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Beth Fischer is the New Vice Chancellor for Advancement
Chancellor Gilliam has an announcement regarding our new leader for advancement:
Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that Beth Fischer has accepted our offer to be UNC Greensboro’s next Vice Chancellor for Advancement. She begins on July 31.
Beth has been serving as the Executive Director of University Development at UNC Charlotte, leading major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation relations, and donor relations. She designed and led the campaign strategy, planning, and execution of the university’s “Exponential” capital campaign.
She also has Greensboro roots. Her mother attended UNCG and Beth earned a BS at Guilford College before pursuing her JD at Case Western Reserve University. She also holds a certificate of nonprofit management from the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations and earned her Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) designation in 2008.
Beth was selected by the Charlotte Business Journal as a “40 Under 40” award winner in 2009, and subsequently received the “Outstanding Women in Business” award in 2017. She is an active member of Women Executives and the American Leadership Forum Class XVII. She previously served on the US Airways Education Foundation Advisory Board and is a past president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Charlotte Chapter.
My motto as we have built our team at UNCG is “Don’t compromise on talent.” It was important to me to find someone who not only has the leadership qualities we need in this pivotal role, but also is the right fit for UNCG. In Beth, we found someone who both has a proven track record of fundraising success and is still a rising star. Beth’s current and former colleagues and peers in the UNC System confirm what I noticed about her during the extensive interview process: her ability to develop and lead a campaign; her quick and strategic mind; a warm personality that will engage various stakeholders; and her authentic commitment to UNCG’s mission.
Thank you to those who participated in the search process. I deeply appreciate the time you spent meeting the candidates and the invaluable feedback you provided me. I’d also like to thank Kris Davidson, who has admirably led the division since Jan Zink’s departure in January.
Please join me in welcoming Beth, her husband AJ, and their two children, Eric and Allison, to our community and to the Spartan family.
Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr.
Chancellor
