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HAWAIʽI PACIFIC UNIVERSITY BACKGROUNDER | 1
Associate Vice President & Chief Development Officer
Hawaiʽi Pacific University Honolulu, HI
https://www.hpu.edu/
Send Nominations or Cover Letter and Resume to:
Libby Roberts
Vice President
617-262-1102 extension 225
lroberts@LLLSearches.com
Hawai`i Pacific University
Hawai`i Pacific University (HPU) is a private,
nonprofit institution of approximately 4,600
undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students
from all 50 states and 65 countries. Founded in
1965, it is Hawai`i’s largest private university
and a leader in innovative higher education.
Focused on providing a unique perspective to
the student experience, HPU is developing
student-centric, market-based programming
that responds to the evolving needs of
students, employers, and the communities of
Hawai`i and the Pacific. With an urban campus embedded in Honolulu’s business district and an aquaculture
research facility located on a 56-acre site at the Makapu`u shoreline, HPU takes full advantage of its
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geographic opportunities. The University’s enviable position
between east and west allows the school to cultivate
relationships around the Pacific Rim. This international learning
community provides a liberal arts foundation and has been
ranked among the top ten Western, independent
comprehensive universities.
Position Overview
HPU is currently seeking a sophisticated and experienced
Development professional who will lead an innovative
fundraising program and team. This individual will serve with the
senior management team and will set strategic direction for the
program’s long-term, sustainable growth. S/He will drive the
identification and engagement of new revenue sources and will
be responsible for relationships with current donors, including
the management and stewardship of the University’s largest
donors and gifts. The Associate Vice President and Chief
Development Officer (AVP/CDO) will work with the President,
Board of Trustees, faculty, and colleagues to leverage relationships and enhance fundraising efforts
throughout the University and community.
Do you have the right skills and qualities for this position?
Do you have the vision and strategic thinking to lead HPU to a new level of philanthropic success?
Do you have the social graces to quietly and effectively work with a multi-cultural community and
University leaders?
Are you passionate about your work?
Are you a natural networker and convener of diverse audiences?
Are you energized by local, national, and international dynamics?
Are you an experienced and outstanding manager who is an inspiring coach and mentor?
Are you an accomplished, metrics-driven leader who has experience working in complex and fast-
paced organizations?
Have you solicited and closed five-, six-, and, ideally, seven-figure gifts?
Do you have a great sense of camaraderie?
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The Opportunity:
This is an exciting time for the University and
its next AVP/CDO will have the opportunity
to impact the lives of students for
generations to come. With solid and hard
work, this AVP/CDO will leave a mark on the
University perhaps unlike any Development
predecessor. This will require strategic
planning and rebuilding of the operation. No
small task, but for the right person, it will be
enormously satisfying. HPU is eager to
welcome you as its chief development officer
to help orchestrate and enhance its culture of
philanthropy.
Reporting to the Vice President for University Relations (VP/UR), the AVP/CDO oversees the Development
team. With the VP/UR, the AVP/CDO will align efforts and resources of the University Relations department
to increase constituent engagement and to raise philanthropic support to meet the University’s strategic
goals and mission.
The aspirations of the University are robust and it is anticipated that these responsibilities will include
preparing for and implementing a capital campaign within the next several years. In anticipation of the
campaign, the AVP/CDO oversees the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of the
University’s highest potential donors ($1M+). The AVP/CDO works closely with the VP/UR and President,
empowering donors to take an interest in the University’s mission and vision.
The AVP/CDO is responsible for designing and implementing comprehensive institutional development
programs. The AVP/CDO will recognize and embrace the University’s young alumni base and develop
engagement strategies accordingly.
The VP/CDO will hire, develop, and support a talented team of four who accept the responsibility for
achieving the division’s goals and objectives, and who are willing to be held accountable for their results.
Through the strategic allocation of resources, the AVP/CDO will establish a high-performance culture that
connects programs to the University’s mission to achieve fundraising success.
Operational oversight includes overseeing the department’s budget, facilities and technology-related needs,
gift administration and reporting, the preparation of summary reports, and analysis of fundraising results.
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Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Direction and Fundraising
In conjunction with the VP/UR, generates a thoughtful, strategic, and innovative development plan
that meets institutional goals and objectives.
Establishes and is accountable for development goals and objectives each year.
Manages a portfolio of prospects.
Develops strategic plans to maximize philanthropy for specific prospects; particular emphasis will be
placed on established institutional priorities, including transformational gifts for endowment.
Prepares for and implements comprehensive and effective campaign planning and execution.
