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Lani Starkey Appointed Associate Director of Gift Planning at the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation
Attorney/CPA’s experience includes income and estate planning, charitable remainder and lead trusts, business planning, gift annuities and private foundations work
(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation has appointed Lani Starkey as its associate director of gift planning. An attorney and CPA, Starkey most recently served for six years as staff attorney/VP at Crescendo Interactive, Inc., a gift planning solutions provider in California. His responsibilities included conducting tax seminars and conferences; consulting with non-profits and professional advisors nationwide on income, gift and estate tax planning, and other planned giving-related issues; publishing national tax newsletter and articles; and reviewing trusts, wills, and contracts.We are pleased to welcome Lani to the UH Foundation, said UHF President Donna Vuchinich. His broad range and depth of experience in estate tax planning and other areas of planned giving will be of great service to our donors and their advisors in making arrangements best-suited to meet their needs.
A member of the State Bar of California, Starkey’s legal experience includes private and public sector positions. After clerking for a large Texas gas corporation, he served as a judicial extern for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Starkey received his LLM in tax from the University of Florida College of Law. He earned a JD cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law and a BBA in accounting from Southwest Texas State University. He is also a member of the Texas Society of CPAs.
Starkey joins the Foundation’s Director of Gift Planning Susan Lampe, last year’s Association of Fundraising Professionals - Aloha Chapter’s Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year award recipient, in serving the organization’s donors. The UH Foundation’s Office of Gift Planning works with prospects and donors on the opportunities that are available to support the University of Hawaiʻi through deferred giving, and helps them connect with the programs of interest to them. Starkey and Lampe can be reached at (808) 956-8034 or by e-mailing giftplanning@uhf.hawaii.edu. Visit: www.uhf.hawaii.edu/about-officegiftplanning.asp for more information on the Foundation’s Office of Gift Planning.
About the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation
The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is an independent, university-related, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise private funds according to priorities determined by the academic leadership of the University of Hawaiʻi and approved by the Board of Regents. Founded in 1955, the Foundation provides a full range of fund raising and alumni relations services for all 10 UH campuses. For more information on the Foundation, visit www.uhf.hawaii.edu.