Executive Director of Development, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Executive Director of Development, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The ASU Foundation is seeking an Executive Director of Development for The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (The College). The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of ASU and the university's largest and most diverse college offering unparalleled academic choice and unlimited opportunities for success. As the academic core of the New American University, The College fosters educational excellence, intellectual inquiry, discovery and unmatched access through a unique collection of programs in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.

The College has 90+ undergraduate majors and 140+ graduate degrees housed in 23 interdisciplinary schools and departments. Students are encouraged to pioneer solutions to society's most pressing issues. This is accomplished by inspiring students to be socially aware, critical thinkers and global citizens who create and bring about positive change in the world.

The College's 50+ research centers and institutes address large, complex problems and challenges facing society in hopes of finding solutions and making the world a better place.

The Executive Director of Development for The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is a senior professional who will lead one of the university's largest and most successful comprehensive unit development programs. The Executive Director will foster significant philanthropic investments in the college by providing strategic direction to the academic leadership of the unit, collaborating with development colleagues across the university to promote opportunities to interested prospects, and proactively managing a prospect portfolio.

This individual must be a seasoned development leader with a proven track-record in higher education development. The Executive Director will report to the ASUF Vice President of Unit Development, has a liaison reporting line to The College Senior Vice Provost and Senior Vice Provost and Dean, collaborates with the divisional deans, and serves as a member of The College's leadership team.

• Lead a comprehensive development program that generates more than $35 million in new gifts and commitments annually in support of The College's fundraising priorities
• Hire, supervise, mentor, and evaluate a team of advancement staff supporting the divisions of Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences and The College overall
• Develop successful partnerships that enhance private philanthropic investments in The College including individuals, foundations and corporations nationally and internationally
• Guided by the direction and scope of each prospect's interest, proactively collaborate across the university enterprise to leverage the maximum philanthropic potential of each donor
• Develop and submit written proposals, budgets and other collateral materials needed to secure philanthropic investments
• Provide fundraising expertise and counsel regarding potential development opportunities for evolving programs and priorities
• Collaborate and support deans, school directors, and department chairs in articulating compelling gift ideas and implement plans, goals and activities related to major gift fundraising
• Engage the deans directly with principal and major level prospects and prepare the deans and other college leaders to participate effectively in development activities and prospect appointments
• Participate in strategic planning for academic programs as it relates to fundraising, working closely with the deans and academic leaders to identify fundraising needs and opportunities
• Responsible for achieving the unit and personal fundraising goals/metrics
• Work within the ASU Foundation prospect management and tracking system, following all protocols for visits and solicitations
• Work in a fast-paced, results oriented environment with complex and evolving relationships and priorities
• Familiarity and ability to convey the benefits, concepts and strategies related to estate and gift planning, including bequests, beneficiary designations, donor advised funds, qualified charitable distributions, life income gifts, and…