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College Names Vice President for Advancement
Dr. Mort Gamble will begin his new role as head of Virginia Wesleyan's Center for Advancement on February 1, 2016
News Release | December 2, 2015
Dr. Mort Gamble, a veteran college and university fundraiser and former vice president at three higher education institutions, has been appointed Virginia Wesleyan College’s vice president for advancement, effective February 1, 2016.
Gamble will lead Virginia Wesleyan’s Center for Advancement including fundraising, alumni and parent relations, government relations, church relations, business and corporations and planned giving.
“We are delighted to welcome Mort to the Virginia Wesleyan community,” says Virginia Wesleyan College President Scott D. Miller. “His career background in small, residential, liberal arts colleges will be extremely helpful as we continue to strengthen our resource base through annual giving and as we look ahead to our next major-gift campaign.”
A native of Maryland, Gamble grew up in Moorefield, West Virginia, near the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He is a graduate of West Virginia University where he earned his doctorate in higher education leadership. He began his career as a faculty member in English, humanities, and communication at West Virginia Wesleyan College, later joining the admissions and institutional advancement team before being appointed director of college relations.
At Fairmont State University, he served as director of development, vice president for institutional advancement and executive director of the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc., over a nine-year period.
His career has included vice presidencies in advancement at Waynesburg University and Hood College, as well as donor and gift stewardship at The George Washington University, before joining Bethany College as executive assistant to the president and major-gifts officer.
Gamble’s experience includes capital and annual fund campaigns; funding for buildings, scholarships, endowment, service learning, and faculty development; foundation and corporate relations; church relations; and legislative and community-development outreach, among other institutional priorities. A freelance author, he writes frequently for various national publications and journals.