OUR CLIENTS AND EXPERIENCE

HIGHER EDUCATION PRACTICE AND INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

The LLLS track record in higher education is particularly strong. We have earned high marks from higher education clients for our abilities to fill multiple positions, address relocation issues, and identify talented advancement professionals across development, alumni, and marketing functions. We also have experience working in concert with offices outside of advancement, such as those for the President and Provost, Human Resources, Admissions, individual academic departments, and deans.

Below is a partial list of our retained searches in higher education.

Arizona State University Foundation (Tempe, AZ)
Vice President for Leadership Giving

American University (Washington, D. C.)
Assistant Vice President of Advancement
Director of Individual Giving
Director of Development

Babson College (Wellesley, MA)
Director of Planned Giving
Parent Giving Officer
Leadership Gift Officer

Bentley University (Waltham, MA)
Managing Director of Leadership Gifts
Managing Director of Planned Giving
Managing Director of the Bentley Fund
Managing Director of Advancement Information Systems
Director of Parents and Family Programs

Blessed John XXIII Seminary (Weston, MA)
Director of Institutional Advancement

Boston University School of Medicine (Boston, MA)
Director of Leadership Gifts

Capital University (Columbus, OH)
Associate Vice President for Advancement and Chief Development Officer

Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Assistant Vice President, Deputy Director of Alumni Relations
Director of Annual Giving
Director of Development Planning
Director of Individual Giving
Director of Development Marketing and Communication
Director of Gift Planning
Director of Advancement Research
Director of Prospect Management and Donor Services
Director of Major Gifts, Tepper School of Business
Director of Development, School of Computer Science
Associate Director of Corporate Relations
Associate Director of Gift Planning
Assistant Director of Foundations
Major Gift Officers (10)

Colby College (Waterville, ME)
Associate Vice President, Director of Communications
Director of Corporate, Foundations and Government Relations
Senior Major Gifts Officer

Columbia University (New York, NY)
Deputy Vice President for Development, Professional Schools and Programs
Executive Director, Columbia College Fund
Director of Development, The Earth Institute

Coppin State University (Baltimore, MD)
Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
Assistant Vice President for Corporate and Foundation Relations
Director of Leadership Giving

Davenport University (Grand Rapids, MI)
Executive Vice President for Advancement

Framingham State College (Framingham, MA)
Vice President of College Advancement

Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)
Associate Vice President of College Advancement
Director of Alumni and Parent Relations

Hartford Seminary (Hartford, CT)
Director of Institutional Advancement

Harvard Law School (Cambridge, MA)
Director of Development
Director of the Harvard Law School Fund
Director of Alumni Relations
Associate Director of Major Gifts

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (Cambridge, MA)
Director of Development

Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (Cambridge, MA)
Director of Major Gifts – International and Global Affairs and Development
Director of Major Gifts – Women and Public Policy Program

Indiana University ( Bloomington, IN)
Assistant Dean of Advancement, College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Dean of Advancement, School of Law

McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, CANADA)
Managing Director, Primary Gifts

Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Associate Vice President for University Development
Director of Individual Giving
Senior Director of Development, Eli Broad College of Business

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Senior Major Gifts Officer, MIT Sloan School of Management

Montserrat College of Art (Beverly, MA)
Dean of Development

Newbury College (Brookline, MA)
Vice President of Development

Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
Associate Director of Foundation Relations
Director of Development, School of Law
Director of Prospect Research
Director of Annual Giving
Director of Corporate Relations

Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Regional Director of Major Gifts/Chicago, Kellogg School of Management
Major Gifts Officer/New York, Kellogg School of Management

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (Cambridge, MA)
Senior Major Gifts Officer

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) 
Senior Advancement Officer, Foundation Relations
Senior Advancement Officer, Individual and Planned Giving
Senior Advancement Officer, Corporate Relations
Senior Advancement Officer, Major Gifts
Advancement Officer, Major Gifts

Salem State University (Salem, MA)
Associate Vice President of Development

Simmons College (Boston, MA)
Executive Director of Alumni Relations
Director of Development and Alumni Relations, School of Management
Senior Director of Advancement Communications
Director of Prospect Research
Associate Director of Major Gifts
Associate Director of Alumni Relations
Associate Director of Simmons Foundation

Spelman College (Atlanta, GA)
Associate Vice President for Development
Leadership Gift Officer (2)

SUNY – Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY) 
Associate Vice President of Development

Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations
Senior Director of Development, School of Medicine
Senior Director of Development, Clinical Programs
Director of Development, Clinical Programs
Major Gifts Officer (three positions)

Texas State University/Texas State University Foundation (San Marcos, TX)
Vice President for University Advancement and Executive Director of the Foundation

Tufts University School of Medicine (Boston, MA)
Senior Director of Development

University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
Senior Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences
Director of Gift Planning
Associate Vice President for Constituent Development
Associate Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Relations
Assistant Dean, Senior Director of Development
Director of Annual Programs

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs and Development
Associate Dean of Development, Harris School of Public Policy
Executive Director of College Development
Executive Director of Development, Becker Friedman Institute
Senior Director of Alumni Relations
Director of Individual Giving/New York City, Booth School of Business
Senior Associate Director of Principal Gifts, Booth School of Business
Regional Director, Individual Giving
Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs and Development

University of Delaware (Newark, DE)
Director of Development, College of Health Sciences
Senior Director of Development, Colleges and Programs

University of Florida College of Medicine (Gainesville, FL)
Senior Director of Development

University of Hartford (Hartford, CT)
Vice President of University Advancement

University of Maryland - Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
Director of Development, School of Medicine

University of Maryland - College Park (College Park, MD)
Director of Foundation Relations

University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Development
Director of Major Gifts, Isenberg School of Business

University of Massachusetts Boston (Boston, MA)
Vice Chancellor for University Advancement

University of Michigan-Dearborn (Dearborn, MI)
Vice Chancellor of Institutional Advancement

University of New Haven (West Haven, CT)
Vice President for University Advancement

University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, NC)
Chief Advancement Officer

University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences, Natural Sciences
Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences
Director of Development (two positions), Lundquist College of Business
Director of Development, School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Director of Development, School of Law

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) 
Director of Major Gifts, California
Major Gifts Officer for Athletics
Major Gifts Officer, New York

University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
Assistant Vice President of Capital and Special Projects
Assistant Vice President of College Advancement
Assistant Vice President of Major Gifts
Associate Vice President, Advancement Services
Associate Vice President, Medical Center
Executive Director of Annual Fund
Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Constituent Relations
Executive Director, Simon School of Business
Executive Director of Leadership Gifts
Executive Director of Principal Gifts
Senior Director of George Eastman Society
Senior Director of Parents Fund
Senior Director of Reunion Giving
Senior Director of Academic Development, School of Medicine
Senior Director of Development for Major Gifts
Director of the George Eastman Circle, University Advancement
Director of Foundation Relations
Director of Foundation Relations, Medical Center
Director of Individual Giving, Simon School of Business
Director of Capital and Special Projects
Director of Stewardship
Director of Major Gifts (2)
Regional Director of Major Gifts (8)
Leadership Gifts Officer

University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
Executive Director of Alumni Relations
Senior Director of Development for Academic Initiatives

Villanova University School of Law (Villanova, PA)
Assistant Dean for Alumni Relations and Development

Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Director of Alumni Relations
Senior Associate Director of Medical Development
Director of Foundation Relations
Director of Capital Projects
Executive Director of Regional Projects
Regional Director of Major Gifts
Senior Director of Development, School of Engineering

Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Assistant Vice President, Alumni and Annual Giving

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA)
Executive Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Executive Director of Planned Giving