Organizational Changes in Institutional Advancement

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It is with great regret that I announce the resignation of Don Jones, Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Chief Development Officer, effective June 30. Due to unforeseen family circumstances, Don will be transitioning to Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) as its Vice President of Advancement.

During Don’s short tenure at Roosevelt University, he accomplished much. Recent gifts of note include:

  • $6.84 million for CCPA scholarships, program enhancements and facility improvements from donor Gloria Miner, whose siblings include late Oracle founder Robert Miner and late Roosevelt alumna Florence Miner (BGS, ’83)
  • $2 million from an anonymous foundation for scholarships that will support community college students transferring to Roosevelt’s College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Chicago College of Performing Arts and Heller College of Business
  • $1.04 million from the Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation for a continuing fellows program and the start-up of an Honors program in the Heller College of Business
  • $1 million from The Davee Foundation for a new CCPA scholarship program that will pave the way for a competitive, annual full-ride scholarship for tuition and room and board for a performing arts student
  • $500,000 from retired North Chicago schoolteacher, Pearl Harbor veteran and Roosevelt graduate Joseph (MA, ’69) and Katherine Triolo toward scholarships for students in Roosevelt’s College of Education

These major gifts to the University follow last year’s celebrated $25 million gift for student scholarships from the estate of Rosaline Cohn. I am grateful for Don’s dedicated efforts to help us build new scholarship opportunities to help make Roosevelt even more accessible to students. Please join me in thanking Don for his work in Institutional Advancement over the past two years.

Lastly, while the search for a full-time replacement is underway, Jan Parkin, Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement, has graciously agreed to serve in an interim role as Vice President, effective July 1, 2018.