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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766, the university is the eighth-oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 69,000 students and 22,000 faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers University-Newark, Rutgers University-Camden, and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.
Created in 1973, the Rutgers University Foundation advances Rutgers' pursuit of excellence in education, research, and public service. The foundation serves as a bridge between donors and the schools and programs, faculty, and students that make up the university. Foundation staff members help to match caring people with satisfying and meaningful opportunities to make gifts that have an impact on Rutgers, the state of New Jersey, and the world.
Rutgers University Foundation - Leadership Spotlight
Kimberly Hopely
President, Rutgers University Foundation
Kimberly Hopely serves as Executive Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement at Rutgers University and as President of Rutgers University Foundation. Ms. Hopely leads the organization in fulfillment of its purpose: deliver resources and facilitate meaningful engagement to advance the mission of Rutgers. She is a member of President Holloway’s Cabinet and is an officer of the University.
Rutgers Health is where Rutgers University’s biomedical education, research, and health care come together.
Rutgers Health is New Jersey’s academic health center, taking an integrated approach to educating students, providing specialized and compassionate clinical care for its communities, and conducting innovative research. This collaboration uniquely enables us to revitalize our ideas about patient care and create life-changing health for all. Its eight schools, behavioral health network, and four centers and institutes unite to bring discoveries from the lab directly to patients across the state and around the world.
Rutgers Health - Leadership Spotlight:
Brian L. Strom
Chancellor of Rutgers Health
Brian L. Strom is chancellor of Rutgers Health and the executive vice president for health affairs at Rutgers University. Chancellor Strom was formerly the executive vice dean of institutional affairs, founding chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, founding director of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and founding director of the Graduate Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, all at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).
Chancellor Strom earned a bachelor of science in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University in 1971, and then a medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1975. From 1975–1978 he was an intern and resident in internal medicine and from 1978–1980 he was a National Institutes of Health (NIH) fellow in clinical pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco. He simultaneously earned a master of public health degree in Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine since 1980. The Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB) that he created at Penn includes over 550 faculty, research and support staff, and trainees. At the time he stepped down, CCEB research received nearly $49 million per year in extramural support. Its total budget was approximately $67 million.
Although Chancellor Strom's interests span many areas of clinical epidemiology, his major research interest is in the field of pharmacoepidemiology, i.e., the application of epidemiologic methods to the study of drug use and effects. He is recognized as a founder of this field and for his pioneer work in using large automated databases for research. He is editor of the field's major text (now in its fifth edition) and editor-in-chief for Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, the official journal of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology. As one of many specific contributions, his research was pivotal in prompting the American Heart Association and American Dental Association to reverse 50 years of guidelines, and recommend against use of antibiotics to prevent infective endocarditis, instead of recommending for this widespread practice. In addition to writing more than 580 papers, and 14 books, he has been principal investigator for more than 275 grants, including over $115 million in direct costs alone. Chancellor Strom has been invited to give more than 400 talks outside his local area, including presentations as the keynote speaker for numerous international meetings. He has been a consultant to NIH, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Pharmacopeia, Association of American Medical Colleges, the Joint Commission, foreign governments, most major pharmaceutical manufacturers, and many law firms.
Rutgers Foundation - Vice President for Development, Rutgers Health - Job Description (PDF Download)
Position Summary
Reporting to the Foundation President, the Vice President (VP) for Development, Rutgers Health will work collaboratively with Foundation and University leadership to take revenues and philanthropic support to new heights. This position focuses on the Rutgers School of Medicine, the integration of New Jersey Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The VP will also serve as a member of the Chancellor’s cabinet for Rutgers Health and will have a dotted line to the Chancellor.
The Role and Responsibilities
Skills and Abilities
This role requires a comprehensive understanding of the institution and its departments, with expertise that spans multiple functions. The incumbent will align donor intent with university priorities, demonstrating a strong grasp of University values and a commitment to advancing them. With excellent communication skills, they will simplify complexity for others, while displaying high emotional intelligence and political awareness. Proactive and strategic, they will excel in prioritization and negotiation, providing constructive feedback to shape the organization's future. The incumbent will demonstrate critical thinking, challenge accepted norms, and consistently assert their voice. They will lead their teams with confidence, leveraging institutional experience to ask the right questions and foster a cross-functional, multiplier leadership approach. Their decisions will reflect organizational awareness, considering the broader impact across departments. A coaching leadership style will be evident in their interactions with staff, leaders, volunteers, and partners, as they serve as a confident and strategic partner to university leadership.
Leadership
Autonomy
Complexity
Strategy
Qualifications and Expectations
Bachelor's degree and/or 8-10 years of professional experience in healthcare fundraising, alumni relations, non-profit organizations, event planning, higher education, or related fields.
This position requires clarity of focus while juggling complex projects or deadlines with little physical effort. Will work evenings, weekends, or odd hours to meet resource-raising commitments. Typical working conditions with an absence of disagreeable elements. This position requires some early mornings and late evenings to accommodate meetings, travel, events, and external constituents’ schedules.
This is classified as an office-centric hybrid position. Colleagues working under an office-centric hybrid arrangement have a primary workstation in a university or foundation location and are in the office between one and five days a week. The frequency with which they are present in the office depends on their role and function and the interdependency of other functions.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is Foundation policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants. The Foundation prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and/or local laws. Equal employment opportunity applies to hiring, placement, transfer, promotion, demotion, recruitment, advertising or solicitation for employment, treatment during employment, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, layoff, or termination.
Applications and nominations will be accepted until a Vice President for Development is appointed. For most favorable consideration, applicants should submit a resume immediately. These nominations, expressions of interest, and applications will be handled with complete confidentiality and may be submitted directly to:
Daniel C. Grassi
Managing Partner
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dgrassi@boyden.com
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Dennis O’Connor
Head of Research
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doconnor@boyden.com
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