William Friar Email & Phone Number

Advancement professional with more than 15 years of leadership experience in fundraising, fundraising strategy, capital campaigns, alumni relations, international development and higher-education communications strategy. I have extensive work experience in university development, fundraising strategy, campaign planning and execution, medical research fundraising, public health and global health fundraising, international development, crisis management, media relations, grant-proposal writing, internal relations, external relations, social-media strategy and online communications strategy. Formerly a rock-music critic, guidebook author, newspaper reporter and editor. During that period I was the lead rock critic and columnist for the San Francisco Examiner, a staff rock critic for the Oakland Tribune and Contra Costa Times, an editor at CNET News.com and a stringer for the New York Times.

Listed skills include Editing, Media Relations, Press Releases, Fundraising, and 46 others.