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Senior Director of Development,

Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering

Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX

http://www.ttu.edu

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/coe

Send Nominations or Cover Letter and Resume to:

Jill Lasman, Senior Vice President

jlasman@LLLSearches.com

Or Maureen Huminik, Vice President

mhuminik@LLLSearches.com

617-262-1102

Overview:

LOIS L. LINDAUER SEARCHES is proud to partner with Texas Tech University (TTU) as it seeks a Senior

Director of Development, Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering.

Texas Tech University (TTU) is the flagship institution of the four-institution Texas Tech University System

(TTU System). TTU is a comprehensive public research university committed to teaching and the

advancement of knowledge. It provides the highest standards of excellence in higher education, fosters

intellectual and personal development, and stimulates meaningful research and service to humankind.

TTU’s Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering is a globally elite college of engineering composed of a

community of scholars, faculty, students and staff all working together to educate the best engineering

talent in the world. All of its graduates are internationally aware, have solid engineering fundamentals, an

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understanding of how their profession affects human society and are prepared to be technological leaders,

regionally, nationally and internationally.

The College is an internationally recognized research institution ranked among the best in the country.

Award-winning faculty, intimate classes, the International Experience Initiative and hands-on internships

combine with a true community of scholars to empower students with the knowledge and experience

needed to hit the ground running.

View the Video: Whitacre College of Engineering - Becoming Globally Elite

Texas Tech University System

Under the dynamic leadership of Chancellor Robert L. Duncan, the TTU System is poised for

transformational growth and heightened national prominence. Formed in 1996 and officially established by

the Texas Legislature in 1999, the TTU System has emerged as one of the top public university systems in

Texas and is a dynamic and fast-growing force in higher education. With approximately 36,551 students,

nearly 300,000 alumni and an endowment of more than $1.2 billion, the TTU System is positioned for

continued prosperity. The TTU System consists of four component institutions and operations at multiple

campuses and academic sites across the state and globe, including Texas Tech University, Texas Tech

University Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso and Angelo State

University. Its 12 campuses and academic sites include locations statewide in Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, El

Paso, Fredericksburg, Highland Lakes, Junction, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa and San Angelo. Internationally,

the TTU System has a location in Seville, Spain.

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The TTU System has an annual operating budget of $2 billion and approximately 20,000 employees.

Chancellor Duncan serves as the chief executive officer. His biography and an organizational chart can be

found in the Appendixes.

Significant Accomplishments:

Focused on advancing higher education, healthcare, research and outreach, the TTU System is a leader in

meeting the global challenges of today and the future. In the past several years, the TTU System has

experienced an unprecedented period of growth and success.

• The largest and most successful fundraising effort in the history of the TTU System, Vision &

Tradition: The Campaign for Texas Tech, surpassed its $1 billion goal, advancing a year ahead of

schedule when the capital campaign total reached $1.069 billion on August 31, 2013.

• The TTU System has doubled in size, growing from two components to four institutions, with the

addition of Angelo State University in 2007 and the creation of Texas Tech University Health Sciences

Center at El Paso in 2013.

• Texas Tech has set enrollment records each of the last eight years, including 36,551 in fall 2016.

• Total research expenditures at the University reached an all-time high of $166,494,038 in fiscal year

2016, which represents a 20.4% increase since 2012.

Governance & Mission:

The TTU System is governed, controlled and directed by a nine-member Board of Regents who is appointed

by the governor and confirmed by the Texas Legislature. There also is a non-voting student regent who is

appointed by the governor. The Board of Regents approves all policies and budgets of the TTU System. The

Board also appoints the chancellor of the TTU System.

The mission of the TTU System is to provide leadership and support services for its component institutions

in the attainment of each component’s individual mission, including raising funds, managing endowments,

overseeing strategic planning and carrying out Board of Regents’ rules and policies.

Strategic Plan:

In 2009, the Board of Regents approved the TTU System strategic plan, Leading the Way: Vision 2020,

outlining aspired progress for its component universities through the year 2020. Under the leadership of

Chancellor Duncan, the strategic plan is reviewed and updated annually. Philanthropy is a critical element

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that was included in the strategic plan in 2016. The plan charts the future of the TTU System and provides

each institution with necessary guidance to ensure continued success in five priorities:

PRIORITY I: Increase Enrollment and Promote Student Success

We will grow and diversify our student population in order to improve higher education participation and

supply a well-equipped, educated workforce for the state of Texas.

