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Michael J. Rawl, Principal
Earlier in his career, Michael worked as a journalist, advertising copy writer and corporate executive in the Washington, DC area. Before forming Horizon in 2001, he managed a series of family, corporate and community foundations, including the Intelligent Electronics Foundation, Sanford Foundation, Mid-Shore Community Foundation and Chester County Community Foundation. Rawl opened the southern Delaware office for the Delaware Community Foundation and serves as executive director of the Greater Lewes Foundation. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland.
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Mark Chura, Executive Director, Horizon Construction Services
Mark brings extensive nonprofit and construction experience to his role as Director of Horizon Construction. After nearly 20 years as a senior staff person overseeing building projects for DNREC, Mark worked for Schell Brothers, a major regional construction firm. He then served as executive director for two statewide land preservation organizations before helping form Horizon Construction in 2016.
Since then, HCS has overseen nearly $30 million of nonprofit projects, each benefitting from Mark’s personal care and attention to quality, detail and cost.
During the last several years, Chura assisted Horizon clients with site acquisition for the Lewes Public Library; the complete renovation of the Lewes History Museum facility; new entrance roads, parking and event facilities for Fort Miles Historical Association and, design and expansion of the Lewes Senior Activity Center. Mark is also working on infrastructure and construction planning for the new Sussex Montessori School. We recently completed major renovations to the iconic St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lewes and are beginning plans for a new church community center.
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Karen McGrath
A former non-profit executive herself, Karen served retired US Senator Tom Carper as his Sussex County Regional Director from 2020-2025. Her numerous contacts and extensive experience can now be put to use for Horizon clients seeking support from private, state and Federal proposal work. Karen has expertise in Grants.gov, is knowledgeable about the needs and opportunities for municipal funding and has assisted numerous Delaware towns and non-profits with grants and resources to address local needs.
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Patricia L. Anderson, Senior Associate
Patricia brings extensive experience from both the private and public sector that has afforded her significant opportunities and growth in areas of talent recruitment, full spectrum of HR functions, position creation and development on the national level, labor relations, labor disputes, negotiations, mediations, as well as staff and leadership development. Along with her 20+ years in management in the private sector, Patricia has served over 15 years in all three branches of Delaware’s government and was the CEO for a leading not for profit trade association before coming to Horizon Philanthropic. She brings a demonstrated history of leadership in areas of coordination between constituent parts of organizations and governmental entities.
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Susan Hyde - Associate, Digital Marketing
Susan is a seasoned marketing and project management professional with over 15 years of experience. She specializes in website management, social media strategy, and e-newsletter distribution to drive engagement. Susan excels in streamlining communications, creating content, and leading marketing campaigns.
A creative designer for Horizon, Ray possesses a strong passion for design and client satisfaction that fuels him to deliver innovative concepts from start to finish. Ray earned his bachelor’s degree in Art/Graphic Design from Towson University and has been in the design industry for more than 20 years. He has worked with many coastal Delaware organizations and strives to not only design for them, but build long-lasting relationships. His specialties are logo design, business identity and branding, marketing materials and print advertising.
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Terri Malewski, Associate
Terri brings significant event planning experience to our clients. She also provides critical client campaign management services… including prospect database development, campaign Gift Table management, design/print/mailing coordination, and campaign activity support.
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Gina Derrickson, Associate, Scholarship Manager
Gina draws on her professional experience to manage the various scholarship funds of the Greater Lewes Foundation, including annual coordination with regional schools and grant distributions to the students.
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Ray Daminger, Associate, Graphic Design
A creative designer for Horizon, Ray possesses a strong passion for design and client satisfaction that fuels him to deliver innovative concepts from start to finish. Ray earned his bachelor’s degree in Art/Graphic Design from Towson University and has been in the design industry for more than 20 years. He has worked with many coastal Delaware organizations and strives to not only design for them, but build long-lasting relationships. His specialties are logo design, business identity and branding, marketing materials and print advertising.
A creative designer for Horizon, Ray possesses a strong passion for design and client satisfaction that fuels him to deliver innovative concepts from start to finish. Ray earned his bachelor’s degree in Art/Graphic Design from Towson University and has been in the design industry for more than 20 years. He has worked with many coastal Delaware organizations and strives to not only design for them, but build long-lasting relationships. His specialties are logo design, business identity and branding, marketing materials and print advertising.