Partners with the VP/UR and President to nurture principal prospect relationships; work
encompasses the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of these individuals. As appropriate, this
will also include planned giving strategies.
Collaborates with development staff, faculty/deans, and key volunteers to coordinate cultivation and
solicitation strategies for donors, especially for those who have multiple funding interests.
Oversees management and tracking of the progress for each principal gift strategy and solicitation,
communicating with colleagues involved in or impacted by a strategy or solicitation.
Devises appropriate events and engagement activities for the principal prospect pool.
Proposes travel schedule for the President in collaboration with his office and the VP/UR. Oversees
preparation of travel briefings and manages post-travel follow-up.
Oversees creation of correspondence (letters, e-mail, proposals, stewardship reports, etc.) for
President’s communication with principal prospects.
Works closely with the President on alumni activities, providing appropriate statistical reports on all
fundraising, development, and alumni activities.
Engages the University’s faculty, administration, and staff to broaden the culture of philanthropy;
cultivates and maintains cooperative working relationships with academic leaders and campus
departments whose participation is essential to effective outreach and fundraising.
In partnership with the VP/UR and communications department, devises and implements effective
internal and external messaging and methods of development communication.
Manages constituent donor recognition programs.
Operations
Provides management support to the VP/UR and ensures seamless functionality of the development
functions of the office.
Establishes goals and oversees the implementation of appropriate strategies for records,
administration, gift administration, and reporting.
Collaborates with budget and finance offices to ensure accurate gift and pledge accounting
management; provides appropriate reports and analyses, including gift and pledge projections.
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Serves as one of the VP/UR’s senior staff members, collaborating with senior staff peers and VPs to
set the strategic direction for the division’s efforts in fundraising, engagement, and communications.
Develops guidelines and directly manages the gift acceptance process in conjunction with other
senior college administrators and managers.
Manages special projects (e.g., named professorship fundraising, named scholarship fundraising,
project/program fundraising).
Represents the University at alumni and parent functions and as requested for specialized meetings
with Trustees, financial representatives, or other groups.
Provides strategies for using the most suitable and current development technology.
Develops policies and procedures for effective, ethical operation of development initiatives.
Serves on University master planning committees and/or initiatives, aligning fundraising strategies
with the University’s strategic plan, campus master plan, mission, vision, and values.
The Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate will possess excellent diplomatic skills and intellectual curiosity. S/He will represent the
University to the community to encourage and facilitate support of the University’s mission and goals. The
individual must be comfortable in a multi-cultural setting and be familiar with, or willing to embrace, the
island’s unique philanthropic culture. The ability to listen and gauge philanthropic motivations is imperative,
as are exemplary oral and written communication skills and credibility and comfort when collaborating with
the President and Trustees.
Ideal skills, characteristics, and personality traits include:
A deep commitment to the mission, vision, and values of the University.
Lives aloha, pono, and kuleana.
Commitment to diversity through inclusion.
An unwavering sense of ethics and commitment to the importance of collaboration and integrity.
Sound judgment, diplomacy, and discretion.
Superior personnel management skills. Experience in building and motivating teams by modeling best
practices.
Successful solicitation track record of five, six- and, ideally, seven-figure gifts.
Knowledge of cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies and techniques.
Minimum eight years of progressively responsible Development experience at a college or university.
Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal and public relations skills that positively
influence and motivate others. Ability to translate complex concepts into clear, compelling language for
multiple audiences.
A statesperson with the ability to build consensus in enhancing relations with University and external
stakeholders while setting priorities and working well with all levels of personnel.
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Ability to assess and develop solutions, and to understand and utilize statistical data.
An active listener who is open to all points of view with an eye toward developing policies and solutions
that are in the best long-term interest of the University.
Strong interpersonal skills, self-motivation, and critical judgment to operate with independence and
confidence while interfacing with faculty and staff across the institution.
Ability to coordinate a variety of tasks simultaneously and handle tension and stress in a positive
manner.
Ability and willingness to travel within the Hawai`i community, to the continental U.S., and
internationally.
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
Hawai`i Pacific University Overview
Hawai`i Pacific University is, above all, student centered. It shares a deep commitment to academic
excellence, providing each student with personal attention and emphasizing an active learning environment
that affords hands-on opportunities, while preparing students to make an immediate global impact. HPU
offers outstanding research, including at its renowned Oceanic Institute, which shares its findings in
sustainability and aquaculture around the world.
The University never stops seeking improvement, looking for ways to provide a truly exceptional educational
experience that is market aligned and student centered. Facilities, faculty, and programs come together to
let students demonstrate that they have mastered the skills, knowledge, and values that leaders and
employers deem critical to success.
