John Fracasso Named Vice President For College Advancement

On July 15, 2012, John P. Fracasso will join the senior administration as Vice President for College Advancement, when Ronald A. Joyce, who has served with great distinction in this important post since 2005, moves on to his next professional chapter in Maine. Jack has had extensive experience at Yale, where he has been the Director of Principal Gifts for the past several years; at Duke, where he was Director of Principal Gifts; at Brown, where he was Executive Director of Major Gifts and Regional Development; and at the University of Maryland, where he served as Director of Development for the Maryland School of Public Policy and International Affairs. Prior to these appointments, Jack held various positions at the University of Maryland as the Director of International Alumni Programs and at Brandeis, where he was an Assistant Director and Communications Specialist in their Office of Admission.

Jack spent his undergraduate years at Brown where he received an AB in English, at the University of California at Davis where he received an MA in Rhetoric and Communication, and at the University of Maryland where he completed all but his dissertation requirements for a PhD in education-policy studies. He has been active in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education for many years.

University Press Release here.