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Vice President of Advancement

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) is one of the nation’s highest-ranked academic health centers. With outstanding researchers, physicians, and administrative staff, health care at OSUWMC is driven by the mission to improve health in Ohio and across the world through innovation in research, education, and patient care. A staff of more than 29,000 is earning international distinction by delivering high-quality, safe, efficient, patient-centered care. Its seven hospitals and network of community-based offices and care centers manage more than 1.91 million outpatient visits each year.

The Opportunity

OSUWMC seeks an experienced advancement professional who has successfully built and led effective teams to exceptional achievement, preferably in an academic medical center or research institution setting, to serve as Vice President. This role will be accountable for the performance of all the aspects of advancement for The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute—and The Ohio State College of Medicine, as well as six other health science colleges, more than 20 research institutes, and multiple ambulatory care sites. These include transformative principal and major gifts, special events, donor relations, and others. Creating the right organizational structure to administer supervision of the team will be the direct responsibility of the Vice President.

The new Vice President will have a strong personal track record of securing principal gifts and a career path demonstrating increased management and leadership experience. They will have built or improved grateful patient fundraising programs and worked skillfully with physicians, researchers, and scientists. Experience managing capital campaigns is highly desired.

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    Jill Lasman has been a key force in setting the Lindauer standard for executive search. A well-known and respected national search executive, Jill has placed senior leaders and their teams in many major education, healthcare and science, arts and culture, advocacy, and mission-driven institutions since joining the firm in 1998.

    In 2019, Jill became a partial owner of Lindauer, along with CEO Deb Taft and Senior Advisor and Founding Managing Director Libby Roberts. That same year, Jill opened Lindauer’s West Coast office, and is based in both Los Angeles and Boston throughout the year.

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    Jill has also been instrumental in placing multiple high-level candidates in prestigious Ivy League and elite colleges such as Cornell University, Yale University, Harvard University, Tufts University, Emory University, Boston College and American University, among many others. At North Dakota State University, she placed the President/CEO of the NDSU Development Foundation, and also filled the high-profile position of Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations and Chief Executive Officer of the Penn State Alumni Association.

    In addition, Jill has proven her ability to find the most qualified individuals for such diverse organizations as American Friends of Bar Ilan University, where she placed the Chief Executive Officer and at Boston College, where she brought the Vice President for Development search to a successful conclusion. Offering expertise in all sectors, she led a team effort for multiple recruits at Natural Resources Defense Council, placed the Vice President for Development at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and led successful search partnerships with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

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    Bringing national experience, Jill has also been directly involved with recruitment efforts on the West Coast at the City of Hope, American Jewish University, and the Los Angeles Opera.

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