Elizabeth A. Dale, Ed.D.

Elizabeth A. Dale, Ed.D., was named Drexel University’s Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement in 2006. Under her leadership, Drexel’s Institutional Advancement has realized annual increases in fundraising, rising from $40.9 million in fiscal year 2007 to $60 million in fiscal year 2008. Despite the downturn in the economy, Drexel has realized another increase, reaching $66.8 million in fiscal year 2009, the University’s second-best fundraising year ever.

Since joining Drexel, Dale launched the Dream It. Do It. Drexel—A Campaign for the Future and established Drexel Magazine, which won the 2009 APEX Award for Publication Excellence. With equal emphasis on Alumni Relations, in the last year the number of alumni events increased by 83.3 percent,  overall attendance was up almost 48 percent to 10,592 and volunteer activity jumped almost 100 percent to 805, including 713 individual volunteers.

Dale previously served as Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and was the founding Executive Director of the UMass Amherst Foundation, a position she had held since 2002. In her two decades plus at UMass Amherst, she held positions including director of conference services, director of business and facilities services, special assistant to the chancellor and assistant chancellor. In addition to her role as vice chancellor, she held an adjunct faculty appointment in the department of hospitality and tourism management.

Dale earned a master’s degree in public administration and a doctorate in educational policy, research and administration from UMass Amherst. She was selected as an American Council on Education Fellow for the academic year 1999-2000.   In 2005 she was elected to the American Council on Education, ACE Fellows Program, Board of Directors.   In 2009, she received the 2009 Fundraising Professionals of the Year Star award from Fundraising Success Magazine.