EPISODE · Jun 29, 2021 · 1H 1M
73: Amy Noah, University of Oklahoma
from RAISE Podcast
About AmyAmy Noah has been appointed Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer for the University of Oklahoma Foundation, effective April 1, 2021. Prior to this assignment, Noah was the Vice President for Development at the Purdue Research Foundation serving as the Chief Fundraising Officer for Purdue University from 2013 to 2020.As Vice President of Development, Noah led a staff of over 245 employees focused on annual, major gift and planned giving programs and alumni, corporate and foundation relations. Under Noah’s leadership, the University successfully raised over $2.5B as part of the seven-year Ever True campaign, including a record-breaking $517M in fiscal year 2019.Noah launched Purdue Day of Giving in 2014, which accounted for $147M over six years. In 2019, Purdue Day of Giving was celebrated as the largest single-day fundraising campaign in higher education for raising a total of $41.6M. Noah began her Development career at Purdue University in 2001 after graduating with a BS from Purdue in 1994 and earning her MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2000.Noah is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She previously served on the Board of Directors for the Lafayette Symphony Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Engineering Development Forum. She has provided fundraising counsel for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, the Salvation Army Lafayette, University of Michigan-Flint, Ivy Tech Community College, the West Lafayette School Corporation, and the Lafayette School Corporation.
What this episode covers
On this episode of the RAISE podcast, Brent breaks it down with Amy Noah, who joined the University of Oklahoma Foundation as its new Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer on April 1st. Before joining the OU Foundation, Amy served her alma mater, Purdue University, for eighteen years, a tenure that is so rare in the advancement world. Brent and Amy talk about the transition from working for Purdue, a place that she knew in-and-out and helped to mold for so many years, to OU, a completely new institution at which Amy has been speed-learning the names of her staff members as well as the football coaches (very important at OU!). Amy explains to our RAISE audience how Purdue was able to define themselves as the gold standard for Giving Day (they hold the record for the largest single-day fundraising campaign in higher ed history); how she became a super-successful early fundraiser despite not meeting her dollar goals; and how she eventually led Purdue to successfully complete a $2.5billion campaign. She also talks about the importance of truth in leadership, her opinions on the benefits of forming a separate 501(c)3 foundation to house university advancement, and how universities should offer personalized professional development opportunities for each staff member. Amy is a proven servant leader and a great podcast guest. Tune in!
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73: Amy Noah, University of Oklahoma
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