigns for post-secondary institutions, private schools, hospitals, national health organizations, social service agencies, and organizations serving youth at risk since opening FCM Network. Mr. Cerisano has collectively raised over $4 billion for charities and national organization in Ontario and across Canada. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Golden Horse Shoe, former committee member of Advancement for Colleges Ontario, past Governing Council member of the Brampton Board of Trade; past member of the Economic Development Committee for the City of Brampton and a past member of the Toronto Heritage committee. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University, a post graduate diploma in corporate communication from Seneca College and has participated in the not for profit management course at Ryerson University.

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Health · Education · Community services

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