{"id":1975,"date":"2022-05-26T17:14:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T17:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2022-05-26T18:36:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:36:56","slug":"marc-barnes-joins-uncfs-office-of-the-president-as-svp-principal-gifts-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/2022\/05\/marc-barnes-joins-uncfs-office-of-the-president-as-svp-principal-gifts-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Barnes Joins UNCF\u2019s Office of the President as SVP, Principal Gifts Officer – Cohort 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNCF leadership is pleased to announce that Marc A. Barnes, Ph.D., CFRE will join UNCF\u2019s Office of the President as Senior Vice President, Principal Gifts, working directly with UNCF President & CEO Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., to strengthen financial support for strategic impact initiatives.<\/p>\n

Barnes comes to UNCF from Dillard University, one of UNCF\u2019s 37 historically Black college and university (HBCU) member institutions, where he served as vice president for Institutional Advancement since February 2013.<\/p>\n

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This new senior vice president role builds on UNCF\u2019s significant fundraising resolve, unprecedented success, and momentum. Since 2020, the organization has raised nearly $500 million to strengthen its network of HBCU member institutions and support students.<\/p>\n

In his new leadership role, Barnes will partner directly with Lomax on the president\u2019s strategic fundraising activities and lead a team identifying opportunities to broaden UNCF\u2019s philanthropic revenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to welcome Dr. Barnes to our team,\u201d said Lomax. \u201cHe joins us at a pivotal moment as we work to expand our mission beyond scholarships, to strengthen the institutions themselves, and to uplift the entire HBCU educational system. Marc\u2019s significant fundraising experience, knowledge of the landscape, relationships with HBCU leaders, and intense discipline will be enormous assets to UNCF as we move into our exciting new chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUNCF has long been the leader in supporting and elevating Black students in higher education,\u201d said Barnes. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to partnering with Dr. Lomax and UNCF in its extraordinary legacy and bright future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barnes will officially start in his new role on June 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNCF leadership is pleased to announce that Marc A. Barnes, Ph.D., CFRE will join UNCF\u2019s Office of the President as Senior Vice President, Principal Gifts, working directly with UNCF President & CEO Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., to strengthen financial support for strategic impact initiatives. Barnes comes to UNCF from Dillard University, one of UNCF\u2019s 37 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/ephd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}