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Executive Director of Development, Geisel School of Medicine 

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Executive Director of Development, Geisel School of Medicine 

Dartmouth College

Hybrid Hanover, New Hampshire

The Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, founded in 1797, is one of the nation’s oldest medical schools and an enduring leader in medical innovation and research. Rooted in its mission to address global health challenges through discovery and education, Geisel is committed to developing leaders in medicine, science, and healthcare delivery who improve lives both locally and globally. With strengths in genetics, population health, cancer research, and healthcare delivery science, Geisel faculty lead the way in medical advancement, including Nobel Prize-winning work in genetics.

Geisel fosters a deep sense of community and collaboration that extends across Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Health. The School is particularly distinguished by its commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship, experiential learning, and strong mentorship. These values create a powerful foundation for nurturing physicians and scientists who are prepared to tackle today’s most complex health issues with creativity, compassion, and rigor.

The Opportunity

At a pivotal moment for the School’s philanthropic growth, Dartmouth Health and Geisel are seeking an Executive Director of Development.

The Executive Director of Development will play a vital role in building and leading a cohesive Geisel development team while working closely with academic and healthcare leadership to translate institutional priorities into transformative giving opportunities. With a deep and broad donor pipeline, a robust research and alumni infrastructure, and a new cross-functional communications and marketing team, Geisel is primed for its next phase of philanthropic leadership.

The Executive Director will have the opportunity to lead a major-gifts-focused team and personally manage a portfolio of high-level prospects to advance major initiatives in medical education and research.

This is an exceptional chance for a senior fundraising professional to play a critical leadership role in shaping the future of one of the nation’s most innovative and interdisciplinary medical schools.

Dartmouth College

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    Terri Rutter brings a wide array of nonprofit, advancement, and communications and marketing expertise to Lindauer, excelling in placing top leaders and executing team builds in multiple sectors.

    Having served in various senior advancement and management roles, Terri is well-versed in the responsibilities of leadership. One of the firm’s most senior consultants, she is experienced in recruiting CEOs and Executive Directors, SVPs and VPs, National Directors, and high-level frontline fundraising, operations, and marketing and communications professionals for a broad range of world-class educational and medical institutions and national nonprofits. Past and current clients include AI2 (the Allen Institute for AI), JDRF, Boston Children’s Hospital, City of Hope, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Geisel School of Medicine,  Moffitt Cancer Center, Fenway Health, George Washington University, George Washington University Medical and Health Sciences, Lehigh Valley Health Network, North Carolina State University, The Kaiser Family Foundation, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY, The Moth, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), The John F. Kennedy Library, Solar One, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Climate Central, Chautauqua Institution, Conservation Law Foundation, Institute for Advanced Study, King School, Phillips Academy, Colby College, Lyric Opera of the Chicago, Rhode Island School of Design, and The Washington State University Foundation.

    Early career positions at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health honed Terri’s experience working effectively with leading researchers, physicians, and academic medical administrators. She built and led creative integrated advancement communications and donor relations teams within major academic medical centers including Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and NYU Langone Medical Center. Each of these roles included developing and managing complex charity brands and models. Terri has also served as Editor of the Harvard Medical Alumni Magazine; Senior Editor at The Dana Foundation in Washington, DC; and Managing Editor at the consumer website Scientific Learning in Oakland, CA.

    As a consultant, Terri has directed multi-faceted, integrated marketing, communications, donor cultivation, and stewardship strategies for various Institutes and units at MIT, Alzheimer’s Association, UMass Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Boston, Tufts Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, and the Betsy Lehman Center. She has a broad freelance writing portfolio for numerous publications, including Associated Press, Boston Herald, New Physician Magazine, and the British Medical Journal, as well as for digital channels.

    Terri holds a BA from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree from Northeastern University.

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