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Jason Scott Embry Named Executive Director of Development
June 14, 2012
Successful higher-education fundraising professional Jason Scott
Embry has been named Executive Director of Development in the
Office of Institutional Advancement at Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology.
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Jason Scott Embry
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Embry has 17 years of leadership experience in development at
private colleges and universities, primarily in the Midwest and
South regions. He has personally secured major and principle gifts
totaling $134.4 million, and has designed and managed two
comprehensive fundraising campaigns that significantly exceeded
their multi-million-dollar goals. At each of the institutions he
has worked, Embry also has increased alumni participation rates,
unrestricted annual gifts and named endowed funds.
At Rose-Hulman, Embry will organize and supervise fundraising
activities, particularly in areas of annual giving and major
gifts.
"I am excited to join the Rose-Hulman family and look forward to
building upon the Institute's strong history of engaging others in
philanthropic support," stated Embry. "Our top national rankings
and renowned academic programs present wonderful opportunities for
investment."
Embry comes to Rose-Hulman after serving as Special Counsel to
the President and Vice President for Advancement at Illinois
College (Jacksonville, Ill.). He helped significantly increase cash
gifts to the college, increased alumni participation and donations
among young alumni, launched a special initiative fundraising
campaign and led a strategic planning initiative to improve
Illinois College's standing among the nation's top liberal arts
institutions.
Other leadership positions have had Embry serving as Director of
Development at the University of Denver's Daniels College of
Business, Director of Campaign Giving and Director of Annual Giving
at Centre College (Danville, Ky.), and Director of Annual Giving at
Kentucky Wesleyan College (Owensboro, Ky.). He has also made more
than 80 guest lectures and presentations on fundraising, marketing
and institutional branding topics at national and regional
conferences.
"Jason has led comprehensive campaigns and helped engage alumni,
friends, parents, corporations and foundations in supporting his
institutions," stated Rickey N. McCurry, Rose-Hulman's Vice
President for Institutional Advancement. "Jason will be a valuable
member of the Rose-Hulman community, and will help us cultivate the
relationships necessary to achieve our goals for short- and
long-term financial resources."
Embry, a freelance musician, has been a volunteer and board
member for a variety of arts, community and religious
organizations. He presently serves as chairman of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity's national ritual committee. He has a master's
degree from Vanderbilt University in higher education
administration, with an emphasis in institutional advancement. He
earned a bachelor's degree in economics at Western Kentucky
University.