Diane Hardy
Manager of List Services/
Co-Managing Director

Diane Hardy joined National Fundraising Lists in 2004 and has over 16 years of list industry experience. Diane is responsible for the day-to-day management of the staff as well as serving as the lead manager in brokerage and management for Washington Animal Rescue League, and consulting on other clients’ accounts. Prior to joining NFL, Diane managed a group of business-to-business list professionals. Her group provided a variety of services to the list community including analysis, list management and brokerage, and research. In 2011, Diane presented “Brokerage 101” at the DMAW List Bazaar and published an article entitled "It’s Just One Big List," The Nonprofit Times. In 2006, Diane published an article entitled "List Fatigue" in DMAW Marketing Advents. She also co-chaired the DMAW List Bazaar in 2006 and 2007. Diane is a member of Direct Marketing Association and Direct Marketing Association of Washington. She has a BBA in marketing and a Master of Science in management from the University of Maryland.

E-mail: dhardy@nflists.com

JoAnn Nemecek
Senior List Strategist/
Co-Managing Director

JoAnn Nemecek joined National Fundraising Lists in 2005 as an account executive. JoAnn has over 12 years of direct-marketing experience and has been both a list manager and list broker for Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Cancer Center for Detection and Prevention. Currently, JoAnn is the senior list strategist for NFL and works on analysis projects and data interpretation for all of NFL’s clients. Prior to joining NFL, JoAnn was a direct-mail account executive for Creative Direct Response and worked on accounts such as MADD, MADD Canada and Help Hospitalized Veterans. Prior to joining CDR Fundraising Group, JoAnn worked in market research for a large commercial direct-mail company as a data analyst, performing geographic, demographic and psychographic lifestyle profiling. She has a B.S. in mass communications and advertising.

E-mail: jnemecek@nflists.com

Larry Reinhardt
Senior List Specialist/
Account Executive

Larry joined National Fundraising Lists in 2007 and is responsible for working with start-up and existing clients and researching test lists for all of NFL’s clients. Larry brought to the company 15 years of experience managing and brokering lists at NameBank International, where his clients included financial and investment publishers, alternative health products, precious metals dealers and international travel publications. Larry is currently providing brokerage services for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Larry is a valuable asset for finding, selecting, testing and evaluating mailing lists.

E-mail: larry@nflists.com

Linda Phipps
Senior Account Executive

Linda joined National Fundraising Lists in 2001 as a production assistant and has since been promoted to senior account executive. Linda has experience working with health and veterans clients, and currently provides list brokerage and management services for HHV-Disabled War Veterans and Wounded Warrior Project. In addition to her client work, Linda reviews and approves list campaigns for other list account executives, assists in training new staff, and is the list contact person on Agency Plus™— a role which involves creating reports, developing new modules and troubleshooting list issues. Linda is a member of the Direct Marketing Association of Washington. 

E-mail: lphipps@nflists.com

Melissa Patterson
Senior Account Executive

Melissa joined National Fundraising Lists in 2000 as a junior account executive and has advanced to her current position of senior account executive. Currently, Melissa is the list broker and manager for National Humane Education Society, Concerns of Police Survivors, Mays Mission and The Breast Cancer Relief Foundation. In addition to her direct client work, Melissa assists in the training of staff members and provides guidance on client campaigns. She has a B.S. in sociology from Frostburg State University.

E-mail: mgpatterson@nflists.com

Gaea Scott
Account Executive

Gaea came to CDR Fundraising Group in 2004, after graduating from Salisbury University with a B.A. in Fine Arts. Working in an administrative support position, Gaea transitioned into National Fundraising Lists in 2005. She currently provides list brokerage and list management services for Support Our Aging Religious and list management services for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. She also provides production support for several account executives in the list division.

E-mail: gscott@nflists.com

Renee Washington
Account Executive

After two years of serving as HR administrator and executive assistant to the president of CDR Fundraising Group, Renee joined National Fundraising Lists in 2009 as a junior account executive. She was promoted to account executive in 2011. She provides list brokerage and management services for Marine Toys for Tots and American Parkinson Disease Association, and is responsible for acquiring names to mail in acquisition and managing the use of the donor names by outside mailers. 

E-mail: rwashington@nflists.com