To advance Cornell’s mission, we foster lifelong engagement and philanthropy by providing opportunities to give, lead, and serve.

Service | Unity | Respect | Excellence

Service: We value providing exceptional service to the Cornell community in a manner that is culturally competent, inclusive, and equitable.
Unity: We value a united Cornell and AA&D where everyone feels a sense of belonging and interconnectedness, while we work collaboratively in pursuit of a common goal.
Respect: We value treating each other with dignity and honoring all identities, experiences, and contributions.
Excellence: We value learning as individuals, as departments, and as a division to produce exceptional outcomes.

We believe Cornell’s founding ethos of “any person, any study” charges us to engage in our work from an inclusive, diverse, and equitable perspective.

We believe that our support of Cornell University as an educational, research, and land-grant institution committed to public engagement is imperative for the equitable growth and success of society.

We believe in the Cornell community’s power to create opportunities for individuals, communities, and the world.

We believe in the enduring impacts of research and seek to mirror intellectual inquiry, curiosity, enrichment, and creativity in our work.

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The Gift Officer for the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement oversees all fundraising and alumni engagement activities, collaborating with university partners to create opportunities for alumni, parents, and friends to support community-engaged learning for Cornell students. Reporting to the Associate Director of Development for the Student & Campus Life and Athletics AAD team, the Gift Officer works with various teams, including university Alumni Affairs & Development, SCL communications & marketing, and the Einhorn Center staff, to develop a comprehensive engagement and fundraising strategy.

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The Principal Gifts Associate (PGA) partners with one or more Principal Gifts Officers (PGOs) to help manage up to 60 of the university’s closest and most generous families with the capacity to make gifts of $10M+. Utilizing excellent writing and organizational skills, the PGA ensures timely and robust stewardship of hundreds of millions of dollars of lifetime giving to the university.

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The Regional Gift Officer is integral to growing the number of newly qualified donors who can support Cornell at the major gifts level by meeting with a high number of new prospects each year and soliciting leadership gifts and pledges. The Discovery Team launched in January 2021 as Cornell University Alumni Affairs and Development’s newest fundraising team, dedicated to finding and growing our donors and developing frontline fundraising skills and talent.

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