PRIORITY II: Strengthen Academic Quality and Reputation

We will attract and retain the best faculty in the country in order to enhance our teaching excellence and grow

our number of nationally recognized programs.

PRIORITY III: Expand and Enhance Research and Creative Scholarship

We will significantly increase the amount of public and private research dollars in order to advance knowledge,

improve the quality of life in our state and nation and enhance the state’s economy and global

competitiveness.

PRIORITY IV: Further Outreach and Engagement

We will expand our community outreach, promote higher education and continue to deliver quality, affordable

healthcare to under-served Texans in order to improve our communities and enrich their quality of life.

PRIORITY V: Increase and Maximize Resources

We will increase funding for scholarships, professorships and world-class facilities and maximize those

investments through more efficient operations in order to ensure affordability for students and accountability

to the state of Texas.

Learn more about the TTU System’s strategic plan:

www.texastech.edu/vision-and-progress/strategic-plan.php

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University was created by legislative action in 1923 and has the distinction of being the largest

comprehensive higher education institution in the western two-thirds of the state of Texas. The University is

the major institution of higher education in a region larger than 46 of the nation's 50 states and is the only

campus in Texas that is home to a major university, law school and medical school. Originally named Texas

Technological College, the institution formally became Texas Tech University on September 1, 1969, by

action of the Texas State Legislature.

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Texas Tech University is among 115 universities and colleges in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of

Higher Education's “Highest Research Activity” category. The University also is only one of 81 publics listed.

Twelve colleges and schools makeup the academic areas at Texas Tech University and offer more than 150

undergraduate degrees, 100 graduate degrees, and 50 doctoral degrees.

College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources

College of Architecture

College of Arts & Sciences

Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration

College of Education

Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering

Honors College

College of Human Sciences

College of Media and Communication

J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts

Graduate School

School of Law

More than 1,300 students (1,333 to be exact) participated in study abroad by traveling to other countries

and engaging in scholarship during the 2016 -2017 academic year.

In fall 2017, a record 37,010 students were enrolled in the University. Of those, 30,759 were undergraduate,

with 5,885 of those students making up the incoming freshman class. Hispanic students make up 27.8% of

the overall demographic and 38.8% of the incoming freshman were Hispanic. With the increase in Hispanic

enrollment, Texas Tech now meets the enrollment criteria to qualify as a Hispanic-serving institution. Texas

Tech University has 1,546 full-time and 194 part-time faculty.

TTU’s total research expenditures in 2017 were $184,340,105.43. The University’s total endowment is

$729,632,370.

Over the span of Texas Tech University's history, 39 students have received the prestigious Goldwater

Scholarship and 34 students have been named Fulbright Finalists in the last 10 years, including a record four

in 2017.

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Texas Tech University's Red Raiders are members of the Big 12 Conference and compete in 17 varsity sports,

including nine women's and eight men's programs.

Texas Tech University's libraries includes the University Library, Architecture Library, Law Library, Southwest

Collection/Special Collections Library, Vietnam Archive and Health Sciences Center Library.

Created in 1927, the Texas Tech Alumni Association represents more than 200,000 alumni across the world.

The campus, which boasts Spanish Renaissance architecture, was described by American author James A.

Michener as the “most beautiful west of the Mississippi until you get to Stanford” and by Stewart Mandel of

Sports Illustrated as “easily one of the 10 most beautiful campuses” he had seen. Many of the newly

constructed buildings qualify for LEED certification, yet maintain the consistent Spanish theme throughout

campus.

Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering

Blending math, science, critical and creative thinking, the Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering’s

students and alumni are designing innovative solutions that are transforming the world. The College plays

an important role in preparing a diverse and talented workforce for the nation, as well as providing new

knowledge that will drive the economic vitality of the state and the nation. From self-repairing

transportation infrastructure, smart cities, alliterative energy methods, improving unconventional oil and gas

recovery, the use and recovery of clean water and its distribution, engineering bio inspired processes,

materials and structures, and developing medical solutions; the College’s students are at the forefront of

regional, national and global solutions. Consistent with Texas Tech University’s belief "from here, it's

possible," Whitacre students are leaving their mark on the world.

The Whitacre College of Engineering was

one of the original academic areas when Texas Tech opened in 1925. Today, there are seven departments

offering 12 Bachelor's, 13 Master's and nine doctoral degrees, as well as two graduate certificate programs.

