Advancement Officers

To augment a dean's International Council for Arts Deans membership, our Advancement Officers thought community is designed to create a network of advancement professionals working in the visual and performing arts and design in higher education. Members of the Advancement Officers group engage throughout the year to share challenges and successes, best practices, strategies, research, communication models, and trends that support fundraising.

Benefits of Advancement Associate participation include, but are not limited to: 

  • a network of colleagues who specifically work in the arts, design, and creative industries in higher education advancement for professional development, information sharing, peer review, exchange and mentorship — Advancement Officers Helping Advancement Officers
  • online conversations for sharing information and best practices
  • workshops virtually and sometimes at the ICfAD Annual Conference
  • on-going communication through a listserv information exchange
  • opportunities for surveying colleagues related to capital campaigns, philanthropy, and stewardship
  • opportunities to advertise advancement searches in ICfAD's Career Center 

Online discussions and programs are the last Tuesdays of January, February, March and April at 4:00 Eastern / 3:00 Central / 2:00 Mountain / 1:00 Pacific. Invitations for each meeting will be sent. Registration is free for members of each affinity group or $80 per session for non-members. 

Join this affinity group now. Remember: the ‘bundled’ annual membership of an arts academic unit may include an advancement officer's membership. To join or renew this thought community via a ‘bundled’ membership structure, please see the form on this webpage. Either way, your institution's advancement staff is invited to participate in this thought community to support fundraising for the arts and creative areas in higher education. If you prefer to share your p-card information by phone for either, please call (561) 514-0810 or e-mail [email protected] for additional information.

Group Leadership: Robin Phillips, Director of Development, J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts, Texas Tech University [email protected]

Members are invited to Login here, to review recordings of previous programs.