The University has appointed Sarah Jarman as its new Director of Development and Alumni Relations.
Sarah takes up her post in late April and will head the development and alumni relations functions for the University? as well as overseeing volunteer fundraising activity.
Sarah joins BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 from the University of Bristol? where she has been Acting Director of Campaigns and Alumni Relations? and previously Deputy Director of Campaigns and Alumni Relations and Head of Major Gifts. She has led the major gift fundraising effort at Bristol? including its ?100m Centenary Campaign? resulting in sustained income growth.
Sarah has over 13 years’ experience in fundraising and a further 12 in sales? marketing and commercial procurement. To date? her fundraising achievements include a $9m grant from a US foundation and multiple six–figure donations and grants from individuals? companies? trusts and foundations? totalling in the region of ?11m.
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Sarah Jarman adds: “BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 is a world-class university and I am delighted to accept the role as Director of Development, at a time when the importance of alumni relations and philanthropy to higher education is becoming increasingly recognised, not least by the Vice Chancellor.
“I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Bristol preparing for and launching their ?100M Centenary Campaign. I am now looking forward to building on BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载’s philanthropic history, by leading the development strategy to significantly increase engagement with alumni and philanthropic support to the University.”
The University began actively seeking philanthropic donations in the mid 1980s. Signalling the importance of these activities and their growing success, the BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 University Development Trust was established in 1986. Recent successes include the University’s largest-ever philanthropic gift, received for the new Life Sciences Building, and an ongoing campaign to raise ?2.85m to purchase the Broadlands Archives, an exceptional collection of manuscripts shedding light on the history of the UK and its relations with its colonies and foreign powers, in order to assure the future of the collection.
With over 160,000 alumni based around the world and a growing group of supportive friends, trusts, foundations and corporations, the University now raises well over ?2m annually – a figure that is anticipated to rise to ?3m over the coming year. As higher education faces increasing cuts and traditional funding sources become more competitive, the impact of philanthropic support to the University and future generations of students will become much greater.