Tom Gaffny leaves Epsilon, opens agency.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)(Tom Gaffny Consulting)(Brief article)

Tom Gaffny has left his position of executive vice president of the fundraising division at Wakefield, Mass.-based Epsilon and opened his own agency, Tom Gaffny Consulting. Gaffny had been with Epsilon for 28 years.

The new agency will target small and medium-size nonprofits, he said.

At Epsilon, he oversaw a team of more than 50 marketing professionals, who provide consultative fundraising services and support to nearly 20 nonprofit organizations nationally and globally. In the past two decades, Gaffny has won 23 ECHO awards for creative excellence from the International Direct Marketing Association and more than 200 Creative Awards from the New England Direct Marketing Association (NEDMA). He has also been recognized by NEDMA as the region's Direct Marketer of the Year, and has been singled out as Best Copywriter a record seven times. He is also a contributing editor at The NonProfit Times.

"I was at Epsilon for 28 years, and loved all of it. I was sorry to leave, but it's just time. I've always wanted to try my hand at doing my own thing, and I thought it was now or never," said Gaffny.

His first client is Covenant House in New York City. His email is tomgaffny@hotmail.com

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