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Director of Development,Institute for Veterans and Military Families

Office of Veteran and Military AffairsSyracuse University

Syracuse, NYwww.vets.syr.edu

Send Nominations or Cover Letter and Resume to:Beth ParsonsSearch [email protected]

The Opportunity:

As a top research institution, Syracuse University (SU) educates students for the world, in the world. At itshome in Syracuse, at its major hubs across the U.S., and at its SU Abroad programs in more than 30countries throughout the world, students gain a broader perspective as they prepare to become activecitizens of today’s global society.

Syracuse University historically has recognized therole that higher education can play in advancing ournation’s veterans. The Institute for Veterans andMilitary Families (IVMF) is the first interdisciplinarynational institute in higher education focused on thesocial, economic, education and policy issuesimpacting veterans and their families post-service.Through its focus on veteran-facing programming,research and policy, employment and employer


support, and community engagement, the institute provides in-depth analysis of the challenges facing theveteran community, captures best practices and serves as a forum to facilitate new partnerships and strongrelationships between the individuals and organizations committed to making a difference for veterans andmilitary families.

The IVMF is the fastest developing unit of Syracuse University, growing from 4 employees in 2011 to almost60 professional staff in 2015. It has been responsible for bringing more than $75 million in external researchand programmatic funding to Central New York (CNY) since 2010, with a year-over-year increase in newfunding awards exceeding 800%. Further, the University’s ongoing efforts to create military- and veteran-focused research clusters across its research enterprise has generated more than $32 million in new fundingproposals and $19 million in new research awards in the past six months alone – representing 40% of allresearch activity at the University. Additionally, the strong private-sector ties that the IVMF and SyracuseUniversity have forged have created new opportunities for others in CNY to engage with IVMF/SU corporatepartners such as Walmart, JPMorgan Chase, Starbucks, Accenture, General Electric, PepsiCo, Lockheed, FirstData Corporation, and many others.

The Director of Development position is an ideal opportunity for an entrepreneurial and self-motivatedindividual eager to build relationships and secure transformative gifts in support of veteran and militaryfamilies. The incoming director will maximize the untapped potential of individual philanthropy, managing aportfolio of alumni and parents with significant ties to the mission of the Institute and the Office of Veteranand Military Affairs. At a most exciting time for the Institute, as plans for the National Veterans ResourceComplex are underway, this individual will have an incredible story to tell, and will champion an institutionalpriority to corporations, foundations and individuals for whom veteran and military support is of criticalimportance.

Position Overview – Director of Development

The Director will be responsible for cultivating, soliciting, and closing gifts from corporate, foundation andindividual supporters who have an interest in supporting Veteran & Military Affairs and the Institute forVeterans and Military Families. The Director will work collaboratively with college-based developmentofficers and central services, and report to The Institute’s Managing Director for Development.

Responsibilities

80% - Manage an assigned prospect/donor portfolio of 100-120 alumni, parents, foundations andcompanies to solicit and close gifts for the Office of Veterans and Military Affairs and the Institute for


Veterans and Military Families with an emphasis on gifts at the $50,000+ level. Conduct all stages ofthe major gift solicitation process: qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward.

10% - Develop, implement and drive fundraising strategies designed to maximize current givingpotential for each individual prospect in the assigned portfolio by creating support and facilitatingcooperation throughout the campus community in pursuit of the best strategy for each donor.

10% - Work collaboratively with unit and centrally-based Advancement and External Affairs (AEA)offices, including Advancement Services, Research & Prospect Systems, Alumni Relations, AnnualGiving, Gift Planning and University Communications. Develop and maintain relationships withfaculty, administrators and staff volunteers associated with specific programs relevant to assignedprospects.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills

Demonstrated success in major gift fundraising, including a track record of identifying, cultivatingand closing business is required.

The ideal candidate will be an articulate individual with personal integrity and strong interpersonalskills. This individual will be creative, flexible, organized, and self-motivated, with good planning andfollow-through.

Demonstrated leadership ability in developing strategic plans and initiating and implementingprograms is required.

