Office of the Chancellor
University of Arkansas
425 Administration Building
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
P 479-575-4140
F 479-575-2361
The resume of Dr. G. David Gearhart
G. DAVID GEARHART
Background information – May 2009
BUSINESS ADDRESS
G. David Gearhart
Chancellor
University of Arkansas
425 Administration Building
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
Telephone: 479-575-4140
Fax: 479-575-2361
E mail: gdgearh@uark.edu
EDUCATION
FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP 1992
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
MERTON COLLEGE
Oxford, England
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION (Ed.D.) 1989
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Higher Education Administration
Fayetteville, Arkansas
(Completed final course work at The Pennsylvania State University.)
JURIS DOCTOR (J.D.) 1977
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW
Fayetteville, Arkansas
(Completed final course work at The University of Missouri Columbia.)
BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) 1974
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
Fulton, Missouri
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
CHANCELLOR
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Fayetteville, Arkansas
2008 - present
Chief executive officer of the state’s land-grant university—19,000 students, $900 million endowment, $500 million budget, and almost 5,000 faculty and staff. As Arkansas’s flagship institution, the university serves as the state’s major center of liberal and professional education and main source of theoretical and applied research. Its research and scholarly endeavors make it an economic and cultural engine for the state and its public service activities reach every county in Arkansas, throughout the nation, and around the world.
The University of Arkansas houses more than 200 academic programs and offers 87 bachelor’s degrees in 74 fields of study. Students may also pursue a wide range of graduate degrees, including the Master’s, the Educational Specialist, the Doctor of Education, and the Doctor of Philosophy.
The Carnegie Foundation categorizes the University of Arkansas as a research institution with “high research activity,” placing it among the top 10 percent of universities nationwide and in a class by itself within Arkansas. The U.S. News and World Report has ranked the University of Arkansas among the top tier of institutions of higher education.
PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS
1998 – present
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
VICE CHANCELLOR FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Fayetteville, Arkansas
1998 – 2008
Senior officer of the University providing leadership to development, alumni, constituent relations, university relations, and special events programs.
Completed major $1 billion capital campaign, which includes a $300 million gift, largest gift ever made to a public university, from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
GRENZEBACH GLIER & ASSOCIATES, INC. (GG+A)
Chicago, Illinois
1995 – 1998
Senior member of internationally prominent philanthropic management consulting firm with current client fund raising goals totaling in excess of $15 billion.
Clients include institutions of higher education, health care, cultural, regional and national institutions, and other nonprofit organizations.
GG+A clients managed by G. David Gearhart included:
• American Farmland Trust
• American Holstein Association
• Archdiocese of New York
• Baptist Health of Arkansas
• Bloomsburg University
• Brigham Young University
• California University of Pennsylvania
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Drexel University
• Kutztown University
• Marymount University
• New American Schools Development Corporation
• Northern Arizona University
• Pitt Alumni Association
• Princeton HealthCare System
• Rutgers University
• University of Alabama
• University of California, Davis
• University of Connecticut
• University of Connecticut Division of Athletics
• University of Connecticut Health Center
• University of Miami
• University of Miami Department of Athletics
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Washington Department of Athletics
• Verland Foundation
• Westminster College
• Wichita State University
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
AND UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
University Park, Pennsylvania
1985 – 1995
Reported to the president, providing counsel, guidance, and leadership as a senior executive of a leading public research university.
Provided leadership for development, alumni, and university relations programs involving 250 staff members and a $12 million budget on 23 campuses that enrolled over 70,000 students, with 350,000 alumni and a total annual operating budget of $1.6 billion.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
AND UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
University Park, Pennsylvania
1985 – 1995
Reported to the president, providing counsel, guidance, and leadership as a senior executive of a leading public research university.
Provided leadership for development, alumni, and university relations programs involving 250 staff members and a $12 million budget on 23 campuses that enrolled over 70,000 students, with 350,000 alumni and a total annual operating budget of $1.6 billion.
