Francine Cronin

With almost 20 years of experience in higher education fundraising, Francine has spent the last 5 years at Emory University. During that time, the annual fund has more than doubled from $3.6 million in fiscal year 2002-03 to $8.4 million in fiscal year 2006-07 and participation has grown from 25 percent to 37 percent. Before coming to Emory, Francine worked in annual giving at Rochester Institute of Technology, with an active role in RIT’s $100 million five-year capital campaign. Francine also served as director of development & alumni relations at SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome for over 8 years before coming to Emory.