On behalf of Rutgers Foundation, thank you for considering this important opportunity. This Executive Brief contains an overview of the organization, details on the position and a few points we would like you to consider before pursuing this opportunity.
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Best Regards,
Daniel C. Grassi and Yazmin Scala
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766, the university is the eighth-oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 67,000 students and 22,000 faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers University-Newark, Rutgers University-Camden, and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.
Created in 1973, the Rutgers University Foundation advances Rutgers' pursuit of excellence in education, research, and public service. The foundation serves as a bridge between donors and the schools and programs, faculty, and students that make up the university. Foundation staff members help to match caring people with satisfying and meaningful opportunities to make gifts that have an impact on Rutgers, the state of New Jersey, and the world.
Rutgers Health is where Rutgers University’s biomedical education, research, and health care come together.
Rutgers Health is New Jersey’s academic health center, taking an integrated approach to educating students, providing specialized and compassionate clinical care for its communities, and conducting innovative research. This collaboration uniquely enables us to revitalize our ideas about patient care and create life-changing health for all. Its eight schools, behavioral health network, and four centers and institutes unite to bring discoveries from the lab directly to patients across the state and around the world.
Rutgers Health - Leadership Spotlight:
William Green
Vice President for Development, Rutgers Health
William Green oversees all aspects of development for Rutgers Health’s eight schools and seven centers and institutes. Mr. Green works directly with the Rutgers Health chancellor and the Rutgers University Foundation president to advance the programs and initiatives of the unit, including grateful patient fundraising, third-party giving, major and principal giving, and leadership annual giving.
As the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey together with RWJBarnabas Health is at the forefront of cancer research, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of routine, rare and complex cancers through the transformation of discoveries into clinical practice.
Rutgers Cancer Institute is committed to providing the most advanced, comprehensive, and compassionate cancer care to adults and children. Rutgers Cancer Institute's dedication to excellence is fueled by the cutting-edge research led by their internationally recognized clinicians and researchers who work tirelessly to move laboratory discoveries into clinical practice. Their discoveries in precision medicine, immunotherapy, cancer genomics, and other scientific areas are producing high-impact clinical trials that enable them to deliver the most sophisticated treatment plans to their patients today, and lay the groundwork for breakthrough cancer treatments of the future.
Rutgers Cancer Institute and RWJBarnabas Health have a unique partnership that combines the strength of both entities bringing world-class cancer care close to home. This integrated cancer care model provides patients with the most advanced cancer treatment and diagnostic options in a patient-centric environment.
RWJBarnabas Health is the the largest and leading academic health care system in New Jersey. It includes twelve acute care hospitals – Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, Community Medical Center in Toms River, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, Jersey City Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville, , and Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth; three acute care children’s hospitals and a leading pediatric rehabilitation hospital (Children’s Specialized Hospital), a freestanding 100-bed behavioral health center, ambulatory care centers, geriatric centers, the state’s largest behavioral health network, comprehensive home care and hospice programs, fitness and wellness centers, retail pharmacy services, a medical group, and multi-site imaging centers.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) - Leadership Spotlight:
Dr. Steven K. Libutti
Director, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Steven K. Libutti, MD, FACS, was appointed Director of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Vice Chancellor for Cancer Programs, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences in January 2017. In addition to his leadership roles within Rutgers University, Dr. Libutti serves as Senior Vice President of Oncology Services for RWJBarnabas Health. He is also a Professor of Surgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and an Affiliated Distinguished Professor in Genetics, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.
After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard College, Dr. Libutti received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He remained at Presbyterian Hospital in New York where he completed his residency in surgery, followed by a fellowship at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in surgical oncology. He continued at the NCI where he became a tenured Senior Investigator and Chief of the Tumor Angiogenesis Section in the Surgery Branch. Following his time at the NCI, he served as the Director of the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care and as an Associate Director of the Albert Einstein Cancer Center for eight years prior to joining Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health.
Dr. Libutti is an internationally known expert in the management of neuroendocrine tumors and Past President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. His clinical practice focuses on gastrointestinal malignancies including cancers of the liver and pancreas. The recipient of funding from the NCI for the past 25 years, Dr. Libutti is also a researcher whose work focuses on developing novel cancer therapies through an understanding of the tumor microenvironment as well as on a better understanding of the tumor suppressor genes MEN1 and FILIP1L. He has published over 300 peer reviewed journal articles, is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the Springer-Nature Journal Cancer Gene Therapy and holds eleven U.S. patents.
Rutgers Foundation - Associate Vice President for Development and Chief Development Officer - Job Description (PDF Download)
The Rutgers University Foundation seeks a growth-minded and compassionate fundraising leader to serve as Associate Vice President for Development (AVP) within Rutgers Health and as the Chief Development Officer for Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ). The AVP will chart a bold course for CINJ that heightens fundraising success and broadens engagement of grateful patients and families.
