Tell us about your journey in advancement and where it’s led you.

In Latin America, not many universities have a philanthropy program like you see at universities in North America. We were considered pioneers at Universidad de los Andes because we grew the program through a strategic plan to raise money. I started the office with a staff of three, and we had 20 when I retired last year. We did prospect research and took care of our donors. I attended CASE Summits every year and always brought back a bag of books and read them all. 

Colleagues throughout the region would call me and ask how we were doing it. I would help whenever I could. I knew that’s how I wanted to spend my retirement, so I founded Philanthropic Boutique, a consulting business.