University’s New Planned Giving Director

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

There is a new planned giving director at University of Arkansas.  Renee Brida from Little Rock will be holding office in university development and reporting to Jim Harris, the executive director of gift planning and estate.

Prior to joining the development team, Brida spent almost five years as estate planning attorney for Little Rock’s Haught & Wade LLP.  She held a lot of fundraising positions in Little Rock including Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Pulaski Academy, and East Inc.

Through these positions, Brida was the one responsible for providing legal counsel in relation to organizational processes, developing a program for planned giving, planning & executing special events, running a fund campaign annually, and cultivating major gifts.  She holds a Psychology and English bachelor’s degree from University of Texas and earned Juris Doctor from San Antonio’s Mary School of Law.

Harris said, “Renee’s experiences as a development officer and attorney make her an idea candidate in leading the planned giving office.  She understands that working with friends and alumni as well as raising private gift support create plans that would work best in every unique situation.  So I have the highest confidence that she would do a good job of taking the planned giving efforts of the university and building new relationships to the next level.”

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