INDIANAPOLIS-Kim Gattle has been named director of development
and communications for the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.Gattle is the first alumna of the Center's Master of Arts in
Philanthropic Studies degree program to head its development efforts. She is a
member of that program's inaugural graduating class and a graduate of The Fund
Raising School at the Center. From 2002 until 2005, she was a member of the
Center's Board of Governors. Gattle was a leader in helping to create the
Center on Philanthropy Alumni Association and served as its president in
2000-2001.
In her new role, Gattle will lead and coordinate the
Center's comprehensive development program, including planning and implementing
a national endowment initiative.
"It is a both an honor and exciting opportunity to secure
philanthropic support for the Center at this time," she commented. "The Center
has emerged as a trusted international source for the knowledge, research,
training and resources needed to expand the practice of philanthropy worldwide."
Before joining the Center, Gattle was executive associate
director of major and planned gifts for the Indiana University School of
Medicine, the second largest medical school in the nation. During that time the
school successfully completed a comprehensive $375 million capital campaign.
Gattle's professional life has included leadership in both
private business and the nonprofit sector. She previously was executive
director and corporate officer for Gattle's, a 101-year-old, multidivisional
retail corporation. Her career in the nonprofit sector includes serving as
director of development for Walther Cancer Institute and as executive director
of New Hope Development Corporation, a residential rehabilitation facility in Indianapolis.
Committed to serving her community, Gattle has been an
active participant on several nonprofit boards, including the Greater Indianapolis
YMCA and Horizon House. She also helped to found the Gulf Coast Society of
Fundraising Executives, the first professional association for nonprofit
executives and fundraising professionals in Southwest Florida, which is now a
chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).
In addition to a master's degree from the Center on
Philanthropy, Gattle earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and studied at both the University of Guanajuato in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and the Instituto de Lengua Espanol in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University is a leading academic center dedicated to increasing the understanding
of philanthropy and improving its practice through research, teaching, public
service and public affairs programs in philanthropy, fundraising, and
management of nonprofit organizations. A part of the Indiana University School
of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI),
the Center operates programs on the IUPUI and IU Bloomington campuses.
