EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, WINSHIP CANCER INSTITUTE EMORY UNIVERSITY Atlanta, Georgia https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/ The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Emory University in the search for an Executive Director of Development, Winship Cancer Institute (Winship). The Executive Director will be a thought leader prepared to direct and coordinate fundraising efforts and provide strategic planning for philanthropy in support of the Winship Cancer Institute. The Executive Director will be charged with seeking principal gifts from grateful patients, grateful patient families, alumni, non-alumni individuals, corporations, and foundations in support of faculty, programs, and facilities and will lead and manage a team that raises funds for Winship's multidisciplinary cancer disease programs. This leader will implement its annual giving program, develop and execute signature events, and support Winship’s auxiliary groups. Winship is Georgia's only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center and achieved comprehensive status in 2017. Winship serves as the coordinating center for cancer research, education, and care throughout Emory University. Winship physicians provide care at Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, the Atlanta VA Medical Center, and Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Winship uses state-of-the-art approaches to therapy and facilitates cancer prevention, treatment, and survivorship through support groups and integrated, complementary therapies. Cancer care at Emory University Hospital through Winship is one of the top-ranked cancer programs in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report. Emory University is a private, research institution recognized internationally for its outstanding liberal arts colleges, graduate and professional schools, and one of the world's leading health care systems. Emory maintains an uncommon balance for an institution of its standing: its scholars and experts generate $628 million in research funding annually while also maintaining a traditional emphasis on teaching. From cutting-edge medical breakthroughs and scientific advancements to groundbreaking scholarship and scholarly writing that attracts national headlines, Emory thrives on discovery. At Emory, discovery finds many creative pathways, from using imaging technology to reconstruct the brain architecture of an extinct tiger to research into how governments confront the challenge of contagious diseases or how hormonal changes help fathers bond with toddlers. The university is enriched by collaboration among its schools, centers, and partners as well as by the legacy and energy of Atlanta. Emory strives to advance the common good through research, teaching, and service. The extraordinary, talented community propels its work forward. Though its areas of expertise vary, Emory finds shared purpose in its mission to “create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.” REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS The Executive Director of Development, Winship Cancer Institute will report to the Vice President for Development, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, with dotted-line reporting to Winship’s Executive Director and will also serve on the Winship Executive Leadership Committee. ABOUT WINSHIP CANCER INSTITUTE Patients know Winship by the excellent care they receive. The fuel that drives this outstanding care is the exhaustive research by top researchers recruited from around the world who join forces within Winship. Their discoveries in cancer cell biology, genetics, drugs, radiation science, surgery, and other research realms result in the availability of the best treatments today, and in the infrastructure for therapies of the future. Winship investigators conducted over 250 therapeutic clinical trials and enrolled more than 700 patients in 2017. Winship has the largest unit in Georgia for phase I clinical trials, which are important to introducing new therapies against cancer. Winship works with the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (Georgia Core) to partner with community-based physicians to expand availability of cancer clinical trials throughout Georgia. Winship also serves patients through the Winship Cancer Network, a partnership with community hospitals enhancing access to research and treatment. Winship is one of 30 inaugural U.S. cancer centers selected as a Lead Academic Participating Site for the NCI's National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN). The NCTN serves as the NCI's primary infrastructure to conduct phase II and II clinical trials. Winship has 450 faculty and received $85.7 million in research funding reported in 2016, with $38.6 million from the NCI. Faculty include investigators in the schools of medicine, public health, and nursing, Emory College, Georgia Tech, and partner institutions. They collaborate with professionals from around the world and with national and state agencies, including the CDC, American Cancer Society, and Georgia Research Alliance. Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Georgia and one of only 49 in the country. What this means to Georgians is improved access to clinical trials and resources available only at designated cancer centers. This designation requires effective collaboration among interdisciplinary teams throughout Emory and other organizations in the Southeast and the United States. These efforts reinforce Winship’s commitment to the community and those whom it is privileged to serve. PRINCIPAL OPPORTUNITIES There has never been a more exciting time to join the physicians, scientists, and administration in advancing Winship Cancer Institute’s mission. In the last two years, Winship surpassed two milestones that distinguish it from cancer institutes in the nation. In 2017, Winship received Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a renowned distinction held by only a few centers. In addition to providing exceptional patient care, Winship scientists and physicians conduct bench research and also study patterns, causes, and control of cancer. In short, the NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation means that a critical mass of top cancer researchers from around the world are right here at Winship. In January 2018, the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation provided Emory with a $400 million gift to be divided equally between a new Winship facility at Emory University Hospital Midtown and a new Health Sciences Research Building on Emory’s Druid Hills campus. This grant represents the largest gift Emory has received in its history. The NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation and the Woodruff Foundation $400 million gift create a historical point for Winship. Opportunities to grow the Winship mission have never been greater. Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, FACR Executive Director, Winship Cancer Institute PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES The Executive Director of Development, Winship Cancer Institute will • drive and develop a strategic fundraising strategy in conjunction with Winship leadership; • oversee and provide guidance to frontline fundraisers and special events staff; • secure support from individuals, including grateful patients, foundations, and corporations; • build relationships and solicit potential donors and volunteers to support programs and priorities; • design and implement opportunities to steward principal, leadership, and major gift donors; • work with the Winship Advisory Board to harness their interest and support, ensuring they are staffed with the knowledge and support to invite others to join them in Winship’s mission; • ensure that the Winship Advisory Board financial goals are met and/or exceeded; • build relationships among potential donors to support programs and priorities; • visit donors and prospects asking for financial support; • identify corporate leadership opportunities, leveraging relationships to raise funds; • build relationships with faculty and leadership to assist in presenting needs to prospects; • direct events or receptions to cultivate prospects and steward donors; • develop short- and long-term goals and objectives; • develop targeted fundraising campaigns within an identified framework; • interpret faculty needs internally and externally to request clearance, determine fundraising plans, and increase support; • identify foundation support and direct grant writing and proposals; • work in tandem with physician-scientists related to support of their work; • foster relationships with faculty and leadership to identify funding opportunities and to build trust and partner to secure principal, leadership, and major gifts; • plan and direct communication methodologies and oversee the development of written materials, videos, and informational workshops; • coordinate public relations, the generation of departmental budgets and publications/proposals; • inspire, mentor, and direct a team of development professionals; and • assist in developing and interpreting priorities of the Executive Director and faculty, and represent concerns of staff to appropriate personnel. UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AND KEY COLLEAGUES Claire E. Sterk President Claire E. Sterk is the 20th President of Emory University and the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health. She began her role as President on September 1, 2016. A pioneering public health scholar,