Faculty
The 2011 BTFRI faculty includes the CEOs of development from three Big Ten and other leading public universities, as well as a principal from one of the nation’s most respected fundraising consultancies. Each of these experts will be presenting during the 2011 Institute.
2011 BTFRI faculty
Bruce W. Flessner
Principal, Bentz Whaley Flessner
Bruce Flessner is a principal at Bentz Whaley Flessner
and has served hundreds of clients in his more than
25 years of consulting. Prior to founding the firm,
he served as Vice President of the University of
Minnesota Foundation and as the annual fund director
at Kalamazoo College, Michigan.
Rodney P. Kirsch
Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni
Relations, Pennsylvania State University
Rodney P. Kirsch oversees alumni relations and development efforts at Penn State’s 24 campus locations, including the main campus at University Park. Penn State raised $180 million in 2007–08, and has more alumni annual donors than any other university in the country, as well as the nation’s largest alumni association membership. He serves as a permanent faculty member of BTFRI.
Lynette Marshall
President and CEO, The University of Iowa Foundation
Lynette L. Marshall became president of The University of Iowa Foundation in August 2006. In her first three years at Iowa the Foundation has experienced record performance and growth for people and programs throughout The University of Iowa. She has launched a number of initiatives, including a program to engage more UI students in philanthropy and volunteerism; efforts to involve more women in philanthropic leadership; and a strategic planning effort that will guide the Foundation in its service to the University. She is a member of several national fundraising organizations, and has taught development workshops nationally and internationally.
Jerry May
Vice President for Development, University of Michigan,
and Dean, BTFRI
As Vice President for Development at Michigan, Jerry May was responsible for planning and implementing The Michigan Difference campaign, which exceeded its $2.5 billion goal to raise a record-setting $3.2 billion before its conclusion in December 2008. A regular speaker at professional fundraising meetings, May has been a member of the BTFRI faculty for more than a decade and currently serves as its dean.
Rhea Turteltaub
Vice Chancellor, External Affairs, UCLA
Rhea Turteltaub is Vice Chancellor of External Affairs at UCLA, where she supervises one of higher education’s most successful development programs. She previously held leadership positions at Otis College of Art and Design and the University of Chicago, as well as campaign positions at the University of California at Berkeley and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
