Working With "High-Touch” Foundations
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CT
Speaker(s): Brooke Church, Director, Duke Health Foundation Relations & Strategic Partnerships, Duke University, Sarah Fodor, Senior Executive Director, Foundation Relations and Corporate Engagement, Northwestern University, Anita Shirley, Director, Duke Health Foundation Relations & Strategic Partnerships, Duke University, Stacey Winkler, Assistant Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Brandeis University
Competencies: Integrity and ProfessionalismLeadership
Experience Level: All Levels
Elective Session
Working With "High-Touch” Foundations - and Recognizing How They Can Be Our Best Partners - will be a panel discussion including seasoned Foundation Relations officers from a range of institutions of higher education. We will share our experience, insights, tips and strategies for building positive, long-term, mutually supportive relationships with philanthropic foundations that give to institutions of higher education. Audience interaction will be encouraged. Learn some of the common attributes of "high touch" foundations and ways to leverage their interest in your institution to achieve successful outcomes and support.