Corder Named Major Gifts Officer For UB Medical School

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Linda J. Corder, Ph.D., has joined the staff of the University at Buffalo Office of University Development as major gifts officer for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Formerly chief development officer and executive director of the University of South Dakota Foundation, Corder will be responsible for planning and executing a program to identify new sources of support for the medical school and raise major private gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations nationwide.

At the USD Foundation, Corder oversaw the university's fund-raising activities, including annual giving, major gifts, honor roll of donors and gift acknowledgments. She also started a planned giving program for the university and was instrumental in increasing endowments by 45 percent, and headed a $5.5 million campaign to restore the oldest higher-education building in Dakota territory. Corder previously served as associate executive director and director of major and planned giving at the foundation.

A certified fund raising executive, Corder worked at the UB Foundation as a senior development officer and associate director for community relations from 1989-92. Prior to that, she served as director of development research and records at Bryant College in Rhode Island.

A member of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, Corder has been active in several other professional and community organizations and has received several professional awards and honors.

A Buffalo resident, Corder received bachelor's and master's degrees in elementary education and a doctorate in education from Southern Illinois University.