[82lsju]

I will add my own observation - how many Development personnel do you think Athletics lists on the Staff Directory? 8, 10 maybe? 17. There are 17 Development employees listed. Seems like a lot to me, especially when you consider that they leverage the Buck/Cardinal regional chairs (who are all volunteers) to do a lot of the relationship development at the local level. But maybe they need more based on the financial shortfall (said with tongue firmly in cheek).

from the 2018-19 AD annual report

donors (and I'm sure there is some overlap in the groups)

- alumni 4,359
- friends 1,620
- parents 404
total 6,383

I'll assume that like most donor groups ~20% really "count" and get assigned a development person so that's ~1,280 which is only ~75/development employee....seems kind of bloated to me.....

and in addition to the leverage with the Buck/Cardinal regional chairs for the really big donors I'm sure the University development office gets very involved.....

[82lsju]

I will add my own observation - how many Development personnel do you think Athletics lists on the Staff Directory? 8, 10 maybe? 17. There are 17 Development employees listed. Seems like a lot to me, especially when you consider that they leverage the Buck/Cardinal regional chairs (who are all volunteers) to do a lot of the relationship development at the local level. But maybe they need more based on the financial shortfall (said with tongue firmly in cheek).

from the 2018-19 AD annual report

donors (and I'm sure there is some overlap in the groups)

- alumni 4,359
- friends 1,620
- parents 404
total 6,383

I'll assume that like most donor groups ~20% really "count" and get assigned a development person so that's ~1,280 which is only ~75/development employee....seems kind of bloated to me.....

and in addition to the leverage with the Buck/Cardinal regional chairs for the really big donors I'm sure the University development office gets very involved.....