Objectives: To actively support AAA's development program through the formulation of strategies and activities that will serve to increase member and/or corporate contributions and/or gifts. Directly cultivate, solicit, and provide stewardship of AAA members through education, annual giving, planned giving, and other such efforts.
Duration of Committee: Permanent
Committee Reports to: The Executive Board
Responsibilities:
- Recommend policy to the Executive Board on all matters related to development (e.g., annual giving, planned giving, major gifts, corporate solicitations)
- Formulate development plans to support the AAA goals and objectives and present them to the Executive Board for approval (e.g., annual giving, planned giving, major gifts, corporate solicitations)
- Review development activities to ensure progress toward achieving annual and long-range funding goals
- Encourage AAA's leadership and members to make financial contributions to the Association.
- Develop a communications strategy that will increase member donations to AAA programs and activities
- Accept direct development assignments related to the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors
- Identify and recruit leadership and members to participate in raising pledges and member donations, and other AAA development activities or special development committees
- Educate the Association's leadership on the techniques of planned giving, and member and corporate solicitations.
Membership and Appointment: Eight (8) members, to include
- Chair and five (5) other individuals to be appointed by AAA President, one of whom must be an AAA Past President. Areas of expertise should include corporate solicitations, annual giving, planned giving, and other development activities.
- Ex officio AAA President
- Ex-officio AAA President-elect
Terms of office: Four year rotating terms
Product: Provide reports to the Executive Board
Meetings: Twice a year
Contact information: Elaine Lynch, Deputy Executive Director , American Anthropological Association, 2200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201, (o) 703/528-1902, (f) 703/528-3546
Resource Development Committee Members | Chair | Vice-Chair |
| Louise Lamphere (2007-2010) | Linda Basch (2005-2009) |
| Dept of Anthropology, University of New Mexico | National Council for Research on Women |
| Albuquerque, NM 87131 | 11 Hanover Square, 24th Floor |
| (c) 505/277-2550 (f) 505/277-0874 | New York, NY 10005 |
| lamphere@unm.edu | (o) 212/785-7335 |
| | lbasch@ncrw.org |
| Cathleen Crain (2008-2012) | |
| LTG Associates, | Ernestine Friedl (2005-2009) |
| 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 700 | Dept. of Cultural Anthropology |
| Takoma Park, MD 20912 | Duke University |
| (o) 301/270-0882 (h) 209/668-9313 (f) 301/270-1966 partners@ltgassociates.com | Box 90091
Durham, NC 27708-0091 |
| | (o) 919/929-0421 |
| Linda A. Bennett (2008-2012) | efriedl@acpub.duke.edu |
| 107 Scates Hall | |
| University of Memphis | Bill Heaney (2005-2009) |
| Memphis, TN 38152-0001 | 3345 Walden Lane |
| (h) 901/921-7537 (o) 901/678-3371 (f) 901/678-4831 | Oshkosh, WI 54904 |
| LBennett@memphis.edu | (h) 920/235-9439 |
| | heaneybvd@aol.com |
| Elizabeth Brumfiel (2006-2010) | |
| Department of Anthropology | Mary Moran |
| Northwestern University | Dept of Sociology & Anthropology |
| 1810 Hinman Ave. | Colgate University |
| Evanston, IL 60208-1310 | Hamilton, NY 13346 |
| (o) 847/491-4564 | (h) 315/824-1032 (o) 315/228-7548 |
| ebrumfiel@northwestern.edu | (f) 315/228-7974 |
| | mmoran@mail.colgate.edu |
| Geoff Clark (2006–2009) | |
| Department of Anthropology | Yolanda T. Moses (2008-2012) |
| Arizona State University | Senior Consultant for Diversity and Excellence |
| Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 | University of California, Riverside |
| (o) 480/965-7596 | 4148 Hinderacker Hall |
| (f) 480/965-7671 | Riverside, CA 92521 |
| gaclark@asu.edu | (h) 951/621-6097 (o) 951/827-6224 |
| | yolanda.moses@ucr.edu |
| Paul Doughty (2008-20011) | |
| 1017 NW 21st Terrace | James Peacock (2005-2009) |
| Gainesville, FL 32603-1034 | University of North Carolina |
| (o) 352/376-2250 | Department of Anthropology |
| p_doughty@bellsouth.net | Campus Box 3115 |
| | Chapel Hill, NC 27514 |
| Ex-officio | (o) 919/966-4106 (h) 919/929-5815 |
| Setha M Low (2008-2009) | peacock@unc.edu |
| 46 Landfall Rd | |
| East Hampton, NY 11937 | Sydel Silverman (2005-2009) |
| (o) 212/ 817-8725 (h) 718/ 768-8156 (f) 718/ 768-6806 | 4 Blueberry Hill Road |
| slow@gc.cuny.edu | Irvington, NY 10533-1402 |
| | (h) 914/591-5354 (f) 914/591-5317 |
| Ex-officio | ssilvwolf@aol.com |
| Virginia Dominquez (E 2008-2009) | |
| Anthropology | Staff Liaison |
| 607 S. Mathews Avenue | Elaine Lynch |
| 109 Davenport Hall | Deputy Executive Director/CFO |
| Urbana, IL 61801 | 2200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 600 |
| (h) 217/ 366-3215 (o) 319/335-1866 (f) 217/366-3216 | Arlington, VA 22201 |
| vdomingu@uiuc.edu | (o) 703/528-1902 ext 3018 |
| | elynch@aaanet.org |
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