Conversation with Anthony Peebles, Director of Diversity Advancement, Case Western Reserve.
After more than 25 years in financial services, Anthony Peebles made the career switch over to Advancement. While there are many altruistic donors, Anthony has been focused on the business case for supporting CWRU across many academic departments. Additionally, over the past year, corporations, at the C-suite level, have been finding ways to partner with the University to drive real change – on the campus and in the community.

Anthony is active with AADO’s Men of Color in Development group and highlights how being involved with MOCID helps him grow professionally and personally.

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Jen Howe has been leading the Advancement team at the University of Dayton (UD) for nearly 5 years. Her team’s focus on partnerships, both on campus and in the community, allowed for increased connectivity with donors, even though the challenge of Covid protocols restricting in-person interactions. In 5 years, UD has doubled the amount of annual giving to the University to nearly $50 million.

Jenn believes mentors pushed her toward her “deep water” but supported her in the new assignments and responsibilities that helped expand her professional skill sets. Jenn and her team have the University of Dayton Advancement “Flying High.”

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Conversation with Steven Barnes, AVP of Development and Alumni Affairs, Duke Health
Steven Barnes has been with Duke Health now 18 months. In addition to managing a new team, he has been leading development efforts through the throws of the pandemic, at an academic medical institution. Steven shares those experiences as well as how mentoring provided him perspective on his career, which he also shares for those who have similar aspirations.

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As Talent Management professionals, Betsy Jackman and Tahsin Alam are on the front lines of recruiting, developing, and retaining advancement professionals at the University of Michigan and the Rutgers Foundation respectively.  In this podcast we discuss creating the development personnel pipeline, career development, and diversity & inclusion.  Both schools have large advancement shops, however the insights they share in this episode are applicable to Advancement  and Talent Management professional regardless of institution or non-profit size.

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Angelique Grant, Ph. D., brings unique perspective to diversity in the advancement field to the podcast.  Angelique  spent 15 years in major gift and executive leadership roles in Advancement working at institutions such as Princeton University and most recently Florida International University.   She now serves as a Sr. Consultant with the Aspen Leadership Group (ALG), a leading consulting and executive recruitment firm specializing in field of philanthropy.

Angelique has been actively involved in local groups and national committees dedicated to helping diversify Advancement throughout her career.  Now she’s part of the team leading the Diversity Partnership at ALG, which is working to increase the diversity of talent in the advancement shops across higher education.  In this episode Angelique highlights key factors to evaluate for your career growth as well the rationale behind the launch of the Diversity Partnership.

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Patrick Johnson, Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Meharry Medical College has had a varied career in development – in healthcare, private HBCUs, public state institutions, even as a talent recruiter and strategist for Campbell & Company.  In our conversation Patrick highlights the different aspects of each job and how each experience provided him the framework to return back to Meharry Medical College to lead its Advancement shop.

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Chris Collins, VP of Development at VUMC

Chris Collins has been part of the team leading the development shop at Vanderbilt Medical Center for five years, including during the transition when the Medical Center and University split into separate fiscal entities.  Chris discusses his background, core donor principles, and insights on relationships in development in the realm of technological advances in fundraising.

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Jeff Shafer recently joined the UNC Greensboro leadership team as the Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Communications Officer.  Having spent 20 years in Corporate Communications Jeff discusses his transition from Corporate Communications to the Academic Sector.

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Over the past 3 years, Dr. Perry Moulds has lead the dynamic fundraising growth for Belmont University.  Dr. Moulds, who started his career at Ole Miss and Vanderbilt Medical Center, discusses the importance of his mentors and how he approaches leading University with a rising national reputation.

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