The Whitacre College of Engineering also is committed to providing its students with quality international

engineering experiences that prepare them to work in a global environment. Future engineers will be part of

an ever-increasing international profession where employers seek applicants who possess an awareness of

global business practices, cross-cultural communication skills, language fluency, and the ability to thrive in

any environment. The College’s International Experience Initiative prepares graduates for the ever-changing

global landscape; all undergraduates are required to have an international experience that lasts a minimum

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of six to eight weeks. The international experience requirement can be fulfilled by: Internship Abroad,

Service Project Abroad, Study Abroad orResearch Project Abroad programs.

The Role of Senior Director of Development, Whitacre College

of Engineering

Reporting to the Vice President for Advancement Paul Herring, the Senior Director of Development

performs the administrative duties of planning, organizing, directing and implementing an integrated

approach to development and alumni-relations programs that maximizes support for the Edward E.

Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering. Responsibilities may include: cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of

individual, foundation, and corporate support for the College of Engineering and the TTU System; adherence

to the prospect management system; and plans coordinate and evaluate development goals. Responsible

for fiscal management of development goals. Work is performed under general supervision with broad

latitude for initiative.

The Senior Director of Development will manage his/her own portfolio while also providing strategic vision

on the overall direction of the College’s principal gift activity, major gifts work and alumni affairs program.

Major/Essential Functions:

• The Senior Director of Development for the College will be responsible for raising major gifts

($25,000+) to further the mission that Texas Tech University has implemented as a Tier 1 Research

Institution.

• Travel in support of College priorities, including personal cultivation and solicitation visits and events.

The Senior Director will travel extensively with the dean as well as with faculty members engaged in,

and committed to, the fundraising process.

• In partnership with the dean, develop and oversee a comprehensive development program for

meeting the College's primary funding needs on an annual and long-term basis.

• Lead and oversee a staff of three development professionals and two development coordinators,

who provide professional and administrative support for the dean and department chairs, including

managing the dean's and department chairs' involvement with prospective and current donors;

prioritizing their role and involvement for on-campus and off-campus related events; and preparing

reports, briefings, and other materials in support of this involvement.

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• As the leader of a college-based staff team, oversee and, as needed, participate in the creation of

proposals, briefings and dean’s letters; manage acknowledgement and stewardship processes; and

ensure adherence to division policies and best practices.

• With the dean and senior members of the University development team, set campaign and annual

fundraising goals for the College.

• Hire, train, mentor, manage and evaluate staff, as well as develop and manage the annual budget.

• Prepare reports and provide data for the College related to fundraising and alumni-relations

activities.

• Serve as a member of the dean’s senior management committee.

• Serve as the liaison between the College and Institutional Advancement.

• Adhere to and instill best practices, including entering contact reports after each visit to ensure

donor records are kept up to date.

• Meet goals for visits, asks and gifts secured as established each fiscal year.

• Engage in effective interpersonal relationships; work cooperatively with the Texas Tech institutional

advancement team and college staff as appropriate.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Effective oral and written communication;

• Ability to work independently and good organizational skills; and

• Demonstrated ability to solicit gifts in person and provide quality presentations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree plus eight years development or sales experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 Years of experience in university development/fundraising.

• Proven record of accomplishment in fundraising; having personally secured major gifts of $100,000

to $1 million plus; and annual production of $2 million plus per year.

• Familiarity with technical and engineering disciplines. Excellent writing skills.

• Experience working in a large, complex institution or university with an engineering and/or medical

college. Experience working with high-level individuals to advance relationships that will lead to their

investment in priority areas.

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Office of Institutional Advancement

Responsible for all fundraising efforts throughout the TTU System, the Office of Institutional Advancement

works with communities, alumni and corporate partners to raise private funds for student scholarships,

faculty endowments, campus construction and many other areas.

The office is managed by the vice chancellor for institutional advancement, and consists of an executive

leadership team and more than 140 development officers and staff at all four component institutions. For

the past 10 years, the office has raised more than $110 million annually. In FY2017, the System closed at

more than $145 million combined.

Additionally, the office has helped the TTU System achieve two major capital campaigns. A $500 million

campaign was completed in 2001. More recently, the TTU System’s largest and most successful fundraising

effort, Vision & Tradition: The Campaign for Texas Tech, surpassed its $1 billion goal nearly a year ahead of

schedule. The capital campaign, which concluded on Aug. 31, 2013, raised $1.069 billion with the support of

nearly 130,000 donors in all 50 states and in 41 countries.

