Viken Mikaelian was the first to bring planned giving to the Internet in 1999. Since then, his firm PlannedGiving.com has helped over 1,200 nonprofits get their planned giving programs online. Many people make a living by complicating planned giving. Viken makes his by keeping it simple.
Viken has presented at over 450 planned giving councils, AFP and AHP chapters, foundations, and banks, and five times at the PPP. He publishes Planned Giving Tomorrow (circulation 15,100), a quarterly magazine with marketing ideas for all fundraisers.
Viken graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as a pre-med student.