Legacy giving specialist Helen DeBoer-Daggett will assume the role of Editor of Hilborn's monthly newsletter Gift Planning in Canada, following the retirement of the current Editor, John Webster Hochstadt.

Readers of Canadian Fundraising & Philanthropy and its e-news versions will miss John's periodic incisive contributions to this publication, but not nearly as much as Gift Planning in Canada subscribers will miss his analysis, commentary and expert leadership.

Helen, who will take on John's duties in July, currently works at Norfolk General Hospital Foundation as the director of development. Formerly, she was director of legacy giving at Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation.

Helen is well known among gift planning professionals. She has been a faculty member for the Canadian Association of Gift Planning's week-long training program since 2007, presents frequent seminars and conference sessions, and serves on the CAGP Education Committee.  She is also a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and volunteers locally with the Rotary Club of Simcoe. 

Helen is an advocate of donor-centered fundraising and views her profession as the best career one can have. She looks forward to her new role with Gift Planning in Canada as a means to create her own legacy of knowledge and inspiration for the profession she loves.