After an extensive search, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education is excited to announce the appointment of Heather Hamilton as Executive Director of CASE’s Asia-Pacific region.
In this role, effective 6 January, Hamilton will oversee the development and delivery of CASE training and professional development programs and services that support alumni relations, advancement services, communications, fundraising and marketing professionals who work at educational institutions in the region.
“Heather's impressive background in educational advancement, along with her deep volunteer experience with CASE, makes her the ideal person to lead our team in Singapore and expand our activities throughout the region,” said CASE President and CEO Sue Cunningham.
Hamilton currently serves as the Executive Director of Advancement and Community Relations at Brisbane Grammar School, an all-boys school in the capital city of Queensland, on the eastern shore of Australia, where she leads a team of 10 professionals and manages relationships with 300 volunteers.
Prior to BGS, she served as the Director Annual Giving, Donor Relations, and Marketing and Communications (Advancement) at the University of Queensland and Director of External Relations at The University of Western Australia Business School. Earlier in her career she held positions within the corporate sector in marketing, communications, stakeholder relations, and human resources.
“I am very excited to be joining the CASE community,” Hamilton said. “As a global citizen, originally from Canada and having also lived and worked throughout Australia and Asia, the CASE vision to transform lives and society worldwide, very much resonates with me. The opportunities to further develop the regions membership and programming are immense.”
Within CASE, Hamilton has served as chair of the schools programme at the 2019 Asia-Pacific Annual Conference, as a member of the CASE Commission on Communications and Marketing, and as a conference speaker and volunteer at numerous CASE events.
Hamilton will be the third executive director in the Asia-Pacific region since CASE founded an office in Singapore in 2007. In the decade that has followed, CASE has successfully expanded its educational and networking opportunities, hosting major conferences, institutes and study tours in Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and the Middle East.
About CASE
CASE—the Council for Advancement and Support of Education—is a global, not-for-profit membership association with a vision to advance education to transform lives and society.
CASE is the home for advancement professionals, inspiring, challenging, and equipping them to act effectively and with integrity to champion the success of their institutions. CASE defines the competencies and standards for the profession of advancement, leading, and championing their dissemination and application with more than 97,000 advancement professionals at 3,100 member institutions in 80 countries.
Broad and growing communities of professionals gather under the global CASE umbrella. Currently these include alumni relations, development services, communications, fundraising, government relations, and marketing. These professionals are at all stages of their careers and may be working in universities, schools, colleges, cultural institutions, or other not-for-profits. CASE uses the intellectual capital and professional talents of a community of international volunteers to advance its work, and its membership includes many educational partners who work closely with the educational sector.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., CASE works across all continents from its regional offices in London, Singapore, and Mexico City to achieve a seamless experience for all its stakeholders, particularly its members, volunteers, and staff.