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▪ Supports the day-to-day functionality of Donor Relations and Special Events,
Advancement Communications and Marketing, Advancement Services, and
Operations and Organizational Development.

▪ Leads the annual goal-setting process for advancement operations, including
setting individual and team goals for staff members within his purview.

▪ Manages operating budget and the associated budgets under his purview.

Strategic Operating Management

▪ Serves as the lead planner and enabler of SU’s Advancement annual operating
plan -- including framing, capturing and reporting on key initiatives and

progress toward goals. This also includes facilitating strategic leadership
discussions, management updates and planning retreats to advance the
Institution’s shared objectives.

▪ Represents Advancement in various campus-wide committees, task forces, and
other working groups, including but not limited to the Chancellor’s
Administrative Council.

▪ Serves as the connecting point and provides strategic guidance for multiple

cross-functional projects of varying impact, complexity, and duration.

Resource Administration

▪ As the chief advancements officer (CAO), financial, plant, and talent resources,
works in close partnership with the Chancellor to allocate, steward and manage

the Institution's investment in the advancement enterprise. This includes
developing innovative funding models to effectively resource and fund
advancements operations, inclusive of the capital campaign.