Texas Tech Foundation

The Texas Tech Foundation is recognized as a 501(c)(3) public charitable organization that partners with the

TTU System to raise, manage and invest private gifts that benefit all four component institutions. Through

their giving, donors make a lasting impact on the future of the TTU System and make it possible for each

institution to continue to address challenges facing Texas and the world through higher education,

healthcare, research and outreach.

The Texas Tech Foundation has a Board of Directors, which oversees the Foundation and its investments on

behalf of donors and the universities it supports. Members meet quarterly and are led by an Executive

Committee and two standing committees, the Audit Committee and Board Membership and Development

Committee.

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The Community

Lubbock, TX:

Lubbock is home to a vibrant community of approximately 240,000. While

remaining true to its rich agricultural heritage, the culture of the city is

thriving and has developed into the economic and medical center of a 26-

county region across the South Plains and Eastern New Mexico.

• Known as the Hub of the Plains, Lubbock is a great place to live, work

and go to school. It has been noted as a “best place to live” in 2017.

• Newsweek has ranked Lubbock High School as one of the top schools

in the U.S. three years in a row for its unique International

Baccalaureate program, which is offered K-12 for Lubbock ISD

students.

• The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts serves more than

300 artists and art organizations throughout the region and is the hub

for Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail, which stretches across the

downtown area showcasing galleries, restaurants and businesses. The

Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Lubbock and the Lubbock

Chorale also thrive in the city, along with several musical theatre

groups.

• The West Texas wine industry is emerging as a leader in the state with five award-winning wineries

located in Lubbock.

• Lubbock has two private airports and an international airport, Lubbock Preston Smith International

Airport, which boasts minimal wait times and four commercial passenger airlines.

• Lubbock is the resting place of Buddy Holly, and his musical spirit lives on through several live

venues and music festivals that attract artists and fans from around the world. The United

Supermarkets Arena at Texas Tech University has hosted concerts showcasing top entertainers such

as George Strait, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Elton John and many more.

• The National Ranching Heritage Center is an accumulation of West Texas history over the past

several hundred years. The center has events year-round, group tours available and Christmas

programs. Lubbock also holds The Museum of Texas Tech and The Silent Wings Museum, which tells

the stories of a little-known group of World War II pilots.

• Cotton remains the major crop of the region with 2-3 million bales of cotton produced annually in

an area considered the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world.

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Procedure for Candidacy:

Nominations, expressions of interest and applications must be submitted confidentially to the TTU System’s

consultant, LOIS L. LINDAUER SEARCHES, to the attention of Jill Lasman, Senior Vice President,

jlasman@LLLSearches.com or Maureen Huminik, Vice President, mhuminik@LLLSearches.com at 617-

262-1102. All inquiries will be held in confidence.

Prior to submitting your resume for this position, please read it over for

accuracy. LLLS does verify academic credentials for its candidates, and our

clients frequently conduct background checks prior to finalizing an offer.

For more information about the TTU System and the Office of Institutional

Advancement, please visit www.texastech.edu and www.give2tech.com.

As an EEO/AA employer, the Texas Tech University System and its components

will not discriminate in its employment practices based on an applicant’s race,

color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status

as a protected veteran.

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Appendix

Leadership:

Robert L. Duncan

Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System

Robert L. Duncan became the fourth chancellor of the Texas Tech University System

on July 7, 2014.

As chancellor, Duncan is the chief executive officer of the Texas Tech University

System, which includes four component institutions: Texas Tech University, Texas

Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences

Center at El Paso and Angelo State University. He is focused on providing each

university with the resources needed to ensure the academic achievement of all students enrolled in the

system institutions. As part of his leadership, the chancellor also works in both Austin and Washington, D.C.

to increase funding for all system institutions.

Before becoming chancellor, Duncan served in the Texas Legislature for more than two decades. He was

elected to District 84 in the Texas House of Representatives in 1992. In 1996, he won a special election to

the Texas Senate, where he served until resigning to become chancellor. During his time in the legislature,

Chancellor Duncan was a champion for higher education, crafting the Texas Research Incentive Program, or

TRIP, which incentivizes giving to research priorities by providing state matching funds for qualified

investment.

While representing District 28 as State Senator, Duncan crafted major legislation impacting Texans and

served on three of the Senate’s most powerful committees: Finance, State Affairs and Budget Conference.

He served as president pro tempore of the Texas Senate during the 81st Legislative Session and served as a

member of the Senate Committee on Higher Education, the Education Committee and the Natural

Resources Committee. He was widely recognized as a leader in the Texas Legislature. Texas Monthly

magazine named Duncan to its ‘Ten Best List’ more times than any other member of the legislature.

