Saint Mary's College of California
Vice President for Advancement
Saint Mary's College of California seeks a highly experienced,
innovative, and people-first leader who is deeply committed to the
values embodied in the Lasallian, Catholic, and liberal arts
traditions to serve as its next Vice President for
Advancement.
The next Vice President will join Saint Mary's College at a pivotal
moment. The College recently welcomed President Roger Thompson,
Ed.D. in July 2024 as its 31st president. The College will look to
the Vice President as a key partner to the President in advancing
the Transformation 2028 strategic plan and its underlying Lasallian
values, deepening the culture of philanthropy, creating a more
expansive donor base, strengthening the department's organizational
effectiveness, and ultimately, preparing the campus for a
comprehensive campaign.
From its earliest days, Saint Mary's has been committed to making
exemplary education accessible to all. For 160 years, Saint Mary's
has emphasized service, pursued justice—social, economic, and
racial—and developed respectful partnerships with underserved
communities. Saint Mary's has engaged tens of thousands of students
in an intellectually rigorous, transformative, and whole-person
experience. Each generation of faculty and staff has encouraged a
culture of collective inquiry and innovative thinking that has an
impact beyond its East Bay classrooms and into the wider world. The
Lasallian Catholic heritage supports a truly transformative
education and is part of the essential nature of Saint Mary's
College.
Today, 2,151 undergraduate, 861 graduate students, and 54,620
living alumni call themselves Gaels. Undergraduate and graduate
students are enrolled in the School of Liberal Arts, School of
Science, and School of Economics and Business and Administration,
and the Kalmanovitz School of Education is renowned as one of the
Bay Area's top graduate schools. The College is supported by an
FY24-25 operating budget of $123 million and an endowment of $168.6
million (as of June 30, 2023).
Saint Mary's has proudly been classified as a Hispanic Serving
Institution (HSI) since 2015, with 27% of students identifying as
Latinx. In its deep commitment to the Lasallian tradition of
inclusive communities, Saint Mary's is creating a community that
goes beyond the tolerance of differences to one guided by the call
to love, which is expressed in social justice, cultural competence,
and engaged citizenship. Saint Mary's faculty, staff, and students
celebrate diverse cultures and backgrounds. In fall 2022 and based
on self-reported race/ethnicity data, 57% of traditional
undergraduates identified as from diverse backgrounds, and nearly
one-third of students were Pell recipients. In addition, 27% of
full-time faculty and 29% of full-time staff were from diverse
backgrounds.
The College's beautiful Bay Area campus is nestled in the rolling
hills of Moraga, just 23 miles east of San Francisco. Saint Mary's
is ranked in theU.S. News & World Reportlist of the top five
regional universities in the West. Through internships in Silicon
Valley and beyond, and with ample hands-on research opportunities,
students gain real-world experience. Saint Mary's fields 18 men's
and women's NCAA-Division 1 teams, competing at the highest level
as the only liberal arts college in the West Coast
Conference.
The Vice President is responsible for planning, implementing, and
overseeing a robust, cutting-edge program while serving in the lead
role to cultivate and secure private philanthropic support for the
College. In light of the increasing need for philanthropic income,
the Vice President will bring vision, innovation, and initiative
toward best practices in advancement and the planning of a future
comprehensive campaign. The Vice President will serve as the Chief
Advancement Officer for the campus and advise the President and
other senior-level leaders on all advancement matters. A keen
ability to think strategically at the institutional, departmental,
and individual prospect level is of the utmost importance, and the
Vice President will have the opportunity to leverage the support
and skills of faculty and staff in service to a culture of giving.
The College seeks a collaborative, forward-thinking, and
goal-oriented advancement leader with a robust track record as a
major/principal gift fundraiser, campaign planner with execution
experience, and manager of a sophisticated fundraising operation.
The Vice President will be an inspirational team builder with the
capacity for embedding advancement best practices within
institutional values and motivating the whole Saint Mary's
community toward higher levels of investment.
WittKieffer is assisting Saint Mary's College of California in this
search, which will remain open until an appointment is made.
All applications, nominations, and inquiries are invited.
Applications should include, as separate documents, a CV or resume
and a letter of interest addressing the themes in the leadership
profile which can be accessed on the
WittKieffer website.
Applications, nominations, and inquiries can be directed to:
Melody Rose, Ph.D., Alejandra Gillette-Terran, and Jevon
Walton
SaintMarysCollegeVPA@wittkieffer.com
Saint Mary's reasonably expects to pay in the range of
$325,000-$375,000.
In compliance with applicable law and its own policy, Saint
Mary's College of
California is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse
student and employee
population and does not discriminate in its admission of students,
hiring of
employees, or in the provision of its employment benefits to its
employees and its
educational programs, activities, benefits and services to its
students, including but
not limited to scholarship and loan programs, on the basis of race,
color, national
origin, ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity,
marital status,
medical condition, physical or mental disability.
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