In August, 2021, Lacie LaRue was named as the assistant vice president of advancement strategies for University of Oregon Advancement. In this leadership role, she acts as a top strategist and creative leader for the UO Advancement program; overseeing several programs, playing a key role in campaign planning and spearheading UO Advancement’s Digital Transformation initiative. Her goal is to continually find sophisticated ways to utilize data and systems to improve the giving experience, identify the next generation of philanthropic leaders and optimize the work of Advancement.  

She has spent the last 20 years working in the world of higher education fundraising, with positions at the Oregon State University Foundation, University of Maryland, Portland State University and Iowa State University. She has also chaired several national CASE conferences, including the Senior Annual Giving, Multichannel Annual Giving, and Leadership Annual Giving Conferences, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy recognized her contributions to nonprofit leadership in their “40 Under 40” list in 2016.

LaRue holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Iowa State University, a master’s degree in organization leadership from Colorado State University and a certification in Digital Transformation Strategies from Cambridge Judge Business School.