This is an exciting time to join Rutgers as plans for growth in anticipation of the University’s next comprehensive campaign. Within CINJ, momentum is already building as the Institute focuses on growing its grateful patients program, closed the largest gift in its history ($25M) to create the Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence, which now serves as the hub for CINJ philanthropic activity and is uniquely impacting the field of cancer, and is partnering with RWJBarnabas Health to found a statewide campaign to fight cancer.
One of the nation’s 52 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and the state’s only such center, CINJ manages 100,000+ annual patient visits and delivers world class cancer care through a team of internationally recognized experts. Researchers from CINJ have made outstanding scientific contributions towards the national goal of reducing the incidence of cancer and improving the outcomes for cancer patients. Under the innovative and passionate leadership of CINJ’s Director, Dr. Steven K. Libutti, the center has experienced significant growth and is positioned to support even more patients with comprehensive new programs that will offer greater access to cancer prevention and treatment. During Dr. Libutti’s tenure, CINJ and health system partners for cancer have raised over $100M in federal, state, and philanthropic support.
Reporting to the Vice President for Rutgers Health Development, Will Green, the AVP will serve on the Director’s leadership team as a creative fundraising partner and strategist. The AVP will oversee a team of six high-performing development professionals focused on frontline fundraising and the engagement of grateful patients and families. To successfully lead the team to new heights of success and leverage CINJ’s rising profile, the AVP will enhance existing development efforts, focusing on relationship-driven donor cultivation while seeking innovative new opportunities and partnerships. The AVP will also be tasked with working closely with Rutgers clinical partner, RWJBarnabas Health, to launch a joint campaign to fight cancer in the state of New Jersey.
The successful candidate will offer seven to ten years of experience with proven success in fundraising and engagement including a track record of identifying new donors and architecting long-standing partnerships, particularly with high-profile individuals, corporations, and foundations. Experience raising gifts from alumni and grateful patients in a medical setting is a plus. Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, the charisma and intellectual curiosity to partner with the Director and CINJ leadership working on cutting- edge cancer programs and research, will be critical.
Impeccable verbal and written communication skills will be required for this role, as will be the ability to translate research and technical subject matters to a variety of audiences and stakeholders to build the case for support for the Center’s various strategic needs. A sense of accountability, self-awareness, and a team approach is necessary, in addition to having a passion for working within an academic medical environment, and the desire to build authentic relationships and demonstrate empathy towards affected alumni and grateful patients.
Roles and Responsibilities
Skills and Abilities
Expectations
Bachelor’s degree and 7-10 years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising as both a manager and frontline gift officer. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in higher education, healthcare, or an academic medical environment. Master’s degree preferred.
Clarity of focus while juggling complex projects or deadlines.
This position requires little physical effort. Will work evenings, weekends, or odd hours to meet resource-raising commitments. Typical working conditions with an absence of disagreeable elements. This position requires some early mornings and late evenings to accommodate meetings, travel, events, and external constituents’ schedules.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
It is Foundation policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment based on any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment.
COVID-19:
Under Presidential Executive Order 14042, Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, employees must be fully vaccinated prior to beginning employment with the Rutgers University Foundation.
The Foundation will consider requests for exemptions from the executive order’s vaccination requirement for medical or religious reasons. However, if you are not granted an exemption for a medical or religious reason, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Applications and nominations will be accepted until an Associate Vice President for Development and Chief Development Officer is appointed. For most favorable consideration, applicants should submit a resume immediately. These nominations, expressions of interest, and applications will be handled with complete confidentiality and may be submitted directly to:
Daniel C. Grassi
Managing Partner, Atlanta
+1 (678) 441 9600
dgrassi@boyden.com
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With over 20 years’ experience in executive search, Dan Grassi has partnered with clients ranging from startups to the Fortune 500. His experience spans most aspects of higher education, interactive entertainment and consumer products. Dan joined Boyden in 2003 and quickly rose to prominence by fostering collaboration domestically and globally, including the creation of an annual training conference.
With over 20 years’ experience in executive search, Dan Grassi has partnered with clients ranging from startups to the Fortune 500. His experience spans most aspects of higher education, interactive entertainment and consumer products. Dan joined Boyden in 2003 and quickly rose to prominence by fostering collaboration domestically and globally, including the creation of an annual training conference.
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Yazmin Scala
Associate, United States
+39 (342) 5785 205
yscala@boyden.com
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Yazmin Scala has a solid background in research and project management, along with natural aptitude. In gathering market intelligence and candidate information for search projects, she is detail oriented, analytical, and capable of deriving actionable insights from data. Her commitment to delivering positive client experiences and results helps ensure satisfaction at every touchpoint.
Yazmin Scala has a solid background in research and project management, along with natural aptitude. In gathering market intelligence and candidate information for search projects, she is detail oriented, analytical, and capable of deriving actionable insights from data. Her commitment to delivering positive client experiences and results helps ensure satisfaction at every touchpoint.