Rachel Stroud Hunsinger is Managing Senior Executive Director of Development for Moores Cancer Center and Health Sciences Advancement at UC San Diego. She joined UC San Diego in 2017 as part of the Leadership Strategy & Engagement team and a member of the university’s Advancement Leadership Team. Previously, Rachel was at Oregon Health & Science University Foundation, where she focused on cancer center fundraising, leading the cancer development team for 12 of her nearly 16 years there. In 2008, she was the lead development officer on the team that generated OHSU’s first $100 million gift, which named the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. She also was part of the team that successfully met – ahead of schedule – Phil and Penny Knight’s ambitious matching gift challenge to raise $500 million for cancer in an all or nothing two-year campaign that resulted in $1 billion dollars for the Knight Cancer Institute. Rachel began working in major gifts at the University of Oregon. Rachel has nearly 30 years of nonprofit management and fund development experience, working for both institutions of higher education and statewide nonprofit organizations, including the N.C. Writers’ Network and Oregon Governors’ School. She has served on many boards throughout her career, including the National Association of Cancer Center Development Officers from 2011 to 2016. She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from the University of North Carolina.
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NACCDO: Board Leadership Conundrums, Rebuilding, Revising and Moving Forward