Michael McNally, an completed government fundraiser with a dedication to larger schooling and healthcare, will turn into the brand new Affiliate Vice President and Dean of Growth for the School of Arts and Sciences, Hopi Hoekstra, Edgerley Household Dean of the FAS, and Brian Okay. Lee, Vice President for College Alumni Affairs and Growth, introduced Monday.
McNally will lead the design and execution of the FAS’ fundraising objectives to help a various set of educational priorities, starting Oct. 23.
“Mike is a seasoned chief of fundraising groups with the type of understanding of the Boston tutorial group that may solely be gained by means of many years of deep engagement, and that’s a singular mixture,” mentioned Hoekstra. “Simply as importantly, his wide-ranging mental curiosity — grounded in his humanities schooling and fundraising expertise in science — makes him an ideal match for the FAS, a spot outlined by excellence throughout the broadest vary of disciplines. I can’t think about a extra perfect accomplice on this critically essential function.”
McNally involves Harvard from Massachusetts Basic Hospital, the place he’s Vice President for Growth. He beforehand held positions on the Harvard T.H. Chan Faculty of Public Well being, notably because the Deputy Vice Dean for Exterior Relations and later Vice Dean for Exterior Relations. He additionally held growth management positions at MIT.
“Mike is an inspiring and visionary chief with deep expertise advancing fundraising packages for mission-driven organizations,” mentioned Lee. “I’m impressed by his perception within the promise of our priorities and initiatives and his sharp deal with the individuals on the coronary heart of our mission. I actually sit up for partnering with Mike as he expands engagement, bolsters philanthropic innovation, and builds and deepens relationships with our alumni volunteers, FAS college and workers, and the unimaginable group inside Alumni Affairs and Growth.”
With practically 30 years of expertise in fundraising, McNally brings expertise in large-scale income technology, marketing campaign planning, expertise administration, maximization of donor and prospect constituencies, and facilitation of philanthropic relationships amongst institutional leaders.
At MGH, he helped oversee the planning and implementation of a $3 billion capital marketing campaign that expanded the hospital’s fundraising base. At Harvard Chan, he helped to boost $932 million towards a objective of $450 million in a marketing campaign that remodeled the Faculty. These funds supported science analysis, elevated help for tenure ladder college, and supported the launch of diploma packages.
“I’m thrilled to be coming again,” McNally mentioned. “Returning to Harvard is well timed and feels actually good this time round, as a result of it’s getting again to the guts of the difficulty: getting ready undergraduate college students and enabling graduate college students to do extra superior work that can put together them for an more and more complicated world.”
McNally mentioned fundraising in larger schooling is a option to open doorways for essential studying and analysis that tackles world points like local weather change, sustainability, social change, synthetic intelligence, and well being care. Many of those complicated, crucial points require specialists skilled in each arts and sciences, he famous.
“For me, larger schooling is about alternative and influence,” McNally mentioned. “It’s actually [about] contributing to offering extra on-ramps to excellent college students, securing sources for our most proficient college students, college, and workers. Monetary sources can allow leaders — in any respect ranges — to execute on formidable plans.”
A Massachusetts native, McNally’s mother and father immigrated from Eire, and he was the primary in his household to attend school. He holds a B.A. in Historical past from Boston Faculty, and a M.A. in worldwide relations from Tufts College’s Fletcher Faculty of Regulation and Diplomacy. McNally lives in Arlington along with his spouse, Mary, and their canine, Blaze. They get pleasure from touring, cooking, and spending time with household.
“After I take into consideration what sort of legacy I’d wish to have, I wish to assist reinforce this message of the influence a high-quality establishment of upper studying has on its speedy group and globally,” McNally mentioned.
