Martin Lehfeldt is a graduate of Haverford College and Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Among other roles, he has served as program officer for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, vice president for development at Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University), director of development for the Atlanta University Center, president of his own consulting firm, and president of the Southeastern Council of Foundations (SECF). He is also the author of THE SACRED CALL, NOTES FROM A NON-PROFITABLE LIFE, and THINKING ABOUT THINGS, a compilation of his columns for the SECF newsletter.
