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	Gail Freeman attended the 66th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on October 20, 2011. Gail Freeman attended the 66th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on October 20, 2011. About the Foundation: Founded by His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman in 1946, to honor the memory of Alfred Emanuel Smith, New York's renowned Governor and patron of the "Little People", the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation brings hope to the neediest children of the Archdiocese of New York, regardless of race, creed, or color. View Weblink \| Attachment: Al Smith Dinner 2.jpg

	Gail Freeman attends 2011 Legends in Hospitality Award Gary D. Jaworski, Ph.D. with Gail Freeman on October 18, 2011 at the 2011 Legends in Hospitality Award Recipients honoring Julian Niccolini and Alex von Bidder, Co-Managing Partners, The Four Seasons. Freeman Philanthropic Services, L.L.C. placed Mr. Jaworski as the Executive Director of American Hospital of Paris Foundation in 2006. Image provided by Patrick McMullan © Attachment: AMHP2_20111018_PJB_160.JPG

	Freeman Philanthropic Services Recruited Valerie DeFillipo as President of Americans for UNFPA Americans for UNFPA Valerie DeFillipo, lifelong activist for the health and rights of women, appointed as President of Americans for UNFPA, the U.S. National Committee for the United Nations Population Fund. View Weblink

	Great News about the Beyond Boundaries Campaign Dear Members of the Tufts Community: I write with exciting news. As of yesterday, we have raised $1.208 billion in the Beyond Boundaries campaign that we launched publicly in 2006, exceeding our campaign goal of $1.2 billion by $8 million. I want to thank the nearly 140,000 people—including half of all of our alumni—who supported our faculty and students and made this campaign the success that it is. The campaign goals, developed by the deans during a strategic planning process led by the Provost, were focused on supporting our faculty and students. I am delighted to report that because of the generosity of so many, we have been able to direct $386 million to support faculty. As a result, we have been able to strengthen competitive hiring packages for new faculty, create 23 new named professorships and improve research facilities. Alumni, parents and friends also invested $434 million in our students, creating more than 630 new endowed and term scholarships and allowing us to grow financial aid across all of our schools. At The Fletcher School, for example, $20 million in gifts from members of the school’s Board of Overseers created scholarships to benefit outstanding students in the Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy program. Now more than ever before, we are accessible to students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds who also have the strongest academic qualifications in the history of Tufts. We have dramatically improved the student experience and teaching, research and clinical capacities on our three Massachusetts campuses. In Boston, we have a new state-of-the-art clinical skills and simulation center at the School of Medicine. Also downtown, five new floors sit atop the dental tower, providing—among other things—new space to care for 20,000 patients a year, many of whom have limited or no dental insurance. In Grafton, we have a new regional biosafety laboratory and an equine isolation unit at the Cummings School. We have also been able to make significant investments to nurture well-rounded students. On the Medford/Somerville campus, we have revitalized facilities for fitness and athletics, built one of the university’s most active and beautiful buildings—the Granoff Music Center—and created a new humanities center. Both the School of Medicine and Cummings School have new student campus centers, the one in Grafton provided by our wonderful Cummings benefactor Agnes Varis. Together, these spaces raise the student experience to a whole new level. Two of our schools have new stability and promise thanks to naming gifts: the gift from the Cummings Foundation, led by alumnus Bill Cummings, to name the veterinary school, and Jonathan Tisch’s gift to endow the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. These commitments reinforced Tufts’ place as a leader in higher education and an institution that sees how learning can and should be enriched by service to the greater good. This campaign would not have been a success without you, who together make Tufts a leader in higher education. And we would never have exceeded our goal were it not for the extraordinary leadership of our Board Chair, Jim Stern, and our campaign co-chair, Jon Tisch. Superbly talented and deeply committed to our faculty and students, they were instrumental in the success of this campaign. I would also like to give special recognition to our other campaign co-chairs, Pierre and Pam Omidyar, as well as to our Campaign Steering Committee, our deans and Provost Jamshed Bharucha for their enthusiasm and commitment to our common goals. So, I would like to thank you all. The Light on the Hill now shines brightly and will continue to do so for years to come. The best is yet to come for Tufts. Sincerely, Larry Bacow View Weblink

	Jeffrey Lamie Accepts Position of Executive Director & Chief Development Officer at the Saint Clare’s Foundation Saint Clare’s Health System Jeffrey Lamie accepts new position at Saint Clare’s Health System with a start date of July 2011. View Weblink

	Is It Time for a Search-Committee Code of Conduct? The Chronicle of Higher Education An article addressing behavior patterns of search committees or hiring authorities. View Weblink

	Jenny Coldiron Accepts Position of Vice President of Development, GBMC HealthCare & President of the GBMC Foundation Greater Baltimore Medical Center Jenny Coldiron accepts new position at Greater Baltimore Medical Center with a start date of May 2011. View Weblink

	Gail Freeman Shares Expert Advice on Women in Philanthropy First Business News At the Women World Wide: Leading Through Philanthropy Conference on March 10, 2011 in Chicago, IL, Gail Freeman was interviewed about her expertise on how the role of women in philanthropy is changing. The interview aired on March 21, 2011 on firstbusinessnews.com. View Weblink

	Special AFP News Alert Association of Fundraising Professionals On March 23, 2011, Andrew Watt will become president and chief executive officer of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Andrew has served as AFP’s chief programs officer since October 2007 and before that was vice president of international development. Prior to joining AFP in 2006, Andrew worked for nearly 10 years at the Institute of Fundraising in the United Kingdom, ultimately serving as deputy chief executive. View Weblink

	Philanthropy Matters Magazine The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University Gail Freeman and Flavio Furtado are interviewed on their experience and knowledge of philanthropy as it relates to women in less developed countries. View Weblink

	The Maddening Wait The Chronicle of Higher Education Interesting article about the sometimes maddening wait of the search process, particularly with search committees. View Weblink

	$1b puts MGH in robust fund-raising health The Boston Globe Article about hospital on pace to set NE record in drive. View Weblink

	Too Much Sunshine Can Complicate Presidential Searches The Chronicle of Higher Education An article concerning the importance of confidentiality in a search and how - when it's breached - someone can lose their job. View Weblink

	Freeman Philanthropic Services participation with the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) in 2009 Association of Fund Raising Professionals View a PDF of the Annual Report. Attachment: AFPAnnualReport2009.pdf

	Big Ideas, Big Gifts, Big Impact: A Conversation with Today's Philanthropists Milano The New School - Event Transcripts Gail L. Freeman, President of Freeman Philanthropic Services, New York introduces this program at Milano The New School for Management & Urban Policy. "Welcome. My name is Gail Freeman and I am an alumna of Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy. The Milano Nonprofit Management Program is among the first programs in not-for-profit management in the United States, and is one of the few academic programs specializing in the preparation of leaders for the not-for-profit sector." Attachment: SP08_BK_BigIdeas_091508.pdf