Retirement of UW Foundation president

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

University of Wisconsin’s main fundraising arm will undergo a change in leadership as the president of UW Foundation announced at the board of director’s meeting on Friday that he will retire.  President Sandy Wilcox announced early that there will be enough time for the search committee to hire their new president.

Russ Howes, the vice president of Planned Giving and Legal Affairs at the foundation said, “Wilcox played a tremendous role in their effort to reach UW alumni and friends in doing significant amounts of fundraising.   With new administration coming in the university, they would like to have a foundation of leadership that would last.”  The foundation has experienced a lot of significant improvement for the past 21 years.  Employee personnel grew 6-7 times and the fundraising for the university support has increased starting from $27 million up to $130 million.

Wilcox said “I feel fortunate to have this position for two decades.  Many private funds raised during my tenure were used to construct numerous campus buildings like Chazen Art Museum, Grainger Hall, Engineering Hall, and the new medical campus.  Even when the global economic crisis took a toll on UW Foundation and it’s starting to feel investment cutbacks, I’m confident that things would still pick up soon.”

Tags: Chazen Art Museum, Engineering Hall, funds, Grainger Hall, legal affairs, Planned Giving, Russ Howes, Sandy Wilcox, tenure, University of Wisconsin, UW Foundation
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