About Us
Marcia Forni Feldman
Marcia started serving Houston non-profit organizations 30 years ago as a social worker. She was the Volunteer Director for the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the Red Cross for five years and during that time she served as the President of the Houston Association of Volunteer Administrators for two years.
In 1982, she became the first Development Director for the Houston Red Cross where she was in charge of all aspects of fundraising, including launching a major effort to raise disaster funds for Hurricane Alicia. In 1984, she was a featured speaker at the National Postal Forum in Washington, D. C. where she spoke on the value of direct mail to non-profit organizations. Marcia also served as the Development Director of Covenant House Texas where she worked with the guild to develop their annual gala and a substantial major donor and foundation solicitation program.
Marcia later joined Grizzard Advertising where she created and produced hundreds of direct mail programs for a variety of non-profit organizations nationwide. She formed Marcia Feldman & Associates in 1989 specializing in direct mail programs, capital campaigns and donor base research, development and analysis.
Current and former clients include: The Children’s Assessment Center, Citizens for Animal Protection, DePelchin Children’s Center, Interfaith Ministries, Medical Benevolence Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, S.E.A.R.C.H., Theater Under the Stars, TIRR, Texas Children’s Hospital, and the Houston Zoo. She has assisted non-profit organizations to raise more than $50 million in captial and operating funds during the last decade.
Marcia received her B.A. from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Marcia’s husband, Michael, is president of Refining Advantage, Inc. They have two children.
Laura Bodenheimer
Laura Bodenheimer began working with Marcia Feldman & Associates in 2005. She has more than twenty years working with corporations, foundations, and individuals developing support for nonprofit organizations. Her experience includes annual fund, corporate sponsorships, direct mail, telefunding, planned giving, endowment and capital campaigns for educational, medical, conservation, animal protection and visual and performing arts institutions. Recent and current clients include Avenue Community Development Corporation, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center, Atlanta, Citizens for Animal Protection, Gulf of Mexico Foundation, the Hermann Eye Fund and Charity Guild of Catholic Women.
Previous work experience includes the Houston Symphony and the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, for which she directed the 96 million dollar capital campaign. Laura served as the Assistant Dean for Development for the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois. Before working in development, she taught at the University of Wyoming and, as a Peace Corps Volunteer, at the College of Health Sciences in Bahrain. She also has corporate experience managing government affairs and philanthropic giving.