Background
Kuespert, Cynthia Henderson was born on December 10, 1934 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Clyde Patterson and Winifred (McElwain) Henderson.
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Cynthia Henderson Kuespert
Edit ProfileFund raising and campaign management consultant
Education
Bachelor, U. Nebraska, 1956; Master of Arts, U. Delaware, 1984.
Career
Reporter, Lincoln Journal, 1954-1956; placement supervisor, editor hospital newspaper, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1956-1958; consultant, Delaware State Arts Council, Wilmington, 1974-1975; program coordinator arts, administrative coordinator, executive director and founder Arts Commission, City of Wilmington, 1975-1979; executive director, Christina Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington, 1979-1982; director development, Wilmington Friends School, 1982-1991; capital campaign advisor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1st Presbyterian Church, Newark, since 1991; senior associate, MacIntyre Associations, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
President Wilmington chapter Junior League, 1973. President Childrens Bureau Delaware, 1977. Founder Wilmington Arts Commission, 1979.
Sponsor World Affairs Council, 1980. Member steering committee council executive directors United Way, Wilmington, 1980. Member of council Delaware Humanities Forum, Wilmington, 1984-1990.
Chairman long range planning committee Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington. Member National Society Fundraising Executives (board directors, officer 1985, national board 1988-1990, national vice-chair external relations 1993, Outstanding FundraisingExec. Brandywine chapter 1993), Greenville Country Club (board directors), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Lambda Delta, Gamma Alpha Chi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Kappa Kappa Gamma (president Delaware association 1968-1970).
Connections
Married Warren Brooker Burt, June 8, 1956 (divorced 1980). Children: David Henderson, John Warren. Married Don Raymond Kuespert, January 2, 1983.
Stepchildren: Jonathan Godard, Jeanne Alison.
