TTU System Welcomes Vice Chancellor Lisa Calvert
Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement Lisa Calvert, Â鶹¹ÙÍø Tech University System
Lisa Calvert joins the TTU System team as vice chancellor for institutional advancement.
February 24, 2015 | Written by Doug Hensley
The Â鶹¹ÙÍø welcomes , the new vice chancellor of institutional advancement, to campus. Her first official day on the job was Monday (Feb. 23).
Calvert was named to the post last month by Chancellor . She has led fundraising efforts at three other universities.
Prior to coming to the Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Calvert served as vice president of development at Purdue University, where she reorganized the university’s development initiatives and doubled annual dollars raised to nearly $400 million.
Calvert also served as vice president of university relations at Creighton University from 2003-2010, leading the institution to reach its largest campaign goal ever more than a year early. She also was vice president of institutional advancement at William Jewell College, where she led a team that produced two of the three largest giving years in the institution’s history.
Calvert holds a bachelor’s degree in agriculture economics from Oklahoma State University. She has ties to the region as a fifth-generation rancher-farmer who managed her family farm and ranching operation while overseeing the family’s oil and gas enterprise in Oklahoma. She is a native of Morrison, Oklahoma.
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