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The North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation has brought on a new chief advancement officer.
The foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is meant to support the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Its board stewards the endowment, raises awareness and funds to develop and advance the system, manages several scholarship and award programs that honor excellence, and supports public-private partnership programs.
According to a press release, the foundation “will lead a national campaign to drive more student, college, employer, and system success; and deliver more community, economic, and workforce development value for the state.”
A campaign that their new chief advancement officer, D’Andre Esposito, will be a part of.
The new CAO is tasked with building out the foundation’s advancement office. Its functions are to include annual giving, planned giving, handling major gifts, event sponsorships, and in-kind donations.
Esposito will also be developing a multi-year campaign on the behalf of the system focused on building relationships with national and multi-national corporations, the press release said.
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“This is a transformational moment for our Foundation and North Carolina Community Colleges,” Jeff Cox, NCCCS president and foundation board secretary, said in the press release. “D’Andre Esposito is a talented leader and fundraiser with a powerful personal story. We are thrilled to welcome him as our Foundation’s first Chief Advancement Officer and excited to work with him as we deepen national relationships, accelerate innovation and student success, and secure critical private resources for NC Community Colleges.”
Before coming into this role, Esposito was in charge of fundraising for First Tee-Triangle (NC) and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bristol (CT). He has over 10 years of nonprofit experience in fundraising, program development, marketing, and relationship building with corporations and foundations. He is also a community college graduate.
“I am deeply honored to step into this role and continue serving communities across North Carolina through the Foundation,” Esposito said in the press release. “I believe in the power of community colleges to change lives, and I look forward to working with the Foundation, System, and State Board to build on their incredible progress.”
