Career Fund Raiser Finds Lots of Appeal in New Role as Director

When Marcia Kerz quit her job teaching emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis to create and head the Missouri Governor's Conference on Education in 1975, her goal was to help overhaul the state's education system.

Her first responsibility: raise $350,000.

Ms. Kerz has been raising money for nonprofit organizations ever since, including five years as vice president of the Missouri Historical Society, where she oversaw the charity's $20-million capital campaign, and eight

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