Catherine Eckley Email & Phone Number

Charleston-Huntington Area

▪ Work with Advancement team and other departments to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors to meet University goals
▪ Lead Annual Fund strategic planning, goal setting, data collection and analysis and implementation of planned initiatives to raise funds to meet the University's $2.3 million Annual Fund goal
▪ Solicit all constituent groups, including alumni, community members, faculty and staff and community foundations through grant proposals, mailings, email, phone and face-to-face requests
▪ Managed student calling program to engage alumni, parents and other donors by phone and to increase Annual Fund donations

Charleston, West Virginia Area

▪ Responsible for planning events, including Homecoming and Family Weekend, Alumni Recognition events, alumni gatherings, and fundraising events

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Provide advice and additional services to those seeking legal assistance with a variety of legal issues from all parts of the state

· Managed state-wide Pro Bono Referral Project, led program-wide efforts to recruit volunteer attorneys, supervised staff of twelve that was responsible for recruiting and referring cases to volunteer attorneys, and facilitated partnerships between the Pro Bono Project and the state’s legal and client communities to ensure access to legal services for low income West Virginians· Co-established the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, which included grant management, recruiting volunteer attorneys and accountants, creating intake procedures for potential clients, and providing tax assistance of all kinds to Clinic clients· Represented clients in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service, including negotiating payment arrangements, addressing improper assessments of tax, and informing clients of their rights and responsibilities as taxpayers▪ Represented clients in divorces, custody matters and domestic violence protective order cases

Provided brief advice and legal services to low-income clients through LAWV's central intake system. Legal issues addressed include divorce, custody and other family law issues; housing and benefits issues

J.D.

Ll.M., Taxation

Education record

B.A., English