Gail Ferris is the assistant vice president for advancement administration at The George Washington University. His oversees gift agreement administration, biographical records, gift processing, and database services/reporting. He has also served in advancement services at Yale, Georgetown, Catholic, and American Universities, and World Wildlife Fund and US Holocaust Memorial Museum. He served 10 years on the faculty of the CASE Summer Institute for Advancement Services, chairing twice, and has chaired CASE's Gift Processing and Donor Records Workshops. He is the recipient of the CASE Crystal Apple Award for outstanding teaching and has authored chapters in several books published by CASE.