UConn’s fundraising arm has named a philanthropic executive from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), its new CEO and president.The UConn Foundation said Scott M. Roberts will take office May 28, succeeding Joshua R. Newton, who left in Aug. 2018 to take a job at Atlanta’s Emory University.Roberts’ current post is vice president of philanthropy […]
UConn’s fundraising arm has named a philanthropic executive from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), its new CEO and president.
Scott M. Roberts, Incoming CEO and President, UConn Foundation
The UConn Foundation said Scott M. Roberts will take office May 28, succeeding Joshua R. Newton, who left in Aug. 2018 to take a job at Atlanta’s Emory University.
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Roberts’ current post is vice president of philanthropy and alumni engagement and president of the UNLV Foundation. He is taking over a foundation based in Storrs that notched record donations of nearly $400 million in 2018.
While serving as UNLV’s chief advancement officer and a member of the president’s leadership team, Roberts had oversight of $280 million in funding at the UNLV Foundation. During his nine-year tenure at UNLV, the school’s foundation raised more than $500 million.
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