The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) today announced that Carol Schuler has
joined the CIC staff as Vice President for State Fund Programs. Schuler comes to
CIC from Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia, where she has served since
2001, most recently as vice president for development. She will begin her
full-time duties at CIC in June 2016, when Edward “Ned” Moore retires from his
position as Executive Director and Vice President for State Fund Programs.
“Carol has demonstrated real enthusiasm
for CIC’s cause and its mission. She brings highly relevant professional
experience that corresponds to many of the key areas of responsibility that are
of priority interest to State Fund Members, their executive officers and staff,
and their member college presidents,” said CIC President Richard Ekman. “As a
seasoned professional with strong leadership qualities and an outstanding record
of success, she will be a significant resource and valuable source of support
for the State Funds.”
As vice president for development at the
Davis and Elkins, Schuler has secured significant gift and grant support for the
college’s operations, endowment, and capital projects, working with individuals,
corporations, state and federal agencies, and foundations. She has also been the
college’s principal liaison to Congressional and state government offices,
designed and led fundraising campaigns, and organized major special
events.
Her experience also includes leadership of the college’s communications and
marketing, media relations, publications, and website design and direction, and
her achievements in this area include awards for website design and the
development and placement of three large stories in the Chronicle of Higher
Education (two on the front page) about the college.
Schuler has served as an at-large director of the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education’s District II, and as a member of the CIC Task Force
that planned the 2015 Institute for Chief Academic and Chief Advancement
Officers in Baltimore.
Schuler earned a BA degree in journalism/mass communications at Purdue
University, a master’s degree in advertising at the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, and earlier studied music at DePauw University.
As part of its mission, CIC provides support and member services for its 31
State Fund Members, state-based consortia dedicated to advancing and
strengthening independent colleges and universities through collaborative
programs, seeking grants and scholarship support, and promoting to the public
the value of independent higher education. Member services include conferences
and other professional and organizational development opportunities. In
addition, State Fund Members are eligible for annual scholarship and grant
support from CIC from the $38 million endowment dedicated by the initial
donor—the UPS Foundation—to the advancement of the mission and programs of the
State Fund Members and their member colleges.