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What the New Tax Law Changes Mean for Your Donors — and How to Talk About It
June 05, 2026
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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Community Service Building
100 W 10th St
Wilmington, DE 19801
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AFP Brandywine Chapter in partnership with AFP Greater Philadelphia Chapter
Tax law changes create both uncertainty and opportunity for donors. Fundraisers who understand the landscape are better positioned to deepen relationships and inspire meaningful gifts. In this conversation-style session, AFP Greater Philadelphia President Liz Marafino Fiola sits down with Christopher Woehrle, a nationally recognized expert in charitable gift planning and adjunct professor at the Charles Widger School of Law, to unpack what recent and anticipated tax law changes mean for your donors and how you can talk about them with clarity and confidence. Drawing on his rare vantage point as a tax attorney, educator, fundraiser, and donor himself, Woehrle offers practical insight that translates complex law into language that serves the fundraiser-donor relationship.
Event Schedule and Pricing
8:30 a.m. - Doors Open / Networking
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Program
$15/AFP Member; $35/AFP Non-Member
About the Presenters
Liz Marafino Fiola, CFRE is Senior Major Gift Officer at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, where she focuses on major donor cultivation and stewardship, endowed funds, and planned giving. Her work at Villanova Law is what brings her into regular collaboration with the University's graduate tax faculty, including colleagues like Christopher Woehrle, and informs her deep interest in how tax law intersects with donor decision-making and the fundraiser's role in those conversations.
She currently serves as President of the AFP Greater Philadelphia Chapter, where she is committed to building the knowledge and confidence of the region's fundraising community. She will serve as moderator and interviewer for this session, drawing on her experience as both a frontline fundraiser and a chapter leader to ask the questions practitioners most need answered.
Christopher P. Woehrle, JD, LLM earned his JD and LLM (Taxation) from the Widger School of Law at Villanova University, where he is also a member of the Graduate Tax Program Advisory Board. Chris is a magna cum laude graduate of Cornell University. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar and teaches charitable gift planning and principles of wealth management in the LLM taxation program at the Widger School of Law. Chris is a corporate trainer for Clarity2Prosperity, where he co-created a tax-planning training course for financial advisors serving the mass affluent. He recently retired as a professor from the College for Financial Planning.
Chris brings to both his teaching and writing his experiences as a private investor with a privately held, employee-owned trust company and advisory firm in suburban Philadelphia. He has published extensively on the coordination of charitable gift planning with retirement planning. In 2017, he received a Distinguished Author Award by vote of the readers of Trusts & Estates, a pre-eminent wealth management journal.
Please Note:
- Program will be presented in-person only in Room 105 of the Community Service Building.
- Validated parking in the Community Service Garage, 111 W. 11th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. This the only garage available for validation.
- If the "FULL" sign is lit at the garage, please let the attendant know you are going to a meeting in the Community Service Building. CSB allows space for AFP program attendees. Bring your parking ticket to the program for validation.
- This event is approved for 1.0 CFRE Education Point.
To register, please visit the link below and complete your registration through the AFP-Brandywine website:
