David Rowe, Phd Email & Phone Number

Windermere, Florida, United States

Higher Education Advisors

Wilmington, Delaware, US

Governance Inititative Project Director, Funded by Lilly Endowment (January 2024 - Present)Pathways for Tomorrow Facilitator and Consultant, Funded by Lilly Endowment (June 2022 - Present)Wise Stewards Initiative Governance Coach, Funded by M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust (July 2021 - Present)

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Revenue Growth: Led a team of 100+ highly accomplished consultants and staff to accelerate higher education leadership, board, and strategy development while posting the highest first quarter revenue in at least 5 years.Strategic Partnerships: Created a collaborator network, including In Trust Center for Theological Schools and The Chronicle of Higher.

Merger: One-year appointment to lead a stand-alone graduate theological school through its first full academic cycle of completely online learning during a global pandemic. Developed, negotiated and closed a definitive agreement for a merger with a comprehensive university. Reversed budget deficit and increased net assets by $3 million.

Orlando, Florida, US

Enrollment Growth: Eighth Largest Coeducational Independent Day School in the United States with a $45 million budget, 2 campuses, 500 employees and 40 new students above its Fall 2017 enrollment goal.

Shreveport, LA, US

Financial Turnaround: Tier One and Top Ten Most Diverse National Liberal Arts College whose unrestricted net assets grew over 200% in 6 years while topping the charts for the percentage of students engaged in international education.

Lagrange, GA, US

Fundraising: Successfully competed a $65 million comprehensive campaign while cooperating with a co-beneficiary to finalize one of the largest planned gifts for higher education ever: $123 million.

Macon, GA, US

Women's College: Continued the quiet phase of a $36 million comprehensive campaign with $2.9 million in new commitments recorded during tenure.

Atlanta, GA, US

Strategic and Master Planning: Managed and completed a $160,000 Master Plan for a 300-acre campus and an $80,000 feasibility study for new arts facilities. Led faculty and administrators in the creation of Oxford 2010, a strategic long-range plan.

Atlanta, GA, US

Two-year College: Served as a senior administrator on the cabinet of the Dean/CEO. Responsible for all alumni relations, public relations and development activities of the college. Provided primary staff support for the Board of Counselors. Completed a five-year comprehensive campaign with over 200% of goal achieved. Increased giving to Oxford every year.

Atlanta, GA, US

Theological Education: Recruited students and coordinated visits to campus by United Methodist Church Annual Conference officials.

Ph.D., Educational Policy Studies: Higher Education

M.Div., Theology

Certificate, Disruptive Strategy

Graduate Certificate, Ecumenical Studies

B.S., Chemistry