Perhaps most importantly, HPU is a community that cares. The institution cares about educating tomorrow’s
leaders and making a difference in the world. Its faculty care about teaching, mentoring, and working with
each student. Its students care about the role that they will play in society. And its alumni are proud of and
deeply care about their alma mater. This community is what truly sets HPU apart.
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HPU is an international learning
community set in the rich cultural
context of Hawai`i. It has campuses
located in downtown Honolulu (the
main campus), in Kaneohe (the
Hawai`i Loa campus), and at
Makapu`u Point on the windward
coast of O`ahu (the Oceanic
Institute). It also has seven campuses
on military installations on the island
of O`ahu.
Students from all over the U.S. and
the world come for an American
education built on a liberal arts foundation. The University’s innovative undergraduate and graduate
programs anticipate the changing needs of the community and prepare its graduates to live, work, and learn
as active members of a global society.
HPU occupies a remarkably specialized situation in higher education due to its academic initiatives,
population served, and the location from which it operates. Additionally, the institution has established
specific criteria, through its 2014 Master Plan, for the development of new physical resources and extends a
very high commitment to its community.
The faculty, staff, students, and overall university community of Hawai`i Pacific embrace the following values
as representative of the spiritual, ethical, and philosophical principles that support its community as well as
of the aspirational ideals to which the University collectively aspires. Expressed both in Hawaiian and English,
they are as follows:
PONO, meaning righteous, honest and moral, and an energy of necessity. Within the Hawai`i Pacific
University community, it also stands for truth and ethics, trust and respect, civility, transparency, gratitude,
acceptance, and purposefulness.
KULEANA, meaning responsibility, rights, and concern for all interests, property, and people. Within the
Hawai`i Pacific University community, it also stands for sustainability, student focused, value added,
academically rigorous, state of the art, stewardship, and shared governance.
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ALOHA, meaning hello, goodbye, love, kindness
and grace, unity, humility, patience, and waiting for
the right moment. Within the Hawai`i Pacific
University community, it also stands for shared
future/goals, collaboration, decisiveness, discipline,
culture of accomplishment, and valuing university
communities.
Oceanic Institute:
The Oceanic Institute (OI) is a 56-acre aquaculture research facility at Makapu`u Point; undergraduate and
graduate students benefit from its research and internship opportunities. It is the most unique campus of
the University, given its function as a working research facility and educational venue for Marine Sciences,
and its access to some of the purest ocean water in the world, the Pacific, for education and recreation.
OI has developed an enviable reputation as a world leader in aquaculture and shrimp breeding technology,
in particular. With shrimp, OI had the right tech at the right time and has reinvented itself as a premier,
nonprofit food security enterprise while still dedicated to Hawai`i. In fact, a long-planned project that could
help the islands develop a more sustainable food supply is gaining momentum.
With financial support from federal and state government, as well as private backers such as the Ulupono
Initiative, OI is opening later this year an innovative feed mill on the Big Island of Hawai'i. This feed mill will
stimulate local food production in Hawaii, thereby enhancing food security in the State and reducing the
amount of food that needs to be imported.
Learn more about how OI is helping lead to a more sustainable food supply in Hawai`i, and how that
sustainability goes beyond food.
Aloha Tower Marketplace:
HPU is transforming into a world-class urban campus in the heart of Hawai`i’s business community. HPU’s
location in urban Honolulu encourages active, experiential learning that directly connects students with the
organizations and people who are making a difference in Hawai`i and beyond. Its revitalization of Aloha
Tower Marketplace brings new life to this iconic destination.
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In January 2013, the Aloha Tower Development
Corporation (ATDC) consented to the University’s
ownership and management of the Aloha Tower
Marketplace. The approvals passed by ATDC were
essential to Hawai`i Pacific’s plan to move forward in
redeveloping the Marketplace into a mixed-use
property.
Combining vibrant new student living spaces with
enhanced learning facilities, Aloha Tower Marketplace
will be an anchor for Hawai`i Pacific University’s
educational activities, as well as serve as a gathering
space for the entire community to enjoy at the center
of Honolulu’s growing intellectual and cultural scene.
Learn more about Aloha Tower’s history.
History:
Recognizing the need for an independent,
nonsectarian liberal arts college in Honolulu, four
prominent and public-spirited citizens Eureka
Forbes, Paul C.T. Loo, Elizabeth W. Kellerman, and The
Reverend Edmond Walker applied for a charter of
incorporation for a nonprofit corporation to be called Hawai`i Pacific College. The state of Hawai`i granted a
charter of incorporation to Hawai`i Pacific on September 17, 1965. One year later, in September 1966,
Honolulu Christian College merged with Hawai`i Pacific College, and a new charter was granted by the state
of Hawai`i.
