Biography
Steven H. Biondolillo
Steven H. Biondolillo is the founder and president of Biondolillo Associates, Inc., a marketing and development consulting firm dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations build special-event fundraising programs. Biondolillo is widely recognized both for sparking the national renaissance in “walkathons” and for coining the term “signature event.” Additionally, he has developed what is regarded to be the nation’s premiere training program in the field of special-event fundraising. Since 1984, fundraisers developed by Biondolillo have raised over $750 million.
Biondolillo has been a guest lecturer at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the College of Communication at Boston University, the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, Emerson College, Babson College, the University of Massachusetts College of Management in Boston, the Kellogg-Recanati Graduate Arts Administration Program at Tel Aviv University, and the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Additionally, he has appeared on several national network and cable news programs, including NBC’s Today Show, Fox News and The O’Reilly Factor.
Until 1982, Biondolillo was an elite freestyle wrestler and medalist in national and international competition. He was a member of the coaching staff of Boston College’s NCAA Division I wrestling program, and the founding coach of Babson College's NCWA wrestling program. His op-ed pieces on amateur sports and child welfare have appeared in publications throughout the United States, including The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Constitution, Miami Herald, Boston Herald, Boston Globe and Union Leader.
Biondolillo completed graduate work in English Literature at McGill University in Montreal and language studies at the University of Grenoble in France. He received his BA in English Language & Literature from Boston University.
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