77: Todd McCubbin, University of Missouri

What this episode covers

On this episode of the podcast, Brent chats with Todd McCubbin, Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations and Executive Director of the Alumni Association at the University of Missouri. While much of advancement faces turnover and talent pipeline problems, Todd’s career is an example of what’s possible when you set down roots and commit to doing well while doing good at an institution that you love and believe in. In light of his Mizzou tenure and 26 years of alumni relations experience, Brent and Todd talk about how to recruit and retain talent amidst the “Great Resignation” and how leaders need to consider where staff members are at socially and mentally coming out of the pandemic. At one point, Todd and his AR colleagues doubted whether alumni relations would really become a career destination or an industry in itself, and now he oversees a team of 30 alumni relations professionals and the field employs thousands of folks across the world. Once upon a time, the Big 12 was a stretch for Mizzou, and now the Tigers have been in the SEC championships a few times over. Todd started at Mizzou without regular use of a computer. Todd’s original career dreams was to be the next Jack Buck. With this star performance on the RAISE podcast, he may have just fulfilled his destiny…