As the chief development officer, Ivan Adames is responsible for the fundraising and advancement services units at DePaul University, the largest Catholic university in the US.

He was previously the Executive Director of Schools & Programs at Northwestern University where he oversaw multiple schools & program development teams. Ivan also served as the director of development for international programs at Johns Hopkins University. A former Fulbright Scholar (Germany) and CASE Fellow, he has held professional positions at varied education institutions including the Ohio State University, Imperial College London, and the University of Massachusetts Foundation. Adames is a past board member and current advisor of the Science of Philanthropy Initiative at the University of Chicago. He has been an active volunteer for the Council for the Advancement & Support of Education (CASE), having served on the CASE Commission on Philanthropy, district leadership boards, and on multiple conference faculty. Ivan was a recent contributor and chapter author for the book Advancing Higher Education: New Strategies for Fundraising, Philanthropy, and Engagement (2019)

Nancy Bikson a US-qualified private client lawyer who has spent the past 25+ years advising charities, universities and philanthropists in international fundraising and giving.  She is the MD of Chapel & York, an global company which advises donors in their philanthropic activities and which offers a complete international fundraising service to organisations - everything from strategy, to on-the-ground local services to creating a dedicated entity or membership of a Chapel and York foundation in those countries where having a local presence is desirable. She is particularly proud that Chapel & York is unique in the world in that it combines fundraising and sophisticated giving models in one solution.

Miriam Bradley serves as Director of Global Development at the University of Virginia.  In this central advancement role since 2017, she is chief development officer for the University’s global campaign priorities and works closely with schools and units to raise global funds across the University.

Prior to UVA, Miriam spent almost 7 years at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro (UNCG), first as director of development for Student Affairs where she launched a major gifts program, led and completed a fundraising campaign for the historic residential quadrangle’s renovation, and catalyzed alumni volunteer committees around affinity groups.  She later oversaw fundraising efforts for need-based scholarships, faculty development, international programs, and strategic campaign planning with the boards and staff of the university’s Weatherspoon Art Museum. 

Cultural exchange has been at the center of Miriam’s prior work with arts and arts education organizations in Washington, DC, Virginia and North Carolina.  She has performed in France and Austria and lived in Egypt.  She began her career in contracts and strategic communications at an international consulting group after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and music from the University of Richmond.  In 2016 she earned the Certified Fundraising Executive credential from CFRE International and in 2015 earned the General Management Program certificate from UNCG’s Bryan School of Business and Economics. 

Antoine heads the New York office of Blackpeak, a risk advisory firm that specializes in due diligence, investigations, business intelligence research, and political risk analysis.

Antoine has nearly five years of experience in research and investigations. He began his career in Blackpeak’s Shanghai office, where he spent three years working on projects throughout the Asia–Pacific region for financial services, legal, and corporate clients. He relocated to New York in 2018 and now leads complex research assignments all over the Western Hemisphere.

Antoine holds a joint MA in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Nanjing University, and a BA in East Asian Studies from Wesleyan University. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner. Antoine is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and French.

Ryan Carmichael is the Vice President for University Development at Columbia University. In this role, he oversees the development teams for thirteen schools, units, and campaign priority areas including Columbia Engineering, School of the Arts, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, School of International and Public Affairs, Graduate School of Journalism, School of Professional Studies, the Earth Institute, School of Social Work, the Zuckerman Mind, Brain, Behavior Institute, University Development, Data Science Institute, Columbia World Projects, and the Just Societies Initiative. Previously, he was Executive Director for Global Development focusing on raising support from alumni and friends for the University’s global priorities. He started his career at Columbia in 2007 at The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science as Director of Development and Parent Major Gift Officer.

