December 2, 2015
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Mort Gamble,
a veteran college and university fundraiser and former vice president
at three institutions, has been appointed Virginia Wesleyan College’s Vice
President for Advancement, effective February 1.
A colleague whom I’ve known for many years,
Mort has most recently served on the senior staff at Bethany
College. At VWC, he will lead the College’s Center for
Advancement including fundraising, alumni and parent relations, government
relations, church relations, business and corporations and planned giving.
Because he has spent most of his career at small,
residential, liberal arts colleges, I’m sure he will be extremely helpful
to us as we continue to strengthen our resource base through annual giving
and as we look ahead to our next major-gift campaign.
A native of Maryland, Mort grew up in
Moorefield, West Virginia, near the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
He is a graduate of West Virginia University where he earned his doctorate
in higher education leadership. He began his career as a faculty member in
English, humanities, and communication at West Virginia Wesleyan College,
later joining the admissions and institutional advancement team before being
appointed Director of College Relations.
At Fairmont State University, he served as Director
of Development, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive
Director of the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc., over a nine year period.
His career has included vice
presidencies in advancement at Waynesburg University and Hood College, as well
as donor and gift stewardship at The George Washington
University, before joining Bethany College as Executive Assistant to the
President and major-gifts officer.
His experience includes capital and annual fund
campaigns; funding for buildings, scholarships, endowment, service learning,
and faculty development; foundation and corporate relations; church relations;
and legislative and community-development outreach, among other institutional
priorities.A freelance author, he writes frequently for various national
publications and journals.
Please join me in welcoming Mort to Virginia
Wesleyan.
