The resume of Dr. G. David Gearhart
G. DAVID GEARHART
Background information - January 2008
EDUCATION
Oxford University, Oxford, England................................................... 1992
Fulbright Fellowship - Merton College
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR............................................. 1989
Doctor of Education (Ed.D), higher education administration
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR............................................. 1977
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Westminster College, Fulton, MO..................................................... 1974
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR...................................... 1998-2008
Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
Grenzebach Glier & Associates, Inc., Chicago, IL........................... 1995-1998
Senior Vice President and Managing Director
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA................... 1985-1995
Senior Vice President for Development and University Relations
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR...................................... 1982-1985
Director of University Development
Hendrix College, Conway, AR................................................... 1978-1982
Vice President for Development
Westminster College, Fulton, MO.............................................. 1977-1978
Director of Development
Westminster College, Fulton, MO.............................................. 1976-1977
Assistant to the President
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.................................. 1998-present
Professor of Education
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA................... 1988-1995
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Education
NOTABLE CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Arkansas Jurisdiction........................................................ 1977-present
Licensed attorney
University of Arkansas Fayetteville Campus Foundation............. 2003-present
Vice President
Arkansas World Trade Center.............................................. 2007-present
Member, Board of Advisors
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute............................................ 2007-present
Chair, Board of Directors
The Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History........................... 2006-present
Member, Advisory Board
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 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, KS, April 2007
"Philanthropy, Fundraising, and the Capital Campaign: A Practical Guide," ASME Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Meeting, Fayetteville, AR, October 2006.
"Welcome Address," Arkansas Farm Bureau Leadership Conference, Fayetteville, AR, July 2006.
"Articulating the Graduate School Mission to the University Development Officer," Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, Little Rock, AR, February 2006.
"Introduction of the Bill Franklin Volunteer of the Year Award," CASE III Conference, Nashville, TN, February 2006.
"Hall of Honor Address," Fayetteville Public Schools Education Foundation, Fayetteville, AR, October 2005.
"Campaign Fundraising," Princeton Healthcare System Leadership Retreat, Princeton, NJ, February 2005.
"Welcome Address," American Association for Affirmative Action Region VI-AAA Fall Conference, Fayetteville, AR, November 2004.
"Philanthropy Trends" Episcopal Collegiate School Foundation, Little Rock, AR, January 2004.
"Welcome Address," Emerging Trends in Retailing Conference, Fayetteville, AR, October 2003.
"The Mega Gift," Big 12 Development Conference, Dallas, TX, 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, IL, December 2002.
"Anatomy of a Mega Gift," Minnesota Medial Foundation Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2002.
"Integration of Advancement," District V CASE Conference, Chicago, IL, December 1999.
"Post Campaign Planning," District V CASE Conference, Chicago, IL., 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, MA, December 1996.
"The Capital Campaign and the Faculty," Big Ten Conference, Mackinac Island, MI, August 1994.
"Alumni and Development: Finding the Common Ground," CASE Conference, Chicago, IL, December 1993.
"New Campaign Counting Guidelines," CASE Conference, Panel Discussion, Chicago, IL, 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, IL, 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, IN, April 1989.
"Planning a National Campaign," keynote address to capital campaign track, National Society of Fund-Raising Executives, International Conference on Fund Raising, Anaheim, CA, April 1989.
With Richard Schultz (Executive Director, National Collegiate Athletic Association), "Institutional Advancement and Athletics: Pursuing Goodness of Fit," CASE II Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, January 1989.
"Major Public Research University Campaigns and the Academic Enterprise," Big Ten Fund-Raisers Conference, Mackinac Island, MI, August 1988.
"Synthesis
of Development and University Relations, the Advancement Team,"
National Meeting of the Council for Advancement and Support of
Education, Los Angeles, CA,
July 1988.
"Self Management," CASE District II Conference, Great Gorge, NJ, January 1987.
"Development Supporting the Academic Enterprise," National Meeting of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, San Antonio, Texas, July 1986.
SELECTED COMMUNITY ACTIVITES AND AFFILIATIONS
Central United Methodist Church (Fayetteville, AR).................... 2006-2007
Member, Finance Committee
The National Conference for Community and Justice............................. 2005
Co-chair, Second Annual Humanitarian Award Dinner
Westminster College............................................................... 1998-2001
Member, Board of Trustees
Boy Scouts of America............................................................. 1998-2000
Trustee, Westark Area Council
Uni-Marts, Inc........................................................................ 1994-1998
Member, Corporate Board of Directors
The Second Mile..................................................................... 1992-1996
Member, Board of Directors
United Way........................................................................... 1995-1996
Member, Centre County (PA) Board of Directors
The Pennsylvania State University United Way Campaign................. 1994-1995
Chairman
St. Paul's Methodist Church (State College, PA)............................. 1986-1992
Member, Commission on Stewardship (1986-1982) and Campaign Committee (1988)
Centre County (PA) Community Foundation................................. 1985-1991
Director (1985-1991) and Vice-Chair (1988-1991)
Boy Scout Campaign...................................................................... 1986
Chairman, Central Pennsylvania
St. Joseph School Endowment and Charitable Trust Fund................ 1979-1982
Trustee
The American Cancer Society................................................... 1981-1982
President, Faulkner County (AR) Unit (1982)
Director, Business and Professional Fund Drive (1981)
Ecumenical Ministries of Callaway County (Mo.)............................ 1977-1978
Member, Board of Directors
HONORS
The Pennsylvania State University
Honorary Alumnus, 1996
Westminster College
Distinguished Alumnus, 1992