Lori Cwalina is the Associate Vice President for Development, School and Academic Units, at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. In this role she provides leadership to the development operations for six academic divisions, collaborating with deans, university administrators, senior management, and volunteers to create and implement comprehensive fundraising strategies that support the priorities of each school/unit and the university as a whole. Her portfolio encompasses the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (including the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, the School of Media and Public Affairs, and the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration), Elliott School of International Affairs, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, College of Professional Studies (including the Graduate School of Political Management) and The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Prior to fulfilling this centralized role at GW where she assists in setting the overall strategic direction of GW’s fundraising efforts and serves as a primary advisor for international development activity, Lori held the position of assistant vice president for development at GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where she and her team worked closely with the dean and faculty to build philanthropic relationships and the institutional brand domestically and across the globe. Previously, Lori served as Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, and has assumed leadership roles at the University of Virginia and National Cathedral School.

Lori earned her B.A. in psychology from the University of Virginia and her M.Ed. in higher education policy, planning, and leadership from The College of William and Mary. Additionally, she possesses her Certificat de Pâtisserie de Bas from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, which was put to great use during her entrepreneurial baking start-up, Go Girl Goodies.

Dr. Lorna Jean Edmonds, Vice Provost for Global Affairs and International Studies at Ohio University, holds expertise in higher education strategy and globalization. She has extensive international experience, working with alumni, partners, universities, governments, industry, research funding and development agencies, and development banks in more than 65 countries in Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Africa. She received her PhD, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom; MHA, University of Ottawa, Canada; and BA (Sciences), Queen’s University, Canada.

Myrna joined Marts & Lundy as an Associate Consultant in 2016, bringing expertise in prospect management, prospect research, and process improvement.

Prior to joining Marts & Lundy, Myrna worked as a Manager of Portfolio Services at the University of Houston for just over two years. Her focus was Corporations and Foundations, and Healthcare Initiatives which included College of Pharmacy, College of Optometry, Graduate College of Social Work, and the new Medical School being built for the University. She also focused on top-level prospects and donors for the Vice Chancellor’s/Vice President’s office.

Before joining University of Houston, Myrna was a Project Manager for General Electric in the Energy segment. She managed electrical distribution projects from manufacturing to installation in the Southwest and Texas region. As a project manager, she received her Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma. She first joined GE in 2010 as an Inside Sales Associate and while in that role, she completed her Masters in Healthcare Innovation from Arizona State University.

Myrna has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and minor in Spanish, and International Business certificate from Arizona State University.

Nicole leads business development and support for Facebook's Long Tail clients globally (small businesses, job seekers and non-profits) on adtech solutions and thinking through integrated marketing campaign strategies. Prior to this, she was part of Facebook's EMEA Policy team developing the proactive strategy - that included Marketing, Communications and the Policy narrative.

Before Facebook, Nicole was an advisor in the UK’s Foreign Service and undertook long-term diplomatic assignments in Ghana, Sierra Leone and then for the UK's Prime Minister on Syria. Previously,  she worked at the World Bank, where she advised client countries on public sector reform.

Nicole has a strong interest in understanding the higher education landscape and was part of the UK’s Higher Education - convened by the Secretary of State for International Development - that advised the UK Government on strengthening partnerships between UK universities and those in emerging markets.

Mark Greer is Senior Manager of the CAF American Donor Fund, a donor advised fund which allows people who pay tax in the US and UK to claim tax relief in both countries on all their giving. He leads a team that works with high and ultra high net worth donors managing annual giving of around $90m. Mark was previously Philanthropy Director at UK Community Foundations and CEO of the Beacon Awards for Philanthropy, a UK awards programme that celebrates and promotes excellence in philanthropy. Mark lives in London with his American wife and their dual national children.

James Hurley is a Senior Director with NYU's Advancement division (UDAR). He manages domestic and global alumni events (more than 700 each year) and programs (e.g., regional alumni clubs, affinity/special interest groups, and signature events, and presidential/trustee events) for NYU's 500,000 living alumni around the world supporting NYU's global network.

Prior to joining NYU, James was a consultant at EAB. In this capacity he managed and conducted research related to fundraising in higher education. James was the first recipient of the US-UK Fulbright Program's joint award with the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Queen’s University of Belfast.

James studied at Oxford University, the Queen's University of Belfast, and Iona College. He holds degrees in political science, history, and legislative affairs and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Art in London. 

