Ed Hohlbein, bCRE, brings a BFA from Central Michigan University, an MFA from the University of Georgia, a background in teaching, and over 20 years of experience with nonprofit organizations to his work. An entrepreneur at heart, in 2001, Ed founded Generate, Inc. to provide grant research, writing, and management services to small and medium nonprofits. Generate has since grown into a boutique consulting firm offering high-touch coaching and consulting on Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge and other nonprofit systems to organizations of all sizes. Whether he is training an entire team on the essentials; coaching an executive or development director one-on-one; creating a prospect tracking system for major gift officers; or assisting with system administration, data entry, or data analysis, Ed emphasizes ingenuity and simplicity in all of his projects.