Michael Morsberger, who has led the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s fundraising efforts for the past six years, announced his resignation as vice president for advancement and CEO of the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Foundation on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Morsberger\u2019s resignation comes as he prepares for open heart surgery later this month, followed by a lengthy period of recovery and cardiac rehabilitation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remain grateful to have been recruited to Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ six years ago and am proud of our achievements in advancement. Working at the Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ has been a professional privilege and a great personal adventure,\u201d says Morsberger, adding that he and his wife will continue to be football season ticket-holders, donors and fans.<\/p>\n
During Morsberger\u2019s tenure at Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½, the Foundation increased fundraising, enhanced national outreach, began working more closely with deans and administrators to engage donors, raised funds that enabled the opening of Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Downtown, and secured more than $531 million in gifts and commitments as part of the IGNITE Campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cMike has spent nearly six years shepherding Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ down our path to excellence,\u201d says President Alexander N. Cartwright. \u201cHis leadership \u2014 coupled with the investments our community has made to advance our mission and the hard work of many others \u2014 has led to incredible strides in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ will begin the process of launching a national search for Morsberger\u2019s successor to continue advancing the university\u2019s mission. In the meantime, Karen Cochran, the Foundation\u2019s senior associate vice president for advancement, will continue to serve as acting vice president for advancement and CEO of Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karen Cochran will serve as Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Foundation CEO pending a national search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":119336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[15992,5],"tags":[13776,3703,18081,4886],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-119335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-colleges","tag-michael-morsberger","tag-philanthropy","tag-president","tag-ucf-foundation"],"yoast_head":"\n