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Fred Leasure

The Rev. Frederick H. Leasure

CFRE, Executive Director

Frederick H. Leasure, CFRE, has served as the Executive Director of the United Methodist Foundation of Western Pennsylvania since 1983. He is responsible for the day-to-day operation and supervision of the ministry of the Foundation. Under his leadership, numerous endowments, scholarships, and other funding arrangements have been developed to support a wide variety of ministries.

Fred is a much-sought-after teacher and lecturer on stewardship and related financial planning topics. His teaching has included service as a faculty member of The United Methodist Planned Giving School, The United Methodist Convocation on Development, and The Association of Fund Raising Professionals “Survey & First Course.” He has authored Exempt From What, and co-authored Achieving Dreams Beyond the Budget and Funding Ministry On Purpose. A frequent contributor of articles in denominational publications, Fred also serves as assistant editor of “Clergy Finance Newsletter.”

During Fred’s tenure with the Foundation, he has been listed in Who’s Who In the East, and the National Society of Fund Raising Executives has named him Fund Raising Executive of the Year. An active volunteer, Fred has served on the Boards of the National Association of UM Foundations, Pittsburgh Planned Giving Council, Magee-Women’s Health Foundation, Magee-Women’s Hospital, and West Virginia Wesleyan College.

A graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College and the Theological School of Drew University, Fred has also completed the Kennedy-Sinclaire and Philanthropy Tax Institute’s planned and deferred giving program, and numerous seminars and courses in philanthropy and taxation through both the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University.

Fred is an ordained Elder in the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, and, before being appointed to the Foundation, he served local churches in northwestern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey. Fred is a member of the Board of Trustees at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Fred and his wife, Amy, live in the South Hills of Pittsburgh and are the parents of four sons.

 
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