The Comprehensive Campaign:  Leveraging Public & Private Partnerships for Successful Fundraising
Presented at the 43rd annual ACCT (Association of Community College Trustees) Leadership Congress, held in Boston, Massachusetts October 10-13

Learn how one community college bucked the odds in a bad economy in a region replete with well-established 4 year universities involved in billion dollar campaigns, by leveraging comprehensive partnerships to effectively compete for public and private funds in the most significant fundraising program in its 46 year history. The original goal of the comprehensive campaign of $30 million was reached prior to the public launch. Those attending the session should be able to: 

1. Recognize the fundamental differences and challenges presented by a comprehensive campaign
2. Prepare your college for a comprehensive campaign by leveraging existing partnerships and identifying and creating new, effective alliances
3. Define and implement the critical roles trustees, presidents, staff members and external stakeholder/partners will play in the campaign
4. Leverage partnerships to effectively increase fundraising in the public and private sectors 

Imagine & Achieve: The Campaign for the Community College of Allegheny County
Thanks to the generosity of many donors, Imagine and Achieve: The Campaign for the Community College of Allegheny County exceeded its initial $30 million goal and has now embarked on raising an additional $10 million dollars, bringing the total fundraising goal to $40 million.

Imagine & Achieve:
The Campaign for the Community College of Allegheny County

Case Statement

Imagine & Achieve:
Ridge Avenue Revitalization Project

Ridge Avenue Project Brochure

Family Campaign Trifold

Donor Recognition Booklet Fall 2012

From the construction of the building to the internal “green” operating systems and state-of-the-art science equipment, the K. Leroy Irvis Science Center will stand as a testament to the marvels and possibilities of science. The science and technology labs will incorporate the most advanced technology available, with five floors providing cutting-edge teaching tools and equipment to students and faculty alike.

Updated equipment such as sophisticated spectrophotometers, spectroscopes, polarimeters, osmometers, incubators, centrifuges, sterilizers and microscopes will be standard education tools used by CCAC students and instructors. At CCAC, the legacy of innovation continues.

Pittsburgh Labor & Management Past & Future: A Labor-Management Discussion embodies a series of two to three-hour interactive sessions designed to enhance the understanding and recognition of the large role labor unions and labor relations have played in forming our great region.

The Robert M. Mill Lecture Series, Monday, April 4, 2011
Pittsburgh Labor & Management Past & Future: A Labor-Management Discussion
Labor and the Global Economy

Featuring:
Leo W. Gerard, International President,USW
John P. Surma, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, United States Steel Corporation

The Robert M. Mill Lecture Series, Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Pittsburgh Labor & Management Past & Future: A Labor-Management Discussion
Family Sustaining Jobs in Energy

Featuring:
Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL–CIO
Nicholas J. DeIuliis, President, CONSOL Energy Inc.

The Robert M. Mill Lecture Series, Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Pittsburgh Labor & Management Past & Future: A Labor-Management Discussion
Industry, Trades and Skills
Keynote speaker:
The Hon. Hilda L. Solis
Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor
Morgan K. O’Brien, President & CEO, Peoples Natural Gas
Michael R. Dunleavy, Business Manager/Financial Secretary, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 5

Cultivating Strong Partnerships
CCAC recognizes the importance of cultivating strong partnerships with corporations, foundations, employers, government officials, community organizations and non-profit organizations.

 Dedication of the PNC Integrated Systems Technology Laboratory
 Monday, November 14, 2011
 Dedication Ceremony Program
                                           

 Dedication of the dck worldwide, LLC Rotunda
 Wednesday, August 15, 2012
 Dedication Ceremony Program

 Dedication of the Anna Mazza Christopher Library
 Saturday, November 5, 2011
 Dedication Ceremony Program

Dedication of the Gambino & Petrelli Families Science Laboratory
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Dedication Ceremony Program

The Tom Foerster Archives & Seminar Room

Tom Foerster:
A Life of Dedication to the People of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Naming Opportunities

The Office of Institutional Advancement & External Relations
The Advancement Report: An Update on Public & Private Funding, Communications & Community Outreach
The Advancement newsletter, The Advancement Report, is intended to inform key stakeholders of current fundraising efforts, provide talking points for internal and external college constituents regarding fundraising needs and efforts on behalf of the college, and complement the restricted funds report supplied to Board members

Amy Kuntz
Trustee
Board Member, CCAC Educational Foundation
Steering Committee, Imagine & Achieve: The Campaign for the Community College of Allegheny County
Chair, External & Educational Foundation Relations Committee, CCAC Board of Trustees
Director of Distribution, Retirement Services
Senior Vice President & Market Director, PNC Institutional Investments, PNC Bank Institutional Investments
Managing Director, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC

Alex Johnson, PhD
President
Community College of Allegheny County
Member, Board of Directors, AACC
Co-Chair, Implementation Team, 21st –Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges
President, Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges
Member, Governor’s Advisory Commission on Post-Secondary Education

Nancilee Burzachechi, JD, CFRE
Vice President, Institutional Advancement & External Relations, CCAC 
Staff Co-chair, Imagine & Achieve: The Campaign for the Community College of Allegheny County
Member, Board of Trustees, Council for Resource Development (CRD)
Member, Pennsylvania Bar