The incoming director will exhibit excellent communication and presentation skills, both written andoral, and will exercise discretion and an ability to interact with donors while maintaining a high levelof confidentiality.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in working collaboratively with colleagues in ateam environment as well as being entrepreneurial and succeeding when working independently onprojects.

The position will necessitate an ability and willingness to travel, as well as to work outside of theregular workday.

Experience with capital campaign planning and execution is preferred.

Education and Experience

A Bachelor's degree is required; an advanced degree is preferred. Competitive candidates will have aminimum of four to seven years of higher education or non-profit fund raising experience.


Military experience is preferred and/or experience fundraising for veteran and military relatedprograms and initiatives.

Candidates must bring experience working in a complex environment similar to Syracuse University,with demonstrated success in leading a high-achieving fundraising program.

The ideal candidate will bring experience working with both individual supporters as wellcorporations/foundations, as well as experience in volunteer recruitment and management.

Travel Requirements

The selected candidate will travel approximately 40% of the time to conduct face-to-face visits with currentand prospective donors in an effort to establish relationships and secure gifts.

Client Overview

Syracuse University, commonly referred toas Syracuse, 'Cuse, or SU, is a private researchuniversity located in Syracuse, New York.Officially chartered in 1870 as a private,coeducational institution offering programs inthe physical sciences and modern languages,Syracuse University is located in the heart ofCentral New York and is within easy drivingdistance of Toronto, Boston, Montreal, and NewYork City. Its extended campus offers a rich mixof academic programs, alumni activities, and

immersion opportunities in numerous centers in the U.S. and around the globe, including major hubs inNew York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.

According to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, Syracuse University is a researchuniversity with a high level of research activity. Through the University's Office of Research, which promotesresearch, technology transfer, and scholarship, and its Office of Sponsored Programs, which assists faculty inseeking and obtaining external research support, SU supports research in the fields of management andbusiness, sciences, engineering, education, information studies, energy, environment, communications,computer science, public and international affairs, and other specialized areas.


Syracuse University athletic teams, known as the Orange, participate in 20 intercollegiate sports. SU is amember of the Atlantic Coast Conference for all NCAA Division I athletics, except for women's ice hockeyand the rowing team. SU is also a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference.

A History of Supporting Veterans and Their Families

Syracuse University historically has recognized the role thathigher education can play in advancing our nation’s veterans.Post-World War II, Chancellor William Pearson Tolley announcedSU’s “uniform admissions program,” which ensured all militarypersonnel admission to Syracuse upon return from war. ByJanuary 1946, SU had admitted 9,464 veterans, almost doublingthe student body overnight. Nine-hundred Quonset huts,barracks and trailers sprang up across campus. By 1947, SUranked first in New York State and 17th in the nation in veteranenrollment.

SU’s support has continued to expand over the ensuing years:

1952 - The Defense Comptrollership Program (DCP) isfounded at SU’s Martin J. Whitman School ofManagement, in response to financial problems identified during WWII.

1953 - University College opens the first of three Syracuse University national campuses in Rome, NYat Griffiss Air Force Base to support the higher education goals of active duty Air Force.

1963 - The Military Photojournalism Program (MPJ), through a contract with the U.S. Navy, is offeredat SU’s top-ranked S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

1991 - University College develops the Front Line Series of independent study courses for U.S.Marines deployed in the Persian Gulf.

1992 - Newhouse adds the Military Motion Media Program (MMM), sponsored by the DOD. 1996 - SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs begins offering the DOD-sponsored

program in National Security Studies (NSS), the premier professional development program forsenior civilian and military executives in the public and private sectors.

2007 - The Whitman School founds the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities(EBV) to offer cutting-edge experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business managementto post-9/11 veterans with service-related disabilities.


2009 - University College opens the Veterans Resource Center at 700 University Ave. The Centerprovides support to student-veterans with a personalized set of services from recruitment to degreecompletion.

