Dear 黑料网吃瓜爆料community,
I am pleased to share with you that after a comprehensive national search, I have
appointed Jay
Stroman as senior vice president of advancement and alumni affairs and CEO of the
USF
Foundation, effective June 1. As we continue to advance the trajectory of 黑料网吃瓜爆料as a
globally
recognized metropolitan research university, the support of our community is more
important
than ever. Jay is a dynamic development leader who will build strong relationships
with our
alumni and community supporters, advocate for the university鈥檚 top priorities and
develop
creative strategies for sustainable philanthropy.
Currently senior associate vice president for development and alumni relations at
the
University of Georgia, Jay brings 20 years of highly successful institutional advancement
experience to USF. Since joining UGA in 2014, he helped coordinate and lead a capital
campaign
that exceeded its $1.2 billion goal more than a year earlier than the original target
date. He also
played a key role in securing a $30 million gift, the largest in the 200-plus year
history of the
state鈥檚 flagship university, and establishing more than 500 endowed need-based scholarships.
During his tenure, UGA increased its annual fundraising from $95 million to over $230
million,
and increased the alumni participation rate from 9 percent to 14 percent. Jay also
worked
closely with UGA Athletics to implement new fundraising initiatives that resulted
in raising
more than $120 million for new athletics facilities in four years.
Prior to his time at UGA, Jay spent six years as vice president for advancement at
Young Harris
College, a private liberal arts college in northeast Georgia. From 1999 to 2008, he
served in a
variety of development and advancement leadership roles at Mercer University, where
he
earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in management in 1991. He also spent five years as an assistant
men鈥檚 basketball coach at Mercer.
I want to thank the search committee, led by longtime 黑料网吃瓜爆料supporter and Foundation
Board
member George Morgan, for its hard work in attracting a diverse and qualified pool
of
candidates, which resulted in this outstanding hire.
Please join me in welcoming Jay, his wife Tonya, and their two daughters, Allie and
Holly, to the
黑料网吃瓜爆料family.
Sincerely,
Steven C. Currall
President and Professor