Thomas Chaves is the Associate Vice President for Advancement Operations at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Prior to that, he served as the Associate Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations at Lehigh University for nine years and led the traditional advancement services areas of information processing, reporting & analytics, & prospect management & research. He has also led the implementation of strategic talent management within Lehigh's Advancement organization as well as Campaign Management programs and initiatives. He spent over seventeen years at SunGard/SCT working with over 100 higher education clients to implement and effectively use advancement software. He chaired the 2010 CASE Senior Advancement Services conference, the 2013 & 2014 CASE Summer Institute for Advancement Services, and was a member of the Banner Advancement advisory board and imodules advisory board. He is currently a member of the CASE Commission on Philanthropy and works closely with other advancement services leaders. He completed serving as President of AASP in 2016 and has been on the board since 2008. Tom is a current member of the Board of Trustees at Albright College's (Reading, PA) after completing being a member of it’s Alumni Association board where he was president the last two years. He holds a BA from Albright College and an MS from Penn State.