For more than three decades, Kim Gaskill has been a trusted advisor to nonprofits, schools, foundations, and mission-driven leaders.

As the founder and principal of Gaskill Strategies, she has led transformational campaigns, crafted strategic plans, and helped organizations raise over $500 million in support of causes that shape communities and change lives.

Kim is known for her “collaborative approach, seamlessly integrating into client teams to foster a spirit of unity and shared purpose. She navigates complex challenges with a clear, strategic mindset, and her enthusiasm and optimism inspire confidence, align stakeholders, and motivate teams to new heights.” Her work spans a wide range of sectors, including health care, human services, education, arts and culture, and advocacy.

Her long-standing commitment to this work has earned her deep trust and national recognition—including being named Fundraising Executive of the Year in 2024.

Early and longtime clients include BRIDGES USA and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Since founding Gaskill Strategies, Kim has worked with more than 60 nonprofits and community-based organizations to bring clarity, strategy, and momentum to their missions. She is a skilled organizational strategist and creative thinker with expertise in planning, facilitation, communication, implementation, and evaluation.

Although she has spent the majority of her career leading Gaskill Strategies, Kim’s early roles laid a powerful foundation. At Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA), she led a successful $25 million capital campaign, coordinated the Starry Nights exhibit (a Top 20 Southeastern Tourism event), and published Memphis Parent. As vice president of marketing for the Memphis Redbirds (the St. Louis Cardinals’ AAA affiliate), she shaped the branding of the team, led the launch of AutoZone Park, and helped establish the Redbirds Foundation—adding sports marketing to her extensive toolkit.

Kim is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a graduate of New Memphis Institute’s LDI program and Leadership Memphis, a founding member of GiVE 365 for the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, a former board member for the Christian Community Foundation, and a member of Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

Her accolades include Memphis Business Journal’s Super Women in Business, Top 40 Under 40 (“a few years ago,” she says with a smile), and Memphis Women of Achievement.

All of these experiences are part of Kim’s journey to where she is now—the soul of Gaskill Strategies and the driving force behind the firm’s mission: to help good organizations do great things.

John Gaskill is a skilled writer and editor with more than two decades of experience in journalism and communications and a passion for reporting, researching and storytelling.

He’s comfortable working in a variety of styles including print, web and e-mail formats and has the initiative to find, and the eye to recognize, good stories. After more than a decade as a professional musician and music teacher, John turned his attention to journalism, freelancing for publications across the Mid-South and later working as a reporter, photographer and editor for the DeSoto County edition of The Commercial Appeal.

As director of communications for Church of the Holy Communion, John was responsible for all facets of internal and external communications for the largest Episcopal church in the West Tennessee diocese. During his four years there, the parish’s communications developed a unique voice and garnered several national awards. 

A lifelong Memphian, Linda McNeil graduated LeMoyne-Owen College with a business administration degree and committed herself to working to better her community.

She began her professional fundraising career in LeMoyne-Owen College’s offices of Alumni Affairs and Institutional of Advancement, where she spent seven years. Over her 25-year nonprofit career, Linda has served as the chief fundraiser for some of the city’s most noteworthy nonprofits – BRIDGES, MIFA and the Soulsville Foundation. 

Linda received the Association of Fundraising Professionals Crystal Award for Fundraising Executive of the Year and she was honored as one of the Tri-State Defender’s Women of Excellence in 2015. Linda was most recently honored as one of the recipients of the Memphis Grizzlies 2021 HBCU Empowerment Awards for her positive contributions and impact in the Memphis community. 

She is also a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a graduate of New Memphis Institute’s Fellows and LDI programs, Leadership Memphis, a founding member of Opus One and Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and a founding member of Give 365 for the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. Linda currently serves on the boards of the LeMoyne-Owen College National Alumni Association and St. Mary’s Episcopal School and is a member of the Community Foundation’s Strengthening Nonprofits Grants Committee.

Linda has served on the boards of Collage Dance Collective, Memphis Music Initiative and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Linda is a trusted and valued mentor for many young professionals in our community. She is quick to share her expertise and knowledge and loves nothing more than mentoring newcomers to the fields of fundraising, nonprofit management and community service.