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AROUND THE QUADSColumbia College Fund Leaders Meet
(Top) Alumni discussed best practices in fundraising at the fifth annual Columbia College Fund Leadership Conference on September 8. (Above) Trustee Philip L. Milstein ’71 and EVP Development/Alumni Relations Susan Feagin described the Columbia Campaign for alumni fundraisers. 
Columbia College Fund leaders and Class Agents gathered with Alumni Office development staff in Low Library and Hamilton Hall on September 8 for the fifth annual Columbia College Fund Leadership Conference. The conference was the official launch of the 2008 fund year, which runs from July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008. Last year, the fund set records on all fronts: $11.8 million in gifts to the College Fund, 84.5 percent participation in the Senior Fund and $1.2 million in gifts to the Parents Fund. Building on these successes, the 2008 development goals are ambitious: $12.5 for the College Fund, 85 percent participation in the Senior Fund and $1.4 million for the Parents Fund.
(Top) Michael Foss ’03, co-chair of the Class Agent Council, and council member Alex Conway ’00 presented awards to top-performing classes. (Above) Earlier, David Park demonstrated the new Class Agent Web site. Photo: Eileen Barroso
The conference, which had almost 150 attendees, aims to thank and support the volunteer Class Agents, who work in tandem with Alumni Office development staff to raise funds from classmates. Volunteers are an integral part of the fund’s success, and the conference offered workshops that allowed them to learn from their peers how to maximize their development success. Sessions included “Reunion Giving,” “Young Alumni Giving” and “Class-Based Giving,” and were run by alumni, for alumni. Staff were on hand to facilitate the sessions, which were held in Hamilton classrooms after a buffet breakfast in Low. “The Columbia College Fund Leadership Conference is a great way to bring Class Agents together and kick off the fund year,” notes Arik Thormahlen, director of class giving. After the sessions, participants returned to Low for a presentation on the new Class Agent Web site, which offers features such as a Class Agent directory and class donor rolls. Class Agents had asked for such a site, and the Alumni Office responded, working with David Park in University Development and Alumni Relations to design and implement it. Class Agents also received the Columbia College Fund Solicitation Guide for Volunteers. This annual guide gives new as well as returning Class Agents all the information they need to be successful, such as financial aid and College Fund facts, lists of giving opportunities, answers to frequently asked questions and Alumni Office contacts. Lisa Palladino
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