Leeds appoints director of development
Howard Lake | 17 October 2005 | News
Michelle Calvert has joined the University of Leeds as director of development to lead a major initiative for alumni relations and fundraising.
Michelle will join Leeds in January 2006 from the University of Aberdeen where she is director of development and alumni relations.
The Universityof Leeds is committing £3 million to development over the next three years. This will be used to support a permanent team of fundraising and alumni relations staff who will work with colleagues across the University to implement the strategy and run major campaigns.
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Michelle said: “It’s a perfect time to arrive. There is commitment from the top and buy-in from academics for fundraising.”
Michelle joined Aberdeen in 2002 to lead development and drove the second phase of a £150 million fundraising campaign. She headed a team of 20 covering major gifts, legacies, the annual fund, foundations and proposals, alumni relations, databases, stewardship and administration.
She previously worked in development at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery, Linacre College, Oxford, and Clare College, Cambridge.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.