Beverly Barshafsky Peltier, Director of Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the Augusta Technical College Foundation will be recognized as a National Philanthropy Day Winner from the Association of Fundraising Professionals-CSRA Chapter in the category of Outstanding Fundraising Professional.

Since her arrival to Augusta Technical College in 2003, Ms. Peltier has grown the College’s endowments. Under her leadership, she has successfully established nineteen permanent scholarship endowments including the Barbara Williams Dental Assisting Scholarship Endowment, the Lisa Nagle Medical Assisting Scholarship Endowment, the Thomas Brooks Electronics Technology Equipment Endowment, the Roberts/Jones Criminal Justice Scholarship Endowment, the Richard J. Dick Edenfield Electrical Construction Scholarship Endowment to cite a few. Assets in these accounts fund total over $850,000 in permanently restricted funds. She currently is working on two additional scholarship endowments for the College’s Cosmetology Program and one for Adult Education graduates of Augusta Tech.

In 2005, Ms. Peltier secured the first ever planned gift from a donor which will completely fund the Thomas Brooks Electronics Equipment Endowment. In 2013, she secured her largest individual gift of a personal residence which was later sold to establish the Harold Mays Aviation Scholarship Endowment valued at $360,000. In 2012, Ms. Peltier received her first commercial donation of the DTimms restaurant in downtown Augusta valued at over $500,000 from a donor.

With the help of generous donors like the Widows of Home of Augusta, the Augusta Warrior Project, Wells Fargo and the Creel Harrison Foundation, Ms. Peltier secured funding for the Special Populations and Military Lending Libraries to purchase textbooks for students each semester. A point of pride for Ms. Peltier is the Augusta Warrior Project grant received by the Augusta Tech Foundation to fund the establishment of a Military Service Center on the main campus of Augusta Tech. A second AWP grant funded the student chapter of the Student Veterans Association to attend the national conference in Orlando, Florida in 2015 with remaining funds being used to promote technical education as a joint partnership between Augusta Tech and the Augusta Warrior project. In addition, Ms. Peltier secured $38,000 in funds from Jefferson Energy and Georgia Power to help purchase equipment for a virtual flow loop simulation lab which helped leverage community support in securing federal funding through the National Science Foundation.

In 2007, she was recognized by the Georgia Educational Advancement Council with the Outstanding Newcomer Award for Educational Fundraising. She was the first technical college advancement officer to be recognized by the organization. Ms. Peltier is an active member of the Board of Directors and a past president of the local chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.