Sara Judge, whose career has spanned executive and consulting roles in education, fundraising, finance and U.S.-China relations, was appointed to the advancement leadership team at Princeton University as deputy vice president for development in April of 2017. In this role, she has responsibility for management of annual giving, gift planning, international development, leadership gifts and strategic donor engagement teams. In addition, she works closely with the vice president for advancement on long-term fundraising plans, organizational goal setting and continuous improvement processes. Judge is a 1982 graduate of Princeton University, where she concentrated in East Asian studies and Chinese, and has served in several key volunteer roles for the University, including vice president of the alumni Association and vice chair of its Alumni Council. Before joining Princeton, she served as global director at Avenues: The World School, opening the Avenues office in Beijing and leading government relations and site development in several cities in China. She also spent eight years as president of China Institute, where she led fundraising and capital campaign planning. She also served as director of Asia for AFS Intercultural Programs, expanding and managing AFS national offices in eight Asian countries; and as senior associate for Kamsky Associates, managing relationships and developing market entry strategies for client corporations engaged in trade and investment activities with China. Judge pursued postgraduate Chinese language and literature studies at Peking University.

Stuart has worked for over two decades in executive fundraising leadership roles at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and University of California, San Diego. Throughout his career, Stuart has consulted with charities and non-profit organizations around the world and has personally solicited gifts of all sizes from small gifts to multimillion-dollar donations. In addition, Stuart and his teams have raised hundreds of millions in gifts from high-net-worth individuals and families, foundations, and corporations.

A reliable professional with a gentle touch, Katie Kuznacic is a veteran major gift fundraiser at her alma mater. Her work spans the entire campus with a special focus on specific domestic and foreign alumni markets. She’s successfully established international advancement on the public university campus with deep partnerships and minimal resources.

Prior to her role at UW-Whitewater, Kuznacic worked in legislative affairs.

Ray Li currently serves as the Senior Director for International Advancement at University of Washington. In this role, he leads the university’s international advancement efforts which includes strategy development, resource development and alumni relations/engagement. Prior to joining the UW, he served as the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Advancement for Neighborhood House for 12 years. Ray also served as the Assistant Director of Development for the American Red Cross – Greater Hartford Chapter and was involved as a volunteer and paid staff of both the Canadian Red Cross and the American Red Cross - Seattle King County Chapter.

Ray serves on the board of AFP Advancement Northwest, on the Visiting Committee of the Seattle University Master in Not-for-profit Leadership Program and until recently, as an instructor for the University of Washington Certificate in Fundraising Management Program. He also served on the boards of Northwest Development Officers Association (NDOA) and the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Washington State Chapter (AFP-WA) as well as serving as president for both organizations (NDOA in 2005 and AFP-WA in 2008). He recently completed his term as president of AFP Advancement Northwest in 2016 and remains on the board.

In 2018, Ray was awarded the AFP Advancement Northwest Professional Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed to leaders in the field of fundraising excellence.  In 2015, Ray was awarded the Seattle University Ignite Award for outstanding leadership and service to the non-profit community and in 2010 Ray was awarded the Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award.

Ray continues to serve as an active mentor to young professionals and as a trusted advisor to organizations big and small throughout the Pacific Northwest and around the world on topics ranging from organizational development, to leadership and fundraising. 

In his spare time, you can find Ray and his wife Beeby enjoying the Pacific Northwest with their son Ryder and daughter Dylann or on his own training for triathlons. Once indoors you can be sure to find him in the kitchen cooking.

Jenny Liu is Senior Director of Philanthropic Partnerships at MIT. In addition to her primary focus on Asia, she also focuses on NYC and California. She leads a team of Philanthropic Advisors who cover Europe, Asia, California and Greater Boston. She works collaboratively with colleagues around the Institute to develop, oversee and maintain projects consistent with engaging alumni, parents and friends for the Institute's high-priority initiatives. She has been working at MIT since 2007. From 2007 to 2008,  Liu worked at the Office of External Relations in the Sloan School of Management at MIT. She developed Sloan's international prospects outreach strategy, including the creation of MIT Sloan International Executive Boards.

