The National Multiple Sclerosis Society in Scripps Ranch has named Erich Foeckler as donor relations officer at its San Diego-based Pacific South Coast Chapter, which serves San Diego, Imperial and Orange counties. The announcement was made by Richard Israel, president of the Pacific South Coast Chapter.
Foeckler, with more than 25 years of philanthropic fundraising management experience in both the non-profit and private sectors, will be involved in strategic philanthropy. His responsibilities include major gifts to the chapter’s Golden Circle, which recognizes annual gifts exceeding $1,000, as well as the Lawry Circle, a deferred planned giving program for gifts from estates, annuities, trusts, retirement assets and savings bonds. The Lawry Circle is named after Sylvia Lawry, founder of the National MS Society in 1946 and its chief executive until 1982.
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Prior to joining the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Foeckler worked in fundraising for Home Start, Inc., St. Madeleine Sophie's Center, Being Alive San Diego and Episcopal Community Services.
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Foeckler has earned the Certified Fund Raising Professional designation from Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) International, a fundraising industry trade group that sets standards in philanthropy. He currently serves on the board for The Association of Community Housing Solutions, a housing developer providing permanent supportive housing for low-income and special-needs individuals. He also is active as a member of the San Diego chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a continuing education approved provider.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Pacific South Coast Chapter, based in San Diego, supports MS research and provides programs and services in San Diego, Orange and Imperial counties for people affected by MS, a chronic, unpredictable and disabling disease of the central nervous system with no known cause, cure or prevention. MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young- to middle-aged adults. Most people are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, and more than twice as many women as men have MS. For more information about the National MS Society’s Pacific South Coast Chapter, visit www.mspacific.org.