Taught Ph.D. level course in “University Advancement,”
Higher Education Administration
1988, 1990, 1991, 1994
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Fayetteville, Arkansas
1982 – 1985
Chief development officer reporting to the chancellor. Member of Chancellor’s Cabinet. Organized and successfully completed major capital campaign, “The Campaign for Books.”
VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
HENDRIX COLLEGE
Conway, Arkansas
1978 – 1982
Chief development, college relations, and alumni relations officer reporting to the president. Organized and successfully completed major capital campaign, “Continuity and Renewal.”
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE and
THE WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL AND LIBRARY
Fulton, Missouri 1977 – 1978
Chief development, college relations, and alumni relations officer reporting to the president. Organized and successfully completed major capital campaign, “The Futures Program.”
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
Fulton, Missouri
1976 – 1977
Reported to the president, managed president’s office, served as secretary to the Board of Trustees, and president’s liaison to advancement officers.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE), “The Highest Effort Award,” 2009.
Fayetteville Public Education Foundation Hall of Honor, 2005.
Named an Honorary Alumnus of Penn State, 1996.
Named a Distinguished Alumnus of Westminster College, 1992.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Licensed to practice law – Arkansas Jurisdiction, 1977 – present.
Member, Arkansas Association of Public Institutions, 2008 - present.
Executive committee member, Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 2008 - present.
Member, Arkansas Biosciences Institute, 2008 - present.
Member, Arkansas Research Alliance, 2008 - present.
Member, Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, 2008 - present.
Member, Governor’s Yellow Ribbon Task Force, State of Arkansas, 2008 - present.
Vice president, University of Arkansas Fayetteville Campus Foundation, 2003 - present.
Executive committee member, Northwest Arkansas Council, 2008 -present.
Member, Board of Advisors, Arkansas World Trade Center, 2007 -present.
Member, Advisory Board, The David and Barbara Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History, 2006 - present.
Chair, Board of Directors, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, October 2007 - 2009.
Member, Finance Committee, Central United Methodist Church, 2006 - 2007.
Co-chair, The National Conference for Community and Justice’s Second Annual Humanitarian Award Dinner—Northwest Arkansas, 2005.
Trustee, Boy Scouts of America, Westark Area Council, 1998 - 2000.
Member, Board of Trustees, Westminster College, 1998 - 2001.
Member, Board of Directors, Centre County United Way, 1995 - 1996.
Chairman, The Pennsylvania State University United Way
Campaign, 1994 - 1995.
Member, Corporate Board of Directors, Uni Marts, Inc. (292 Convenience Stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and New Jersey), State College, Pennsylvania, 1994 - 1998.
Member, Board of Directors, The Second Mile (National Organization for At Risk Youth), State College, Pennsylvania, 1992 - 1996.
Member, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Committee on “Capital Campaign Reporting,” 1990 - 1994. Promulgated national standards for capital campaigns.
Member, Board of Directors, National Cable Television Center and Museum, 1988 - 1993.
American Association of State Colleges and Universities Advisory Committee, 1988 - 1989.
Committee Member, Campaign to Rebuild St. Paul’s Methodist Church, State College, Pennsylvania, 1988.
Member, Commission on Stewardship, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, State College, Pennsylvania , 1986 - 1992.
Vice chair, Centre County Community Foundation, 1988 - 1991.
Director, Centre County Community Foundation, 1985 - 1991.
Chairman, Boy Scout Campaign, Central Pennsylvania, 1986.
President, Faulkner County Unit of The American Cancer Society, 1982.
Trustee, Council for Advancement and Support of Education District IV, 1981 -1982 and 1983 - 1984.
Director, Business and Professional Fund Drive of The American Cancer Society, 1981.
Trustee, St. Joseph School Endowment and Charitable Trust Fund, 1979 - 1982.
Member, Board of Directors, Ecumenical Ministries of Callaway County, Missouri, 1977 - 1978.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS)
Philanthropy, Fund Raising, and the Capital Campaign: A Practical Guide, National Association of College and University Business Officers, 2006.
