Colm Hegarty

Colm Hegarty has over 25 years of experience working in development and advancement at higher education and community based organizations. Colm started his development career at Cornell University's Corporate Relations department. After moving from New York to San Francisco he worked for the UCSF Foundation's Major Gifts and Communications & Stewardship departments during the University's first campaign, Strength to Strength. From there, Colm moved to the UCSF AIDS Health Project where he built the agency's development program including its signature event, ART4AIDS. With an interest in helping address homelessness in San Francisco for people living with and at-risk for HIV/AIDS, Colm moved to the Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center where he lead its development department during its merger with Continuum HIV Day Services to become Tenderloin Health. Most recently Colm worked at Compass Family Services where he oversaw the agency's growth in general operating private support by over 33% as well as its centennial campaign in 2014 and most recent $30MM comprehensive campaign. Colm has a Bachelor of Arts in Theology and Irish from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and has a certificate in Conflict Resolution from UC Berkeley.