Victoria "Vicki" Gorrell

Victoria “Vicki” Gorrell has been named vice president for development and alumni relations following a national search. She began work at UNC in mid-October.

At UNC, she will lead the university’s fundraising and alumni relations programs. Among her responsibilities will be overseeing gift giving and managing campaign initiatives.

Gorrell spent the past four years as vice president for college advancement at Kalamazoo (Mich.) College, where she led the alumni relations, development and communication programs. Before that, she served as vice president for university relations and executive director of the foundation at Weber State University in Utah. Prior to that, she was director of development at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Va.

Gorrell’s position at UNC is part of the strategic reorganization to fully integrate development and alumni relations into the university. Previously, those areas were housed in UNC’s Foundation, an external nonprofit organization that supports UNC. Having fundraising and alumni functions reporting to the university is expected to enhance university-wide coordination of critical fundraising efforts.

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