Meet The Associates

CLIFFORD CHENG | DAN CORCORAN | DONALD KOELPER

Clifford Cheng

Clifford Cheng is the founder and creative director of VOICE, a design firm that develops award winning communications programs including: identity, strategic communication, environments, consumer and business-to-business collateral and fund-raising campaigns. The firms national and international clients are a diverse mix of corporations, emerging companies and non-profit organizations including: Azabu USA, Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate, General Growth Management, Obayashi Group, Hyatt Hotels, Young Brothers, Verizon, JTB, The Honolulu Zoo, The American Cancer Society, Kuakini Hospital, Blue Planet Foundation and Hawaii Preparatory Academy. Clifford is also co-owner and designer for the internationally acclaimed Hawaii Skin Diver Magazine.

Cheng¹s work has been published in numerous design and advertising annuals, periodicals and books. He consistently receives local, national and international awards from leading design organizations including: the Honolulu Advertising Federation PELE Awards, the American Advertising federation ADDY Awards, the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the Society of Publication Designers (SPD). In 2007, his work for the Hawaii Tourism Authority garnered several Gold Pinnacle Awards from the International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA). His work for AIGA Honolulu won both Best In Show design and print at the Hawaii¹s 5-0 Design Competition. More recently, he was awarded four Pele Awards and a 2008 National Addy Award.

Dan Corcoran

Dan Corcoran is a Senior Consultant with Myerberg, Shain & Associates, a national firm providing fundraising services for not-for-profit and charitable organizations, emphasizing planned giving and endowment development, capital and major gift campaigns. He was certified as a fundraising executive in 1983.

He formerly was founder and president of a fundraising company for 27 years. He and his associates have served over 200 clients in 32 states raising in excess of one-half billion dollars.

He was a founding member of the Nebraska and Iowa Chapters of the National Society of Fundraising Executives (now AFP). He has served in every office, including two terms as President of the Nebraska Chapter, and was a National Committeeman for 4 years. He was selected in 1990 by a state-wide panel of peers as "Professional of the Year" in Nebraska.

He was 1 of 12 consultants throughout the United States to work on the Planned Giving and Endowment Building Committee for the American Lung Association at their National Headquarters in New York City.

He holds a Masters Degree in Community Based Programs and a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, attended law school and is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Nebraska’s Masters Program on fundraising topics. He served as a senior instructor in the Professional Fundraising Certification Program.

He worked as Vice President of Development for a hospital (capital, planned giving and endowment development, annual and special events) and earlier for a prominent architectural firm’s many non-profit clients, assisting them with funding sources for various construction projects. He started his fundraising career in the Mayor’s Department, City of Omaha, Nebraska, as the Federal Aide Liaison. He wrote $44 million of successful proposals for the city in less than a 2 year period.

He has held leadership positions and served on many community committees and organizations including the Metropolitan Area Planning Agency. He has attended and participated in numerous educational seminars and conferences throughout his career including the Philanthropy Tax Institute and the Public Management Institute.

He is honorably discharged from the U.S. Army, Captain, Military Intelligence.

Donald Koelper

Donald Koelper is a senior consultant with Myerberg Shain & Associates, specializing in grant writing, proposal development and strategic communications for annual and capital campaigns. He offers a diverse array of personal knowledge and practical experience directly applicable to the needs of the not-for-profit community.

Both Donald’s mother and his grandmother served as executive directors for local chapters of very prominent national not-for-profit organizations, which gave him a lifelong appreciation of the true worth of such organizations to the overall well-being of the greater community. He credits his own "official status" as his mother’s and grandmother’s most reliable "volunteer" with instilling in him at a young age a strong sense of personal obligation to support and promote the public welfare.

Donald attended the University of Washington and the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, where he graduated with honors and a B.A. in History. He twice earned national recognition as an undergraduate from the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society, for his research, analysis and writing on the history of the American West.

His interest in environmental concerns led him to an eventual involvement in public affairs as a grassroots advocate and organizer for such issues. His effectiveness was such that he soon caught the attention of several Hawai‘i state legislators, and shortly thereafter began a long-time stint as a staff member at the State Capitol.

At the legislature, Donald found his intimate knowledge of the not-for-profit community – borne of family background and personal experience – put to good use as chief clerk of the State Senate’s Health and Human Services committee. Later, as a senior legislative analyst for House leadership, his political acumen was such that he was soon known as a very quick study on almost any issue placed before him for advice and disposition, and his well-considered analysis of such matters was often highly regarded by elected officials, staff and citizen advocates alike.