Jessie Muhm is passionate about connecting donors with initiatives that promote social good. Today, she is Director of Advancement for the College of Engineering, UW.  In this role, she leads the Campaign for Students, focusing on fundraising for an interdisciplinary engineering building, programs that promote access for students of diverse backgrounds as well as student leadership programs. Jessie manages a team of junior gift officers who are discovering donor prospects, providing support to each officer as they cultivate, solicit and steward individual donors.  

Prior to serving as Director, Jessie was a major gift officer and before that served as a discovery officer with the College of Engineering.  In these roles, Jessie raised philanthropic gifts in support of specific engineering departments. Previously, she was the Leadership Gift Officer for City Year Seattle/King County.  Her fundraising career began nearly 15 years ago in Washington DC where she raised funds for American Rivers, a national conservation organization.

Jessie graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Seattle University.  In her spare time, Jessie can be found exploring nature's most beautiful destinations with her husband and their beloved dog, Indie.