{"id":136,"date":"2010-11-30T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwww.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=136"},"modified":"2022-03-25T15:25:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:25:01","slug":"new-vice-president-appointed-at-kalamazoo-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/new-vice-president-appointed-at-kalamazoo-college\/","title":{"rendered":"New Vice President Appointed at Kalamazoo College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CONTACT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:jpalmer@kzoo.edu\">Jeff Palmer<\/a>, 269.337.5724<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nov. 30, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo College has appointed Albert J. DeSimone vice president for college advancement.\u00a0DeSimone brings more than 25 years of higher education development and management experience to Kalamazoo, where he will lead the College\u2019s fundraising, alumni relations, and communications offices. Among his responsibilities will be overseeing annual gift giving and directing the College\u2019s comprehensive campaign initiative begun in March 2010. He begins work at \u201cK\u201d January 3, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>From 1993 to 2008, DeSimone served as vice president for development at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. In this role, he conducted two highly successful comprehensive campaigns that raised more than $207 million and significantly increased unrestricted giving to the college. For the past 18 months, he has focused on securing major gifts toward strategic priorities such as renovating Old Main, Augustana\u2019s signature building, constructed in 1889.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have great respect for Kalamazoo College and its commitment to innovative liberal arts education, as exemplified by the K-Plan,\u201d said DeSimone. \u201cI look forward to working with President Wilson-Oyelaran and the entire \u201cK\u201d community to increase the resources that will help fulfill this commitment and prepare students to engage the global community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Augustana, DeSimone served in a variety of development roles at Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago, ranging initially from securing corporate grants to eventually managing day-to-day fund-raising and alumni relations programs. He also planned and implemented a comprehensive campaign that raised more than $92 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to welcome Al DeSimone to Kalamazoo College,\u201d said President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran. \u201cHe has a depth of knowledge and a breadth of experience that make him an excellent fit for the College. We have bold plans to prepare \u2018K\u2019 students to engage in the global community. Al will play a key role in securing the philanthropic support and building the relationships that will help make these plans a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSimone earned a B.A. degree from Elmhurst College in 1977. He and his wife, Lynne, have two sons, ages 21 and 18.<\/p>\n<p>He replaces Victoria Gorrell, who left Kalamazoo in October to become vice president for development and alumni relations at University of Northern Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1833, Kalamazoo College (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/\">www.kzoo.edu<\/a>) is a nationally recognized liberal arts college, and the creator of the \u201cK-Plan\u201d that emphasizes rigorous scholarship, learning by practice, and both international and intercultural engagement.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">###<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONTACT:\u00a0Jeff Palmer, 269.337.5724 Nov. 30, 2010 Kalamazoo College has appointed Albert J. 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DeSimone vice president for college advancement.\u00a0DeSimone brings more than 25 years of higher education development and management experience to Kalamazoo, where he will lead the College\u2019s fundraising, alumni relations, and communications offices. Among his responsibilities will be overseeing annual gift giving and directing the College\u2019s comprehensive campaign initiative begun in March 2010. He begins work at \u201cK\u201d January 3, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>From 1993 to 2008, DeSimone served as vice president for development at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. In this role, he conducted two highly successful comprehensive campaigns that raised more than $207 million and significantly increased unrestricted giving to the college. For the past 18 months, he has focused on securing major gifts toward strategic priorities such as renovating Old Main, Augustana\u2019s signature building, constructed in 1889.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have great respect for Kalamazoo College and its commitment to innovative liberal arts education, as exemplified by the K-Plan,\u201d said DeSimone. \u201cI look forward to working with President Wilson-Oyelaran and the entire \u201cK\u201d community to increase the resources that will help fulfill this commitment and prepare students to engage the global community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Augustana, DeSimone served in a variety of development roles at Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago, ranging initially from securing corporate grants to eventually managing day-to-day fund-raising and alumni relations programs. He also planned and implemented a comprehensive campaign that raised more than $92 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to welcome Al DeSimone to Kalamazoo College,\u201d said President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran. \u201cHe has a depth of knowledge and a breadth of experience that make him an excellent fit for the College. We have bold plans to prepare \u2018K\u2019 students to engage in the global community. Al will play a key role in securing the philanthropic support and building the relationships that will help make these plans a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSimone earned a B.A. degree from Elmhurst College in 1977. He and his wife, Lynne, have two sons, ages 21 and 18.<\/p>\n<p>He replaces Victoria Gorrell, who left Kalamazoo in October to become vice president for development and alumni relations at University of Northern Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1833, Kalamazoo College (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/\">www.kzoo.edu<\/a>) is a nationally recognized liberal arts college, and the creator of the \u201cK-Plan\u201d that emphasizes rigorous scholarship, learning by practice, and both international and intercultural engagement.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">###<\/div>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9557,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/9557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}