TTC mployee Sturgeon to serve on national board for community college development officers

CHARLESTON, SC – December 16, 2010 –  Kim Sturgeon, assistant vice president for Advancement at Trident Technical College, has been named to the 2011 Board of Directors for the Council for Resource Development (CRD), Washington, D.C.  She will serve a one year term as president.  

CRD represents over 1,600 community college resource development officers at more than 730 two-year colleges, and is an affiliate council of the American Association of Community Colleges. Members include the grant development and management officers, college foundation executive directors, alumni officers, major and planned gifts officers, and faculty, staff, and presidents who engage in activities to raise resources to support the mission of the nation’s community colleges. CRD supports professionals and develops leaders engaged in community college resource development through education, advocacy and mentoring.

Sturgeon, a Ravenel resident, held the position of director of Development at TTC for six years prior to her current position. She has been raising federal, state, foundation and private funding for TTC for over a decade. She has served in a variety of positions on the CRD Board of Directors since 2003. 

“Kim possesses the best qualities of successful resource development professionals,” said Meg Howle, vice president for Advancement at TTC. “Her leadership in the grant management process and her focus on strategic planning to increase external funding consistently result in additional resources for TTC students, faculty and staff. Kim will be a significant asset to the work of CRD and the efforts of those engaged in raising college resources nationally.”

 “As community colleges strive to fulfill our society’s goals to enrich our communities through work force training and college degree attainment, we are thrilled that Kim will help guide CRD’s strategic vision to provide the gold standard in professional development and advocacy for our members,” said Polly Binns, CFRE, executive director for the Council for Resource Development. “We will engage her expertise in the field and passion for the mission to lead our planning and development as the premier professional development association for community college development officers.”