Chief Engagement and Development Officer
The Montana State University Alumni Foundation
The Opportunity Overview
The Montana State University Alumni Foundation is seeking a visionary and integrative leader to serve as its Chief Engagement and Development Officer — a newly elevated executive role that unites fundraising, alumni engagement and strategic communications under a single, coordinated vision. This is a rare chance to architect a holistic advancement model from the top, placing donor and alumni relationships at the very center of how a thriving land-grant institution builds its future.
Reporting directly to the President and CEO, the CEDO will lead three integrated enterprises — Engagement, Development and Strategic Communications — ensuring they operate as a single engine driving affinity, pride and philanthropic momentum. This leader will guide comprehensive campaign strategy, set ambitious performance metrics and mentor a multidisciplinary team that includes the Vice Presidents of Engagement and of Strategic Communications, all while personally cultivating and closing principal-level gifts in support of MSU's highest priorities.
The ideal candidate brings progressive fundraising leadership, a proven record of securing transformational major gifts and the rare ability to align people, messaging and strategy across a complex organization. They are a confident, collaborative ambassador — equally at home rallying a team, partnering with university deans and provosts or sitting across the table from a high-capacity donor — with the vision to make alumni engagement the foundation of lifelong philanthropy.
About The Montana State University Alumni Foundation
The Montana State University Alumni Foundation exists to serve one mission, to "cultivate lifelong relationships and secure private support to advance Montana State University." In addition to raising private support for the university, the MSU Alumni Foundation also manages the endowment, a $350 million pool of more than 1,200 investment funds that provide perpetual support to the university.
Location
Bozeman, Montana
