Planforgifts Holdings Inc. was founded in 2007 as a solution to the difficulties facing charities and non – profit organizations in creating and managing gift planning programs. Planforgifts Holdings Inc. has discovered that there is a commonality of problems and effective solutions to everyday needs in any gift planning program. The founder of Planforgifts Holdings Inc., Leslie Howard, has extensive experience in planned giving.

Through this website, Leslie Howard, an independent planned giving consultant, shares with you the benefit of her collective experience with many non-profit organizations. In working with her clients, Leslie has discovered that there is a commonality of problems and effective solutions to everyday needs in any gift planning program. In recent years, she was The Director Gift Planning at VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation and served on the Board of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP-ACPDP) Vancouver Roundtable for 5 years, holding several positions including Chair. She is a sought-after speaker at many regional and national conferences on planned giving.

Previously, Leslie had 17 years experience in the financial sector which included 10 years as an investment advisor with Pemberton Securities (now part of RBC Dominion Securities) and 7 years with RBC Financial Group, working in the field of trust and estate planning. She consulted with both private clients and charities, providing investment and gift planning advice. Leslie has a BA from Carleton University and during her career she completed and maintained the requirements for the designation Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI), and the Personal Financial Planner (CFP) designation from the Institute of Canadian Bankers.