For Immediate Release—Monday, Oct. 30, 2006
Contact:
Mary E. McCrank
Media Relations Officer
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Debra Hill Named Interim Vice President
for College Advancement at SUNY Geneseo
GENESEO,
N.Y.—Debra Hill of Geneseo, N.Y., has been named interim vice president
for college advancement at the State University of New York at Geneseo. An
alumna of Geneseo, she began her new role Oct. 23.
Hill, who most recently has served as an assistant vice
president for college advancement, has a 20-year career with Geneseo in the
college advancement division. She joined the staff of the college in 1986 as a
development officer. In1988, Hill was promoted to serve as director of
corporate and special gifts. In 1991, she was promoted again, this time to
serve as executive director of alumni and parent relations, a position she held
until January of this year when she was named an assistant vice president for
college advancement.
In her new role, Hill also will serve as interim president
of the Geneseo Foundation, as the college's chief advancement officer and a
member of the President's Cabinet. She will oversee a staff of 23 advancement
professionals who work in development, alumni relations and communications and
publications.
"Debra Hill is an outstanding advancement professional who
has the additional virtue of intimate knowledge of the college's culture and
mission gained over the 35 years in which she has been associated with us as a
student, alumna and professional staff member," said Geneseo President
Christopher C. Dahl. "I know that her appointment to this position will bring
great pleasure to our alumni and community members, and I am confident that she
will do an excellent job in her new role."
Before joining Geneseo's staff, Hill served as director of
career development at Genesee Community College from 1981-85. She began her
career in higher education at GCC in 1975. She also served as coordinator of
the annual fund at Monroe Community College from 1985-86.
Hill received her bachelor's degree in English from Geneseo
in 1975 and her master's degree in educational administration from SUNY
Brockport in 1979.
In 1999-2000, Hill was selected to participate in HERS-New
England Management Institute for Women in Higher Education at Wellesley College
in Massachusetts. This yearlong experience helped prepare Hill and provided her
with effective tools as she took on additional leadership roles at the college.
Throughout her career at Geneseo, Hill has solidified the
college's relations with its 47,000 alumni, secured gifts from donors and
managed a portfolio of leadership gift prospects, coordinated community and
emeriti/retiree relations activities, served as executive director of the
Geneseo Alumni Association Board of Directors, initiated new publications and
launched the first Senior Challenge fund-raiser.
Hill is looking forward to new challenges to advance
Geneseo's national reputation and fund-raising support.
"My work with Geneseo faculty, staff, students, alumni and
friends over the past 20 years has convinced me that we can accomplish so much
going into the future," said Hill. "I look forward to the exciting work ahead,
as we seek to increase both recognition of, and financial support for, this
wonderful college."
In 2005, Hill received the President's Award for Outstanding
Professional Service from SUNY Geneseo. She is a member of the SUNY Council for
the Advancement and Support of Education and the Council for University
Advancement and Development. From 1991-93, she served as an executive board
member of SUNY/CUAD.
Hill lives in the village of Geneseo with her husband Brad.
They have two grown sons.
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