2010 - The University’s portfolio of veteran entrepreneurship further expands with the addition ofEBV-Families, offered to military family members turned full-time caregivers to a wounded warriorand spouses of those who lost their lives in service to our country; V-WISE, open to female veteransand their spouses/partners from any branch or era of military service; and Operation Endure & Grow,an online training program for National Guard and Reserve members and their families.

2011 - The non-credit Veterans Career Transition Program (VCTP) is offered free to post-9/11veterans by SU’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) and JPMorgan Chase & Co., providingtraining for veterans aspiring to careers in technology and operations in large corporations.

In keeping with its historical support of veterans and their families, Syracuse launched the Institute forVeterans and Military Families (IVMF) in June 2011 to serve all 25 million U.S. veterans, focusing on thesocial, economic, education and policy issues affecting them and their families post-service. JPMorganChase & Co. broadened its existing collaboration with SU to provide industry leadership, serving asfounding partner of the Institute.

Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA)

The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) serves as Syracuse University’s single point of entry for allveteran and military related programs and initiatives. It collaborates and coordinates with all keystakeholders to best serve veterans, military connected students, and military family members who are

students or employees at SU.

The OVMA offers numerous benefits and servicesto veterans and military families. Such servicesinclude the Veterans Resource Center, designed tohelp student veterans manage their benefits,financial aid and school issues, and the VeteransCareer Transition Program, whereby veterans,service members and their spouses can take careerskills courses and receive certificates at no cost.Through key initiative, VetSuccess on Campus, a

full-time counselor from the VA will assist veterans, active duty and dependents, adjust to school, locateresources and access VA benefits.


Additionally, there is a Student Veterans Organization, the official club for student veterans at SU, and aVeterans Lounge, a lounge and study area only accessible to student veterans.

Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF)

There are 22.5 million veterans in the United States, and more than 2.5 million Americans have served ourcountry in uniform since 2001. History suggests that our nation’s veterans will face formidable social andeconomic challenges throughout their post-service life course. The resources and capabilities of highereducation are well positioned to inform and impact many of these challenges. Unfortunately, theseresources and capabilities have never been coordinated and leveraged on a national scale, to serve ournation’s veterans.

In June 2011, Syracuse University made an institutional commitment to launch the nationally focusedInstitute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), a historical first in the context of higher education. Tosupport this effort, JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) broadened its existing collaboration with the University toprovide industry leadership. The mission of the IVMF is to fully leverage the intellectual, human and socialcapital of higher education, in service to America’s veterans and their families. To this end, the IVMFdevelops and nurtures a community of interdisciplinary scholarship—including the arts, humanities, socialsciences, business, medicine, education and law—positioned to investigate and confer insight into the social,psychological and economic issues impacting this community. The institute develops education andemployment-focused programs in collaboration with industry, government, NGOs and the veterancommunity, to address the primary economic and public policy concerns of our nation’s servicemen andwomen, and their families.

Employment - The IVMF acts as a bridge between veterans, military families andindustry/government/NGO programs positioned to create employment and vocational trainingopportunities. The institute provides resources and support services to veterans and their families toidentify and pursue employment opportunities, leveraging skills and experiences gained in militaryservice and new skills and knowledge gained post-service. The IVMF assists with strategies to recruit,assimilate, retain and advance veterans and military families in employment. Read more aboutemployment here.

IVMF Education and Training Programs - The IVMF leverages higher education to design, developand deliver world-class educational programs for veterans, their families and communitystakeholders. The institute’s educational programs are designed to provide veterans and theirfamilies with the skills needed to be successful in education, work and life. Read more abouteducation and training programs here.


Research & Policy - The IVMF research mission is to conduct, discover, organize, archive, interpret,and disseminate research of significant importance to veterans and families, as well as to leverageresearch to empower the public, private, and independent sectors to act as informed decision-makers related to the social, policy, and economic concerns of America’s veterans and theirfamilies. Read more about research and policy here.

