Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs and Development, Cornell Law School

Cornell University welcomes candidates for the position of Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs and Development in our Alumni Affairs and Development division, based in Ithaca, NY. This role presents an exceptional opportunity to contribute to the university's development efforts.

Position Summary

The Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs and Development serves as the chief development officer for Cornell Law School and leads the school's comprehensive development and alumni engagement strategy and serves as a critical bridge between the Law School and the university's Alumni Affairs and Development division. The Associate Dean will partner with a highly engaged dean who is deeply committed to philanthropy and alumni engagement while building on the momentum of Cornell's recently completed record-setting campaign.

Leading a talented team of fundraising professionals, this individual will advance ambitious philanthropic priorities, deepen alumni engagement, and help shape the future of Cornell Law School.

• Serve as the chief development officer for Cornell Law School, leading overall fundraising and alumni affairs strategy.
• Partner with the Dean to establish fundraising priorities, advance strategic initiatives, and manage donor and alumni engagement activities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of nine alumni affairs and development professionals.
• Collaborate with academic and program leaders to identify and advance compelling funding opportunities and priorities.
• Maintain a portfolio of major and principal gift prospects capable of making transformational contributions.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Cornell Law School and university advancement leadership, including Principal Gifts teams and senior Alumni Affairs and Development leaders.

Founded in 1887, Cornell Law School is a top-tier law school. We offer a 3-year JD program for approximately 200 students per class, a one-year LLM program for approximately 120 students from countries throughout the world, and a doctoral (JSD) program for 2-3 new students per year. Cornell Law School has 41 tenured and tenure-track faculty, including 20 with chaired faculty positions;

and 15 clinical professors in the legal research and writing program and in clinics at the local, national, and international level. Our faculty is consistently ranked among the top in the country for scholarly productivity and influence, and has pre-eminence in many areas, including quantitative and qualitative empirical legal studies, international and comparative law, and robust doctrinal scholarship in core fields.

Our school is committed to being recognized as the leader among law schools at combining inspiring theoretical, doctrinal, and experiential teaching with cutting-edge scholarship in a supportive, intellectually rich community, so that our graduates can achieve excellence in all facets of the legal profession.

At Cornell Alumni Affairs and Development, we connect alumni, parents, and friends with opportunities to make a meaningful difference at Cornell and beyond. Our success is built on the strength of relationships, a commitment to excellence, and a culture of collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning. As one of higher education's leading fundraising and engagement organizations, we recently completed a record-setting campaign that engaged more than 221K alumni and raised $6.7 billion.

Joining our team means growing your career alongside supportive, mission-driven, and high-performing colleagues while helping shape Cornell's future.

• Bachelor's degree or 7-10 years of…