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NEWS RELEASE
Daniel Montplaisir Joins Embry-Riddle as V.P. for Institutional Advancement
Montplaisir joins Embry-Riddle from Rollins College, where he was director of alumni relations and development for the nationally ranked Crummer Graduate School of Business. During his five-year tenure at Rollins, he increased financial donations to the business school by 500 percent, largely from alumni, individuals, and corporations. “I’m pleased that Dan has agreed to join our team. He brings a wealth of development experience from a college that has been very successful in this arena,” said John P. Johnson, president of Embry-Riddle. “Dan will be a good fit for our university, and I expect great things from him.” At Embry-Riddle, Montplaisir will be responsible for developing internal and external relationships that are supportive of the university’s goals and mission. He will report to the president. He will oversee a staff of 22 that is responsible for planned giving, major gifts, events, grants, alumni relations, donor relations, annual giving, and a capital campaign. “Embry Riddle is an outstanding university built by dedicated, brilliant people. The faculty, staff, and alumni understand the unique educational needs of engineering and aerospace-related industries and how to prepare students for them,” Montplaisir said. “One of the biggest priorities of the institution is to expand Embry-Riddle’s endowment and increase the percentage of participation from its alumni and friends.” Previously, Montplaisir was successful in fund-raising and alumni relations positions at the University of Central Florida’s College of Arts and Sciences, where he solicited major gifts during that university’s $180 million It’s Central to Our Future campaign, and at the Lambda Chi Alpha International Fraternity, where he headed fund-raising and alumni programs for 120,000 members. Montplaisir earned a master of science in management at Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies with a business and communication emphasis at the University of Central Florida. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. The university educates more than 34,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through its Worldwide Campus at more than 130 centers in the United States and Europe, and through online learning. |
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