Major Gift Officer
Catawba College - Salisbury, NC
Catawba College seeks a Major Gifts Officer who will cultivate transformational partnerships that help Catawba achieve its vision: “GOOD goes FAR.” This role requires a vision-driven professional committed to developing strong donor relationships and implementing strategies for soliciting major gifts, including outright and deferred/planned gifts. The selected candidate will develop and nurture a portfolio of rated prospective donors who can make a significant gift to support initiatives that create a lasting impact across our community. This opportunity offers the chance to thrive in a role where your results directly fuel student success, faculty discovery, and community transformation. The Major Gift Officer will serve as a Catawba ambassador, building authentic connections that drive meaningful change and demonstrate how good goes far through intentional partnership and shared purpose.
Ranked as one of the best colleges in the south, Catawba offers 70 academic majors to approximately 1,300 students representing 34 US states and 19 foreign countries. Students are instructed by nearly 90 full-time faculty, more than 83% of whom hold the highest degree in their field. Catawba provides an education focused on an institutional philosophy of a liberal education, which entails a broad range of knowledge, intellectual and practical skills, and individual and social responsibility fostered and developed in all academic programs. Catawba is a learning community that provides students unique opportunities to explore vocation, helping students to consider their calling, their passions, and their purpose as they prepare to reach their highest potential.
"This is an especially exciting time to join the Catawba College family. We have seen tremendous philanthropic momentum in recent years, reflected in the extraordinary growth of our endowment from $60 million to more than $650 million. The college is debt-free and undertaking over $90 million in capital projects — including the construction of a new residence hall — all paid for with donations and without incurring debt. Exciting things are happening at Catawba, and we are eager to welcome a Major Gift Officer who is energized by this progress and inspired by the opportunity to build on this momentum. "— Meg Kluttz Dees, Vice President of Development
For more information, including core competencies and qualifications, please refer to the full prospectus.
Ranked as one of the best colleges in the south, Catawba offers 70 academic majors to approximately 1,300 students representing 34 US states and 19 foreign countries. Students are instructed by nearly 90 full-time faculty, more than 83% of whom hold the highest degree in their field. Catawba provides an education focused on an institutional philosophy of a liberal education, which entails a broad range of knowledge, intellectual and practical skills, and individual and social responsibility fostered and developed in all academic programs. Catawba is a learning community that provides students unique opportunities to explore vocation, helping students to consider their calling, their passions, and their purpose as they prepare to reach their highest potential.
"This is an especially exciting time to join the Catawba College family. We have seen tremendous philanthropic momentum in recent years, reflected in the extraordinary growth of our endowment from $60 million to more than $650 million. The college is debt-free and undertaking over $90 million in capital projects — including the construction of a new residence hall — all paid for with donations and without incurring debt. Exciting things are happening at Catawba, and we are eager to welcome a Major Gift Officer who is energized by this progress and inspired by the opportunity to build on this momentum. "— Meg Kluttz Dees, Vice President of Development
For more information, including core competencies and qualifications, please refer to the full prospectus.