Prior to MIT, Liu was a television journalist for China Central Television (CCTV), where she produced and presented for daily news program Xinwen Lianbo to over 1 billion viewers in China and worldwide. She conducted in-depth interviews with political leaders and scientists including former US President George H. Bush, former Australia Prime Minister Bob Hawke, former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, Stephen Hawking and John F. Nash. She spearheaded the reporting of China’s launch of its first manned spacecraft, which won her the National Outstanding News Prize in 2004.

Liu has a Master's degree in International Relations from Yale University and a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Beijing (Peking) University.          

Eugene Mahr is Director of Development, Asia at Boston University, where he has managed, for the past five years, a growing portfolio of principal and major gift prospects integral to the University’s current $1.5 billion Campaign. His territory spans ten different countries from Japan and Korea in the North, greater China, and into ASEAN.  Previous stops in his advancement career include the Mass General Hospital, Northeastern and his alma mater, Brown.

Eugene began his career as a college admissions officer, retooled with an MBA from Yale, and then spent a dozen years as a consumer products marketer, highlighted by a three year stint as an expat in Hong Kong.

A committed volunteer, he has held several alumni leadership positions at Brown, and is currently the Board President of a human services not-for-profit in Boston’s Chinatown.

Celeste Guzmán Mendoza has more than 20 years of development experience in higher education and nonprofit fundraising. She began her career as a grant writer at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas, and now leads fundraising efforts in Latin America for the University of Texas at Austin. Throughout her career, she has cultivated relationships between donors and institutions that have resulted in support of students, faculty, research, plays and art exhibits, art education for youth and adults, scholarly and literary publications, and other projects totaling more than $15 million. She recently completed her PhD in Higher Education Leadership and Policy as well as a Graduate Portfolio Program from the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, both from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on Latinx philanthropy, specifically to higher education institutions and nonprofits.

James is a seasoned fundraising professional with extensive experience in healthcare, higher education, environmental, and cultural organizations. At Advancement Resources he focuses on the UK and Canada to partner with organizations to optimize their philanthropic potential. He is pleased to serve development professionals, key executives, academic leaders, clinicians, board members, and volunteers.

Prior to joining Advancement Resources, James planned and implemented capital campaigns and fundraising programs in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe for universities, healthcare organizations, NGOs, and specialized institutions.

Nicholas is one of Canada’s most experienced and respected consultants in the charitable sector. He is the President and Founder of Offord Group, which he created in 2004 as a strategic advisory alternative to charities with a focus on capacity building.

Following a five-year career (1984-1989) as a Campaign Director, Nicholas served as Executive Director of Development at McGill University. While there, he received the 1994 gold medal for “Best Development Program” from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education, in recognition of his work in support of McGill’s hugely successful $200 million campaign. In 1995, he became the President of Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation. Here, Nicholas led the breakthrough “The Best Medicine” campaign, which raised over $400 million. After 10 years, he left Mount Sinai in 2005 to found Offord Group.

In 1999, the Toronto Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals awarded him “Outstanding Executive of the Year.” In 2000, he was selected as one of “Canada's Top 40 Leaders Under 40” by the Report on Business magazine. In 2002, he served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Ontario Minister of Health with a focus on health care reform.

In September 2010, Nicholas was appointed Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. He also serves as Director of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy.

Amy Parker, CFRE is Vice President with the global fundraising consulting firm Grenzebach Glier & Associates. From 2017-2019, she was based in Hong Kong, working with clients around the world and speaking at international conferences on the topics of major gifts, board engagement, and international advancement. Prior to GG+A, Amy held fundraising leadership roles at the Smithsonian Institution during its historic $1.5 billion campaign, at the New York Public Library, and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During her tenure at the Smithsonian, she developed and executed fundraising strategies for projects ranging from the official portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to a new gallery for the National Numismatic Collection. Amy holds a Bachelor’s degree from Chatham University and a Master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and has been a Certified Fundraising Executive since 2009.

