Brown University Looking for Executive Director of Planned Giving and Philanthropic Strategies Full Time

Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Brown University in the search for an Executive Director of Planned Giving and
Philanthropic Strategies.

Reporting to the Vice President of Individual Giving and Academic Initiatives, the Executive Director of
Planned Giving and Philanthropic Strategies will work with individuals, families, and their advisors to craft cohesive, cost-effective
giving strategies that include outright and deferred gifts, while leveraging donor-advised funds, testamentary charitable trusts, lead
trusts, and other split-interest gifts using non-cash and complex assets. The Executive Director will collaborate with Advancement
colleagues on prospect strategies and provide expertise for planned giving and other complex fundraising activities. The Executive Director
will oversee trust and estate settlement for realized bequests and work with executors, personal representatives, and the General Counsel to
ensure timely and smooth receipt of estate provisions designated for Brown. The Executive Director will oversee aggressive and systematic
solicitation, in partnership with Advancement fundraising colleagues, of all types of planned gifts from Brown alumni, parents, and friends,
encompassing the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of prospects for estate provisions, beneficiary designations, charitable
remainder trusts, gift annuities, pooled income funds, donor-advised funds, lead trusts, and other complex and non-cash assets. To secure
and maintain new and existing planned gifts, the Executive Director will lead a comprehensive marketing and stewardship program along with
regular internal training and other strategic initiatives to increase the University’s pipeline of current and deferred
gifts.

Brown University is a leading research university distinct for its student-centered learning and deep sense of purpose. Its
students, faculty, and staff are driven by the idea that their work will have an impact on the world. Founded in 1764, Brown is home to
world-renowned faculty and an innovative educational institution where the curiosity, creativity, and intellectual joy of students drive
academic excellence. Brown is a place where rigorous scholarship, complex problem-solving, and service to the public good are defined by
intense collaboration, intellectual discovery, and working in ways that transcend traditional boundaries. Providence, Rhode
Island—Brown’s home for more than two and a half centuries—is a vibrant place to live, work, and study, a stimulating hub for
innovation, and a city rich in cultural diversity.

Brown students and faculty are tackling the nation’s opioid crisis.
Planning the next Mars landing site. Uncovering the locations of ancient civilizations. Advising world leaders on new political models.
Exploring new frontiers in multimedia arts. In each of its intellectual endeavors, its scholars and researchers are uncommonly driven by the
belief that their work must—and will—have an impact on their communities, society, and the world. Brown is a learning community
grounded in a commitment to respect for the diversity of viewpoints that is fundamentally essential to intellectual discovery. It encourages
the right of all individuals to express ideas and perspectives—and it embraces the value of vigorous debate in pursuit of knowledge.
Brown brings people together in creative, unexpected ways. By transcending boundaries between fields of study, scholars are better equipped
to create opportunities, address challenges, and explore areas of inquiry ripe for discovery. This intensely collaborative culture infuses
all of the University’s endeavors.

A bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of experience in fundraising, with knowledge and
practice of estate planning and tax law as it pertains to charitable giving, and four years of staff management experience are required for
this role. Juris Doctor is preferred. Brown University will consider candidates with a broad range of backgrounds. If you are excited about
this role and feel that you can contribute to Brown University, but your experience does not exactly align with every qualification listed
above, we encourage you to apply. All applications must be accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters should
be responsive to the mission of Brown University as well as the responsibilities and qualifications presented in the position
prospectus.