Susie is a 33-year Advancement veteran and experienced leader in higher education.  Over the course of her career, she led on the development and delivery of organizational strategy, global vision and mission, and the development of institutional ambition to underpin transformation.  She has led multiple advancement teams, delivering development and alumni relations programming for academic institutions across multiple countries.

With a proven track record in fundraising, she has been involved in 4 comprehensive campaigns, leading the effort on three, with goals totaling more than $600 million.  Susie has extensive experience with cross cultural and global relationship management.  Her work has included roles in the US at Harvard, in the UK at London Business School, and currently as the new Associate Vice Chancellor at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Susie is committed to the importance of people and relationships in advancement work and often cites the following quote from G.T. Smith … “Donors don’t give to institutions. They invest in ideas and people in whom they believe.”

Her relationship with CASE started in the early 90’s as an active member of CASE District I.  More recently she served as the inaugural Chair of the CASE UK & Ireland Cabinet before moving to Abu Dhabi. 

As Executive Director of Operations and Donor Relations Katherine’s role encompasses all areas of Advancement services, as well as oversight of strategy and planning, budgeting and people activities.

Katherine joined London Business School in 2009 as Director of Advancement Operations working alongside the Associate Dean, Advancement to prepare the school for its first comprehensive fundraising campaign. This involved setting up the operations function and preparing the foundation for successful friend and fundraising across the department. London Business School closed its campaign two years early in summer 2016 having raised £125m and 124,000 volunteer hours.

Before moving into the education sector, Katherine was Head of Development Services at Southbank Centre, the UK’s largest multi-disciplined arts centre. During her time there, the Development Department successfully delivered the £111million transformation of the Royal Festival Hall. She began her career at Arts & Business, where she headed up a team of consultants advising arts organisations on how they can benefit from corporate philanthropy and sponsorship.