Ben joined LSE in February 2018. Ben serves as one of nine members of the university’s leadership team, has strategic oversight for philanthropy, alumni engagement, corporate engagement, international strategy, and global academic partnerships, and leads on the most significant philanthropic opportunities, travelling extensively overseas. Since joining LSE, Ben has created and overseen the launch of LSE’s Shaping the World philanthropic and volunteering Campaign, with an initial goal to raise £350m. In 2021-22 LSE raised nearly £95m. Ben is also a senior inclusivity champion for LSE and more widely.

Outside of LSE, Ben is Chair of the Ross Group and is a Board member for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE Europe) and this year is serving on the CASE Global Advancement Leaders’ Summit Planning Committee. Prior to LSE, Ben worked at Oxford University for eight years, overseeing the University’s fundraising teams, where the Oxford Thinking Campaign grew from £800m to £2.7bn. Prior to Oxford, Ben spent 10 years at Warwick University, initially in international marketing and recruitment, then overseeing philanthropy, alumni and corporate engagement at Warwick Business School and serving the wider University leading on international philanthropy in East Asia.

Having secured a scholarship to attend a private secondary school, and having received funding for undergraduate and graduate study, Ben is a passionate advocate of social mobility and the role of education for the betterment of society.

Kimberly Priebe is the Executive Director of Prospect Development and Decision Support at the University of Chicago, overseeing Prospect Management, Prospect Research, Financial Analytics, Change Management, and Information Engagement.  Kimberly has worked at the University of Chicago for 10 years, starting as a Prospect Management Analyst, and holds an undergraduate degree in English Literature and master's degree in Research Methods.

Jimmy is Co-Founder and Director of PingPong Digital, an award-winning full service Chinese digital marketing agency based in the US, UK and China. Jimmy has worked with hundreds of businesses on their Chinese market strategy and is frequently invited by business groups and governments to give talks on how to market to China. He is a Chinese speaker and previously worked for M&C Saatchi in Beijing before co-founding PingPong Digital.

Olivia Thompson joined the University of Houston in March 2014, as executive director of constituent development and soon thereafter as chief development officer for major gifts before becoming chief principal gifts officer. Thompson has 17 years of experience in higher education and development. Prior to joining the University of Houston she held various fundraising roles at The University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University. At the University of Houston, Thompson collaborates across university colleges/units to secure gifts at the $2.5 million level and higher and visits alumni and donors across the nation in Texas, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Ohio, and Montana. She is also leading the new International Advancement Program at the University. International markets include Mexico, Canada, and United Kingdom. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and a minor in Art History from The Ohio State University and a Masters of Public Administration from Texas State University.

Xin Wei is a Director with NYU's Advancement Division (UDAR) based at NYU's Shanghai Campus. She oversees the Alumni Engagement Programs and Annual Fund programs for NYU in Asia. She manages the 11 NYU Alumni Clubs in Asia with over 80 club leaders, and over 70 diversified events each year, manage alumni student engagement programs including the Alumni Executive Mentor Program, Alumni hosted dinners and Distinguished Alumni Talks., and manage the parents, students and alumni annual fund campaigns and programs.

Prior to joining NYU Xin worked in University Relations for Microsoft Research in Beijing and for nearly five years at the University of Victoria both in Shanghai and British Columbia, Canada. Xin holds an MBA from the University of Victoria and an undergraduate degree from Beijing International Studies University.

Marc Weinstein is Vice-Principal of University Advancement at McGill University in Montreal, where he works with senior levels of administration, overseeing all fundraising and donor relations activities and leading a team responsible for developing alumni engagement and services at Canada’s most international university. 

With an alumni base spanning more than 180 countries around the world, McGill’s advancement strategies comprise a strong international focus and leverage digital communication, in concert with a high degree of local volunteer participation, to develop successful engagement and fundraising programs.