National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC)

Currently in the construction planning stages, the National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC) at SyracuseUniversity will serve as the enduring home of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families as well as housestate-of-the-art vocational and educational programs designed to advance the economic success of theregion’s and the nation’s veterans and military families. It is conceived as a class-leading, national exemplarof academic, government, and community collaboration. The NVRC will leverage a public-private sectorpartnership model to nurture academic research, actionable programming, and collaborative thoughtleadership positioned to impact veterans and their families on the campus of Syracuse University, in NewYork State, and in communities across the U.S. Accordingly, theNVRC will create the conditions necessary to build upon andsolidify this region’s ongoing effort to position CNY as thenation’s hub of research and programming connected to theveteran and military sectors. NVRC will result in hundreds ofmillions of dollars in economic activity and the creation ofhundreds of high-paying jobs, and seed the conditions forfuture growth and new opportunity.

The NVRC will also serve as the center of veteran life on thecampus of Syracuse University, in the local community, andacross Central New York (CNY). The facility itself is purposefullydesigned as a community convening hub, and will be accessibleto community organizations, as well as local and stategovernment partners, for the purpose of facilitating programs,trainings, events, and initiatives. The NVRC will include aregional student veterans’ resource center, conceived as a one-stop-shop supporting the educational needs of the region’s veterans and families. To that end, the NVRCwill include classroom spaces to accommodate local and national veteran-focused programming, along witha conference center and 1000-seat auditorium suitable to host community activities, lectures, and nationalconvening events and conferences.


In addition, the NVRC will be designed to include gallery space where the university’s storied legacy ofserving America’s veterans can be put on permanent display – and also as a platform to highlight present-day exhibitions of art, culture, and performance relevant to the veterans’ community.

Based on historical precedent and projected opportunity, current estimates suggest that the NVRC willgenerate more than $300 million in regional economic activity over the next five years, directly supportmore than 300 high-wage jobs, and indirectly support job creation that will exceed 7,000 jobs over thatperiod. In addition, the event convening capacity created by the NVRC will support increased occupancyrates at CNY hotels and lodging facilities, projected to be 5,000+ hotel nights annually.

Its 5-year impact will consolidate and leverage resources from over 15+ major corporate partners. NVRC isalso projected to build from and leverage $75 million in matching external research, $32 million in newfunding proposals, and $19 million in new research awards. Finally, it will produce $22 million in outsidefinancial influx from travel and tourism.

IVMF Development Overview

The IVMF has been an incredibly strong fundraising entity, raising close to $30M in FY15 – more than anyother group on Syracuse’s campus. At this point, roughly 65% of IVMF’s fundraising is from corporateentities. Tremendous opportunities exist to leverage individual philanthropy and the incoming Director willhave a transformative impact on that arm of fundraising, engaging military alumni and present and past SUparents, and partnering across campus to promote inter-disciplinary projects.


IVMF Leadership

J. Michael Haynie, PH.D.Executive Director, Founder

Dr. Mike Haynie is the Vice Chancellor of Syracuse University,responsible for Veteran and Military Affairs. In that role Dr. Haynieprovides strategic leadership to the University’s veteran and military-connected programs, partnerships, and research – and works todevelop new military-connected initiatives across the institution. Dr.Haynie also serves as the Founding Executive Director of SyracuseUniversity’s Institute for Veterans & Military Families (IVMF), and as theBarnes Professor of Entrepreneurship at SU’s Whitman School ofManagement.

Mike completed his doctoral degree in Entrepreneurship and BusinessStrategy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His academic research is focused on decision-making,competitive strategy, identity, and entrepreneurial thinking, and has been published in many of the world’sleading entrepreneurship and business journals. Dr. Haynie currently serves on the editorial review boards ofthe Journal of Business Venturing, the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, the Journal of ManagementStudies, and the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health. Before beginning his academic career,Haynie served for 14 years (1992-2006) as an officer in the United States Air Force.

Dr. Haynie joined the faculty at Syracuse University in 2006. Shortly thereafter, he founded theEntrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program – a university-based social venturedesigned to empower post-9/11 veterans through entrepreneurship. Since the program’s inception, morethan 1100 veterans with disabilities have received the EBV training, and the initiative has expanded to anetwork of ten world-class business schools across the U.S. Haynie later went on to launch the Institute forVeterans and Military Families at Syracuse University in 2011.