The Capital Campaign in Higher Education—A Practical Guide for College and University Advancement, National Association of College and University Business Officers, 1995.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (ARTICLES)
With Gloriana St. Clair, “Library Development Structures in CIC Institutions: The Search for Constituents,” College and University Libraries, 1993.
With Michael Bezilla, “Fund Raising Success Takes Teamwork,” Fund-Raising Management, March 1991.
“Executive Search Invades the Academy,” CASE Currents,
February 1991.
With Roger L. Williams, “Our Reputation for Campaigning: Do We Make Ourselves Look Greedy?” AGB Reports, January/
February 1991.
With Roger L. Williams, “The British are Coming,” CASE Currents, October 1990.
“Alumni Associations are Too Often Isolated and Ignored in College Fund-Raising Efforts,” Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15, 1989, p. B2.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
“Alumni Giving,” Major Saver Education Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas, April 2007
“Philanthropy, Fundraising, and the Capital Campaign: A Practical Guide,” ASME Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 2006.
“Welcome Address,” Arkansas Farm Bureau Leadership Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, July 2006.
“Articulating the Graduate School Mission to the University Development Officer,” Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, Little Rock, Arkansas, February 2006.
“Introduction of the Bill Franklin Volunteer of the Year Award,” CASE III Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, February 2006.
“Hall of Honor Address,” Fayetteville Public Schools Education Foundation, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 2005.
“Campaign Fundraising,” Princeton Healthcare System Leadership Retreat, Princeton, New Jersey, February 2005.
“Welcome Address,” American Association for Affirmative Action Region VI-AAA Fall Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, November 2004.
“Philanthropy Trends” Episcopal Collegiate School Foundation, Little Rock, Arkansas, January 2004.
“Welcome Address,” Emerging Trends in Retailing Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 2003.
“The Mega Gift,” Big 12 Development Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 2003.
“Terrorism, Recession, and Philanthropy,” Baptist Health Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting, January 2003.
“The Evolution of a Mega Gift”, District V CASE Conference, Chicago, Illinois, December 2002.
“Anatomy of a Mega Gift,” Minnesota Medial Foundation Conference, San Francisco, November 2002.
“Integration of Advancement,” District V CASE Conference, Chicago, Illinois, December 1999.
“Post Campaign Planning,” District V CASE Conference, Chicago, Illinois, December 1997.
“The Use of Volunteers in a Capital Campaign,” CASE National Assembly, Washington, DC, July 1997.
“The Capital Campaign and Deferred Giving,” NACUBO Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1996.
“The Capital Campaign and the Faculty,” Big Ten Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August 1994.
“Alumni and Development: Finding the Common Ground,” CASE Conference, Chicago, Illinois, December 1993.
“New Campaign Counting Guidelines,” CASE Conference, Panel Discussion, Chicago, Illinois, December 1993.
“The Capital Campaign: An Integral Part of Hospital and Health Care Development,” Meeting of The Association for Health Care Philanthropy, September 1991.
“Our Reputation for Campaigning: Do We Make Ourselves Look Greedy?” CASE National Conference, Chicago, Illinois, July 1990. (Coverage of talk appears in Chronicle of Higher Education, July 25, 1990, p. A21).
“Managing a Large Scale Capital Campaign,” University Executive Conference Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 1989.
“Planning a National Campaign,” keynote address to capital campaign track, National Society of Fund Raising Executives, International Conference on Fund Raising, Anaheim, California, April 1989.
With Richard Schultz (Executive Director, National Collegiate Athletic Association), “Institutional Advancement and Athletics: Pursuing Goodness of Fit,” CASE II Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 1989.
“Major Public Research University Campaigns and the Academic Enterprise,” Big Ten Fund-Raisers Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August 1988.
“Synthesis of Development and University Relations, the Advancement Team,” National Meeting of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Los Angeles, California,July 1988.
“Self Management,” CASE District II Conference, Great Gorge, New Jersey, January 1987.
“Development Supporting the Academic Enterprise,” National Meeting of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, San Antonio, Texas, July 1986.