Cambridge appoints new development and alumni relations director

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Alison Traub is currently Campaign Director for the ̽��ֱ�� of Virginia’s $3 billion campaign and Associate Vice-President for Development there.

She will join Cambridge on the back of the 800th Anniversary Campaign which was the first university fundraising drive outside the USA to raise more than £1 billion.

An international appointment reflecting the university’s formidable global reputation and performance, the Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations will carry forward the philanthropic agenda to the next stage. This follows the recent decision by the ̽��ֱ�� to increase substantially its investment in development and alumni relations, including making preparations with the Colleges for the next Collegiate Cambridge Campaign.

Reporting directly to the Vice-Chancellor, Traub will work closely with senior ̽��ֱ�� and College academic and administrative leadership, staff and alumni.

̽��ֱ��Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, said: “ ̽��ֱ��need for philanthropic funding to sustain Cambridge’s position as one of the best universities in the world has never been greater. To be a global leader in education and research requires Cambridge to continue to be a leader in philanthropy. Alison’s is an excellent appointment and we look forward to welcoming her to Cambridge at this time of significant opportunity for the Collegiate ̽��ֱ��.”

Alison Traub said: “It is an honour to join the ̽��ֱ�� at this exciting time as Cambridge charts a course for learning and discovery in the years to come.”

̽��ֱ��Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Development and Alumni Relations Office has the responsibility for building lifelong relationships with the ̽��ֱ��’s alumni body as a whole, for raising major philanthropic gifts from alumni and non-alumni sources; and for communicating persuasively with all audiences to satisfy these objectives.

It works collaboratively with all members of collegiate Cambridge including the 31 colleges.

Alison Traub will take up her new role in June 2013

A senior higher education development executive with considerable experience in major campaigns has been appointed by the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge to lead its development and alumni relations programmes.

Alison’s is an excellent appointment and we look forward to welcoming her to Cambridge at this time of significant opportunity for the Collegiate ̽��ֱ��. 

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Pioneering Cambridge Campaign reaches record US$2 billion

th288 — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:30:55 +0000

Calculated at the average exchange rate for each year of the ten-year campaign, a total of US$1.1 billion (£649 million) was raised by the ̽��ֱ�� and US$905 million (£523 million) by the Colleges.

2010 – 11 has also been a record year for Cambridge with US$215 million (£135 million at current exchange rates) raised.

These figures do not include more than US$640 million (£390 million) of legacy pledges, which will, in turn, create a significant pipeline of benefactions in the future.

̽��ֱ��Campaign has attracted broad support from alumni and friends globally and 54,000 alumni, more than a quarter of the total, have contributed at least once to a College and more than 8,000 have contributed at least once to the ̽��ֱ��

Acknowledging this success, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, said: “This is a remarkable achievement. I pay tribute to my predecessors, Alec Broers and Alison Richard, who saw the need for such a Campaign and then led it with such distinction. ̽��ֱ�� ̽��ֱ�� and the Colleges are immensely grateful to all our donors who have given to this Campaign so generously.

“It is now the right time to declare that the 800^th Campaign is complete. But, paraphrasing Churchill, this is simply “the end of the beginning”. ̽��ֱ��need for philanthropic funding to sustain Cambridge’s position as one of the best universities in the world has never been greater. To be a global leader in education and research requires Cambridge to continue to be a leader in philanthropy. We are beginning, immediately, to prepare for a new, even more ambitious Campaign”.

Bill Janeway, Co-Chairman of the Campaign Board and Senior Advisor to Warburg Pincus, said: “In a time of economic challenge and global competition, the case for philanthropy and fundraising to support Britain’s great universities has never been stronger. Today we celebrate Cambridge’s leadership role in philanthropy and express our enormous gratitude to our benefactors.”

Fellow Co-Chairman and Senior Advisor to Morgan Stanley International Sir David Walker said: “Our alumni and friends in the UK and internationally have responded with generosity and vision to the call of this Campaign. They understand the need for sustained investment if teaching and research are to remain cornerstones of Cambridge’s excellence and ability to seed the world with ideas.”

Celebrating Philanthropy at Cambridge (Full text of speeches - PDF)

̽��ֱ�� ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge today announced it has raised more than US$2.0 billion (£1.17 billion) during the course of its 800th Anniversary Campaign, the largest fundraising total ever announced by a European university. This total places Cambridge in the top rank of fundraising institutions worldwide.

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Cambridge appoints new development and alumni relations director

Pioneering Cambridge Campaign reaches record US$2 billion