Dr. Haynie is a sought-after advisor and speaker related to business strategy, veterans’ issues, andentrepreneurship. His work has been widely featured by the media, to include the ABC Evening News,MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, and Fox News, and also in the New York Times, LA Times, INC Magazine, the WallStreet Journal, Forbes, the Chronicle of Higher-Education, Fortune, and Entrepreneur Magazine. In 2013, Dr.Haynie’s efforts to empower veterans through entrepreneurship was featured by the CBS news magazine 60Minutes, in a story titled “Succeeding as Civilians.”


Dr. Haynie currently serves as the chairman of the U.S. Secretary of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Veterans’Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach, appointed to that role in 2014 by Labor Secretary Thomas E.Perez. In 2015, U.S. Secretary of Veteran Affairs Bob McDonald appointed Haynie to serve as the vicechairman of the newly created MyVA Advisory Committee, chartered to provide advice to the Secretaryrelated to the Department’s efforts to set the course for long-term excellence and reform at VA. In addition,Haynie serves on the New York State Governor’s Council on Returning Veterans and their Families, and as amember of the advisory committee for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Veterans ComingHome project.

Professor Haynie has received numerous awards for his community engagement, scholarship, andteaching. Some include the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Snyder Memorial Award, the Guttag ResearchFellowship, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Award for Research Excellence, theMichael Mescon Award for the Best Empirical Research in Entrepreneurship, and the McGraw-Hill/IrwinAward for Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy. In 2012, the editors of INC Magazine named Haynie’sEBV program as one of the ‘10-Best’ college-based entrepreneurship training programs in the United States,and Syracuse University has recognized Dr. Haynie’s work with the Oberwager Prize (2007), and withSyracuse University Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence in Engaging the World (2010).

Watch Dr. Haynie’s TED Talk: The Moral Obligation to Know Our Veterans

Raymond ToenniessenDirector of New Initiatives & External Relations

Toenniessen is charged with cultivation and development of all newprojects, programs and strategic initiatives for the Institute, working inpartnership with the related IVMF departments where the programs willeventually reside. He works with senior leadership to lead the IVMF’sadvancement strategy and serves as a liaison to the external advisoryboard.

In his previous role as director of veteran outreach at SU’s WhitmanSchool, he was instrumental in developing and executing educationalprograms for veterans and military families—including EBV-F, V-WISEand Operation Endure & Grow. He previously served as national

managing director for EBV Consortium programs.


Toenniessen has extensive experience in program management, operations, administration, customerservice and employee relations. A former Army officer, he served at the platoon, company and battalionlevels in leadership and staff positions, including platoon leader, operations officer, convoy commander,contracting officer and detachment commander. In 2008, he deployed to Iraq in support of Operation IraqiFreedom, where he was responsible for logistical activity for the entire central region. Under Toenniessen’sleadership, his unit successfully redeployed in 2009. He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and political science from SU’s College of Arts andSciences and an MBA from the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Inaddition, he is a board member of Clear Path for Veterans, a private sector, nonprofit organization that iscommitted to providing veterans with a place of natural beauty to gather, develop and strengthenfriendships, and promote camaraderie.

Location

Syracuse, NY

Whatever you are looking for, you are likely to find it in Syracuse. Shops, restaurants, nightspots and culturalorganizations fill architecturally impressive buildings. Performing arts venues, parks, and sports stadiums

abound. Lakes and mountains are just a short driveaway and every conceivable type of home isavailable, and at more affordable pricing than manyother places. In 2010, Syracuse was ranked #1 byCNN Money as the most affordable place to live, andhas also been placed at #4 on Forbes’ list of “BestPlaces to Raise a Family.”

