2022 40 Under 40 Winners

Beth built her company, Beth Interactive Inc., from a one-woman business to a full-service agency with a team of 10 that helped clients raise more than $5 million in 2021.

Over the past five years, Beth has led her team to help clients raise more than $16 million through more than 2,750 digital campaigns.

She has served clients in more than 12 states, including healthcare institutions like AdventHealth Foundation, Centura Health Foundation, Essentia Health Foundations, NorthShore University Health Foundation, St. Luke's University Health Network, and others.

She is a regular presenter with AHP, having presented at the AHP International Conference and on AHP webinars.

"Serendipity! I graduated with degrees in completely unrelated fields (writing poetry and French) and landed a job at an advertising agency, thanks to a friend I had studied abroad with. My first client was a community hospital in Chicago, where I was later hired to manage their website. 

I then worked as a digital marketing manager for a few hospitals before my husband and I moved to Germany in 2010 which is when I started Beth Interactive. Since then, our agency has moved from digital marketing to digital philanthropy, and my heart has always been in health care."

Honestly, I really stumbled into it during my winding career path. And I continue to work in healthcare philanthropy because of our incredible clients and the people we are able to serve through their foundations. We partner with the kindest, most deeply passionate and wonderful people and it's an honor to support them in the impactful work they're doing within their communities. 

I've actually had a few pivot points in my career. Moving to Germany in 2010which is when I started my company was a huge one. Another was moving back to the US in 2013 to focus on expanding the business and being closer to family. And actually, a third was attending the AHP International Conference for the first time in 2017! There, we met many of the clients we still work with today and that conference showed us that our passion truly lay in healthcare philanthropy.

My greatest passion is people. I love the healthcare organizations that we serve but truly it's the relationships with the lovely, compassionate and talented people who work there that make my job the joy that it is. And I am incredibly lucky to be supported by an absolutely exceptional team at Beth Interactive!  We all care deeply about the people we work with and their families. I am both proud and honored that many of my clients and team members have become friends for life.

Be curious! Learn as much as you can from as many people and places that you can. See what other healthcare organizations across the country are doing within philanthropy and look outside healthcare, too! How are organizations building relationships with their audiences in higher education, other non-profits or even retail? Your passion for learning will inspire and energize your work.