An accomplished fundraiser, Weinstein was appointed Vice-Principal in 2008 and spearheaded the University’s most successful campaign, Campaign McGill: History in the Making, which raised $1.026 billion in eight years, drawing on support from nearly 100,000 alumni and friends – including 50,000 first-time McGill donors. In September 2019, Weinstein piloted the launch of Made by McGill: the Campaign for Our Third Century, a bold fundraising campaign with a $2billion goal, aimed at positioning the University to meet the challenges of its next century, and galvanizing the McGill community as the institution prepares to mark its 200th anniversary in 2021.

Before joining McGill, Weinstein served as vice-president and general counsel of the McGill University Health Centre Foundation, playing a key role in the $300-million "Best Care for Life Campaign," and as executive director of the Jewish General Hospital Foundation in Montreal. 

Weinstein is a member of the Conference Board of Canada’s National Council of Foundation Executives (NCOFE), the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

At CASE, Weinstein has served for several years as member of the Commission on Philanthropy and a member of the Summit Advisory Team (Summit for Leaders in Advancement 2012). He was co-chair of the 2018 CASE Conference held in Chicago on the theme of “International Advancement: North American Strategies for Global Alumni Relations and Fundraising” for senior advancement professionals and currently serves as an AMAtlas Advisory Committee Member.

In 2014, he received the Outstanding Philanthropic Career Award from the Quebec Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. In 2017, he was recognized by CCAE with the Outstanding Achievement Award for extraordinary contributions to the field of educational advancement, exemplifying the highest ideals of the advancement profession and dedicated mentoring of others in the field.

Weinstein holds degrees in Arts and Law (B.C.L./LL.B.) from McGill, as well as a Master of Arts degree from York University in Toronto, and he is a member of the Quebec Bar.

Barbara-Jan Wilson is Vice President for University Relations Emerita, Wesleyan University, Middletown CT. She retired from Wesleyan in 2019 after 36 years where she was appointed Vice President in 1999. She also served as Dean of Admission and Financial Aid from 1990-1999 and as Director of Career Planning and Associate Dean of the College from 1982-1990.  Previously  she worked at Williams College, the Ethel Walker School and in the Vermont public schools. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelors and Masters in English, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. 

Under her leadership admission applications doubled and she spearheaded two major campaigns, helping to raise over $900 million for Wesleyan.  She was awarded the Baldwin Prize, Wesleyans most prestigious award, for her outstanding service to the University.

She is currently on the Board of Trustees at Colby Sawyer College in New London, NH.  She has three children, three grandchildren and lives with her husband and dog in Chester CT.

Jeff Zavattero is Head of Global Fixed Income Sales and Head of Fixed Income Sales & Trading at SMBC Nikko Securities America. Jeff manages a team of nearly 40 professionals trading, selling and analyzing credit and rates. Prior to joining SMBC Nikko in 2015, Jeff held comparable positions over 20 years at Bankers Trust/Deutsche, Bear Stearns, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities and Natixis. Until 1995, Jeff spent 3 years in rates sales & structuring and 2 years as an equity research analyst. Jeff worked at AT&T for 2 years upon graduating from UC Berkeley in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.

Ben Zoll is Assistant Vice President for Principal and Major Giving at Boston Children's Hospital Trust, where he oversees fundraising across a number of beats and programs, including heart, general surgery, allergy and immunology, international fundraising, as well as the Boston Investment Conference and the Venture Philanthropy Network.

Prior to joining Boston Children's, Ben served as Senior Director of International Advancement for Harvard University, where he managed a team responsible for growing and enhancing Harvard’s engagement globally. Serving as the point person on international gift policies and priorities at Harvard, he leads cross-university efforts to synchronize Harvard’s international development efforts around coordinated strategies. Ben was responsible for developing new university-wide fundraising strategies for all international geographies, with a particular emphasis on Asia. He also staffed international travel by University leadership, and served as the University’s Principal Gifts officer for East and Southeast Asia.  Ben has over fifteen years of development experience, including roles at Conservation International and Johns Hopkins University. He speaks Mandarin Chinese, has an MA from the Jackson School at the University of Washington, and a BA from Hamilton College.