Jack Kreckel has served the development needs of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, for 17 years, 15 in planned giving. He has made over 2,000 individual face-to-face prospect visits. He is co-founder and past president of The Planned Giving Council of Upstate New York, and past chair of CARNARAS, served on the Board of NCPG for three years and chaired NCPG's Education Committee. He is a recipient of the CASE "Heavy Hitter Award" for his presentations in planned giving.