Danny Wettreich - Chairman

Danny Wettreich, has been a venture capitalist for over 30 years. With a personal experience of more than 40 different venture capital investments in both the U.S.A. and Great Britain, he is Chairman of Churchill Venture Capital L.P., which primarily seeks to fund early stage technology businesses in Texas. He is also a passionate art collector and is Chairman of European Art Gallery, private dealers in fine art offering one of the largest collections of European paintings in America.

Originally from London, England he has been a U.S. citizen for 15 years, and a Dallas resident for 20 years. In his role as Chairman of Churchill Venture Capital, Danny Wettreich personally becomes involved in each portfolio investment, providing his expertise of both public and private companies to assist in the development of each business. With a background in merchant banking, retail, wholesale, manufacturing, telecommunications, Internet technologies, real estate, and fine art, he is well placed to provide the needed intellectual capital as well as venture capital funds that are required for small companies to succeed. He is actively involved in charitable activities and is currently Chairman of MS Care Foundation, which helps those who suffer from Multiple Sclerosis, and is a director of the World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas.

Steven Richard Silver - President

Steven R. Silver has been a professional fundraiser for the not-for-profit industry for over twenty years. Formerly the President of Philanthropic Services of the Southwest based in El Paso, Texas from 1996 to 2002. Steven was responsible for managing over forty different development programs facilitating small to medium size campaigns totaling over $30,000,000 in the El Paso metropolitan area. He has personally raised over $18,000,000 in El Paso which is regarded as one of the poorest areas in the nation. From 1997 to 2002 he was also Academic Chair of the Marketing Department of the University of Phoenix, and recipient of the University’s Director’s Award for 2002. Previously he was with the Texas Division of the American Cancer Society for two years, and prior to that was for twelve years an Executive Director at Jewish Community Centers in New York, Texas, Missouri and Kentucky. He has been the chairman for  the Charitable Solicitations Commission for the City of El Paso, and also the chairman of the board of the  Hospice of El Paso.  Steven has been a Board Member of Pets for all People; Animal Shelter Advisory Committee: Millennium Community; Hospice of Central New York; United Way of Central New York; United Way of El Paso; Ballet of the Americas; and Tenth Pan American Games. He obtained his Master of Arts Degree from Kansas State University and his Bachelor of Arts from Emporia State University. He has expertise in researching, identifying and accessing funding sources and a successful track record of securing major gifts, and grants. He is adept at organizing annual campaigns and special events, and is skilled in nonprofit administration and the design, planning and implementation of worksite based philanthropic campaigns.

"Fund Development must be more aggressive, more creative, and more donor-centered than ever before. The old methods just do not work any longer. Additionally, volunteers, traditionally, the backbone of fund development in so many organizations, can no longer dedicate and commit the time it takes to effectively raise funds." - Steven R. Silver