In 1967, Dr. James L. Meader became Hawai`i Pacific College's first President. President Meader, in
consultation with community leaders, developed a comprehensive educational program to meet various
higher education needs for the state of Hawai`i.
When Dr. Meader retired on June 30, 1968, the Board of Trustees elected The Reverend George A. Warmer
as Hawai`i Pacific's second President. Under President Warmer's leadership, the College implemented
academic programs in the liberal arts and cooperative education.
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In 1972, Hawai`i Pacific College graduated
seven students in its first commencement
class and in the same year established a
School of Business Administration. Chatt G.
Wright became the founding dean of Hawai`i
Pacific's new School of Business
Administration.
In 1973, the College received full accreditation
from the Western Association of Schools and
Colleges. The following years saw the creation
of the English Foundations Program, offering instruction to non-native speakers of English, and the Division
of Satellite Programs, administering off-campus instruction on various military installations on O`ahu.
President Warmer retired in 1976, and Chatt G. Wright became Hawai`i Pacific's third President. Under
President Wright's leadership, Hawai`i Pacific continued to expand and develop throughout the 1980s, and
in 1990 became Hawai`i Pacific University (HPU). This achievement of university status was made possible by
the successful launch of graduate degree programs: a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program in
1986, a Master of Science in Information Systems (M.S.I.S.) program in 1989, and a Master of Arts in Human
Resource Management in 1991.
In 1978, HPU first ventured into intercollegiate athletics with the formation of the men’s basketball team.
Now competing in the Pacific West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, HPU Sharks
(formerly Sea Warriors) athletic teams are recognized as some of the finest in the nation.
In 1992, Hawai`i Loa College, a small, independent liberal arts college located on the windward side of
O`ahu, merged with Hawai`i Pacific University. This historic merger brought together the strength of two
academically strong institutions, and helped to expand Hawai`i Pacific University's role as a leader in higher
education for the state of Hawai`i and the Pacific Basin.
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University Leadership
John Y. Gotanda
President
John Y. Gotanda became the President of Hawai`i Pacific University, the
largest private university in the State of Hawai`i, on July 1, 2016. Born and
raised in Hawai`i, President Gotanda is a graduate of Roosevelt High
School, the University of Hawai`i at Manoa (BBA, 1984) and the William S.
Richardson School of Law (J.D., 1987), where he was Editor-in-Chief of the
University of Hawai`i Law Review.
Following law school, he was a staff attorney with the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then worked as an
associate attorney with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., and later
with Goodwin, Procter & Hoar in Boston. In 1994, he joined the faculty at Villanova University Charles
Widger School of Law in Philadelphia, PA, where he served as Professor of Law, Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs, Associate Dean for Faculty Research, and Director of the J.D./M.B.A. Program; from 2011-
2016 he served as Dean of the Law School.
Under his leadership, the Villanova Law School developed and implemented a strategic plan that radically
reformed the school’s curriculum, reducing the time and cost of the program, eliminating barriers to entry,
and establishing increased international opportunities for its students.
President Gotanda is recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on damages in international law,
and has been cited by courts, tribunals, and commentators, including by the U.S. Supreme Court. He has
spoken widely on the subjects of damages, international arbitration, and international sales law, including at
The Hague Academy of International Law. He has also served as an expert on damages and as an arbitrator
in international investment disputes.
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Sam Moku
Vice President of University Relations
In October 2013, Sam Moku was named as Vice President of University
Relations. Moku was previously HPU’s Director of Public and Governmental
Relations and has been a vital member of the University’s leadership team
since joining HPU in March of 2013.
Reporting to the President, Mr. Moku is responsible for managing a
comprehensive, professional university relations operation, including
community and government relations, fundraising programs and services,
and a robust alumni relations program. Moku serves as a key advisor and
thought partner to the President, trustees, and colleagues, and acts as a representative internally and
externally on the University’s behalf.
Moku has held a number of leadership positions prior to coming to HPU, including as director of the City
and County of Honolulu’s Department of Community Services and executive director with the State
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and an MBA from the
University of Hawai`i at Manoa.
Background Checks:
Prior to submitting your resume for this position, please read it over for accuracy. LLLS does verify academic
credentials for its candidates, and our clients frequently conduct background checks prior to finalizing an
offer.
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To learn more, call
Libby Roberts, Vice President at
617-262-1102
or send nominations or cover letter and resume to
lroberts@LLLSearches.com.
All inquiries will be held in confidence.
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