Duncan also was a law partner at Crenshaw, Dupree and Milam in Lubbock for more than 25 years. He

advised clients in insurance law and commercial litigation, among many others areas of his legal practice,

and remains ‘of counsel’ for the law firm.

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Duncan is a lifelong West Texan. He was raised in Vernon, Texas. He is the only son of five children born to

Frank L. Duncan and Robena Formby Duncan. Duncan and his family have a rich heritage with Texas Tech

University. His uncle, Marshall Formby, and cousin, Clint Formby, both served on the Texas Tech Board of

Regents.

Duncan received his Bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from Texas Tech University in 1976. While

completing his undergraduate degree, he served as the student body president. Duncan received his

doctorate of jurisprudence from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 1981.

Al Sacco Jr., Ph.D.

Dean

Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering

Al Sacco Jr. is dean of the Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering at Texas

Tech University in Lubbock Texas. Before coming to Texas Tech, he was the George

A. Snell distinguished professor of engineering and the director of the Center for

Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing at Northeastern University.

He flew as the payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on shuttle mission

STS-73 in 1995. The 16-day mission aboard Columbia focused on materials science, biotechnology,

combustion science and fluid mechanics contained within the pressurized Spacelab module.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sacco completed a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from

Northeastern University in Boston in 1973, and a doctorate in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology in 1977. He then joined the faculty of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, becoming

a full professor and serving as the chair of the chemical engineering department from 1989 until 1997, when

he joined the faculty at Northeastern. He has consulted for numerous companies in the fields of catalysis,

solid/gas contacting, zeolite synthesis and applications, and equipment design for space applications.

Sacco has more than 192 publications (including book chapters) in the areas of carbon filament initiation

and growth, transition metal and acid catalyst and their deactivation, and zeolite synthesis, and he has been

the principal investigator on more than $24 million in research grants.

Using his space flight experience, Sacco has given more than 300 presentations to approximately 27,000 K-

12 teachers and their students as a means to motivate students to consider careers in science and

engineering. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and in 2004 was elected to the

International Academy of Astronautics.

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Research Interests:

Carbon filament initiation and growth

Transition metal and acid catalyst and their deactivation

Zeolite synthesis

Patrick Kramer

Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement

Patrick Kramer is vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement of the Texas Tech

University System and chief operating officer of the Texas Tech Foundation.

Responsible for all philanthropic initiatives of the Texas Tech University System,

which has an endowment of more than $1.2 billion, Kramer oversees and

supports the fundraising activities of the system’s four institutions: Texas Tech

University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University

and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso. He also serves as an ex

officio member of the Texas Tech Alumni Association National Board of Directors.

Previously, Kramer served as senior associate vice chancellor for finance, operations and services for

institutional advancement where he managed fundraising operations for the Texas Tech University System

including annual giving; endowment compliance and stewardship services; database and information

services; financial services; general counsel; human resources; and research and prospect management.

Before joining the Texas Tech University System, Kramer was associate vice president of development for

operations at the University of Colorado. In this role, he led fundraising programs for major gifts, gift

planning, annual giving, marketing and communications during a period of growth that saw annual private

contributions increase from $195 million to $375 million. Prior to the University of Colorado’s transition to a

university-based advancement program, Kramer was vice president of development for campaigns and

operations for the University of Colorado Foundation, where he managed operations and administration of

a $1.5 billion philanthropic campaign.

Kramer began his career at Washington State University where he served in development leadership roles

for more than 15 years. During his time there, he implemented and directed a comprehensive development

program for the University, culminating in a position as associate vice president for university development

and constituency programs.

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Kramer holds a Bachelor’s degree from Washington State University. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two

children, Cheyenne and Jackson.

Paul Herring

Vice President of University Advancement

Paul Herring is Vice President of University Advancement at Texas Tech

University, where he is responsible for fundraising operations for the

institution.

Herring joined Texas Tech University as executive senior director of

development and external relations for the Rawls College of Business,

overseeing development and external relations for the College. A fundraising

professional with more than 10 years in higher education, he has served as

associate vice president of development and external relations for St. Mary’s

University in San Antonio, vice president of development for Palmer Home for Children, and director of

development for science and technology at the University of Southern Mississippi. He began his career with

a decade of successful corporate sales at First Data Corporation.

Herring is a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the nationally

ranked public relations program at The University of Alabama. He and his wife, Beth, together with their

three children, love being a part of the Red Raider family.