Dexter A. Bailey Jr. is a fundraising executive with 30 years of experience; including 17 years as a vice president. His expertise includes reengineering comprehensive fundraising programs, complex principal gifts, grateful patients, alumni relations, staff development, and organizational optimization. Dexter often speaks on issues related to campaigns, institutional leadership and the role and experience of minorities in university advancement.

Caltech is the smallest institution ever to secure more than $3.4 billion during its Break Through Campaign that ended in September 2021. Prior to joining Caltech in July 2019, Dexter served for 8+ years as senior vice president for advancement at Stony Brook University and executive director of the Stony Brook Foundation where he spearheaded the most successful campaign in the history of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. He is the recipient of the 2019 CASE Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation Award. He successfully managed development and alumni relations programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of California at Berkeley Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, University of Washington School of Law, and Ohio University College of Education.