Peter Cronin
A highly accomplished institutional advancement officer with more than 30 years of experience in higher education has been named 黑料不打烊鈥檚 new vice president for development.
Peter Cronin, who has spent the last three decades conceptualizing, leading and managing comprehensive alumni affairs and development programs and capital campaigns, will begin his new position on May 3, 2017. Cronin will report directly to Matt Ter Molen, the University鈥檚 senior vice president and chief advancement officer, and will be responsible for overseeing the development functions and fundraising teams within many of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 schools, colleges and units.
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Cronin will be tasked with establishing and implementing the infrastructure needed to grow the school, college and unit fundraising enterprise through the strategic allocation of resources. He will also lead strategic planning efforts for these teams by defining fundraising and development programs, priorities, metrics and best practice models to meet 黑料不打烊鈥檚 financial needs.
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Cronin currently serves as Cornell Law School鈥檚 associate dean for alumni affairs and development, a position he has held since 2005. In that role, he oversees Cornell鈥檚 alumni affairs and development program, including staff management, budget oversight and strategic plan development. During his tenure, the Law School exceeded its goal in the context of Cornell University鈥檚 most recent comprehensive campaign, with $122 million in gifts and commitments against a goal of $83 million.
Prior to his tenure at Cornell, Cronin served as director of university development, director of capital giving, associate director of development for reunion giving and regional programs, and director of the annual fund at Washington and Lee University. He also served as director of development for the School of Nursing in the University of Virginia Health System Development Office. Cronin previously held various development, alumni and publications positions at Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Cronin holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in geology and art from Washington and Lee University and completed graduate work in visual communications at Ohio University. He currently serves as treasurer of The Episcopal Church at Cornell Foundation and a member of the board of directors of Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County.