It is not surprising that the city was named one ofthe “top 10 healthiest cities” by Parenting magazine,as it is an emerging leader in green living, and hosts

a marathon, IRONMAN 70.3, and multiple half-marathons and triathlons. In addition to an outstanding K-12system, there are 10 colleges and universities in the immediate area and 25 others within a 100-mile radius.

Further information on living in Syracuse:

As of 2013, Syracuse’s population is 144,669 people. The median home cost is roughly $106,000.


Syracuse public schools spend $9,294 per student. (The average school expenditure in theU.S. is $5,691.) There are about 12.5 students per teacher in Syracuse.

Syracuse is home to the new Destiny USA; the 6th largest shopping center in the US. There are more than 50 state, county and city parks and several nature centers in the area, as well as

40 golf courses (more than any other area in the Northeast). There are 40 museums and galleries, including the nationally known Everson Museum of Art,

designed by I.M. Pei. The Carrier Dome, home of Syracuse University athletics, is the only domed stadium in the northeast. Alliance Bank Stadium seats 11,000 spectators and is home to the Syracuse Chiefs. The New York State Fair, the longest running state fair in the country, annually attracts nearly 1

million people from across the Northeast.

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Appendix

Leadership:

University Leadership:Kent Syverud, Chancellor and President, Syracuse University

Kent Syverud is Chancellor and President of Syracuse University.Appointed by the University’s Board of Trustees in September2013, he assumed the leadership post in January 2014, becomingthe 12th leader of the University since its founding in 1870.

Chancellor Syverud came to Syracuse University from WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis, where he served as Dean and Ethan A.H.Shepley Distinguished University Professor since 2006. Prior tothat, he served for eight years as Dean at Vanderbilt LawSchool. During his tenure at Washington University, he led effortsto create university-wide programs in Washington, D.C., inpartnership with the Brookings Institution and in New York in

partnership with the Olin School. He also advanced efforts to expand online education opportunities,including development of an innovative online master’s degree program.

Chancellor Syverud has served since 2010 as one of two Independent Trustees of the Deepwater Horizon OilSpill Trust, a $20 billion fund created by BP in negotiation with the White House to pay claims arising fromthe BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A 1981 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he also wasan expert witness for the University of Michigan in the landmark affirmative-action case Grutter v. Bollinger.

After earning a Juris Doctor and an M.A. in Economics, Chancellor Syverud went on to serve as a Law Clerkfor Judge Louis Oberdorfer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and for U.S. Supreme CourtJustice Sandra Day O’Connor. He practiced law in the fields of litigation and insurance at Wilmer, Cutler &Pickering in Washington, D.C., from 1985 to 1987. From 1987 to 1997, he served on the faculty of theUniversity of Michigan Law School, earning tenure in 1992 and advancing to Associate Dean for AcademicAffairs in 1995. He has been a Visiting Professor at Cornell Law School, University of Pennsylvania LawSchool, and University of Tokyo Faculty of Law and Politics.


A past Editor of the Journal of Legal Education, Chancellor Syverud also has served as President of theAmerican Law Deans’ Association, as Chair of the Board of the Law School Admission Council, and asPresident of the Southeastern Association of American Law Schools. He is a past Chair of the accreditingauthority for law schools in the United States, the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admissions to theBar; and a past Chair of the Board of Access Group, which is evolving into the largest funded nonprofitorganization in the world benefitting legal education.

Chancellor Syverud has published numerous law review articles concerning civil litigation, insurance law, andnegotiation as well as a monograph on the professional responsibilities of insurance defense lawyers. Hismore recent writings have concerned legal education and service as Dean, including the articles “ThreePrinciples of Effective Deaning,” “A Parable of Law School Leadership,” and “How Deans (and Presidents)Should Quit.” A frequent speaker at conferences in the United States and abroad, he has receivedoutstanding teaching awards from students at both the University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University.

Chancellor Syverud and his wife, Dr. Ruth Chen, are the parents of three grown sons: Steven, Brian andDavid. Dr. Chen, an environmental toxicologist, holds a Professor of Practice appointment in the L.C. SmithCollege of Engineering and Computer Science at SU.

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