Jamie McMahon

The Foundation recently concluded the Pioneering Pittsburgh's New Workforce campaign, raising more than $90 million from all sources, over the original $65 million goal. He was formerly advancement director for Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, where he worked with the Board of Trustees on annual and major gift fundraising projects, as well as for both Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Museum of Art during his tenure.

Prior to that, Mr. McMahon was a director of development with the Medical and Health Sciences Foundation of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. He also spent a number of years as a fundraising consultant for Ketchum, where his clients included leading nonprofit organizations throughout the United States whose fundraising goals ranged from $3 million to upward of $550 million.

Well known within Pittsburgh’s philanthropic community, Mr. McMahon has presented several times at fundraising conferences in western Pennsylvania as well as at the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) International Conference and national conferences of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). From 2009-2015, he served on the national Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development of the Episcopal Church USA, with three years as its chair. Additionally, from 2011-2013 he served as vice-chair of the board of directors of the Tracing Center on the Histories and Legacies of Slavery; from 2011-2021 on the board of Calvary Episcopal Church in East Liberty with four years as chair; as well as a board member of Forward Movement from 2018-2024. From 2010-2013 he served on the board of directors of the Western PA Chapter of AFP, with two years as treasurer, and returned to the board in 2024 as president-elect.

Mr. McMahon holds an A.B. in English from Dartmouth College, an M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and is presently completing a doctorate in Higher Education Management at the University of Pittsburgh. He also holds the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) certification from CFRE International, the only internationally recognized baseline professional credential for philanthropic fundraising executives.