Matthew Colson
Vice President, Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, Farmingdale State College
Matthew is an industry leader in higher education development and alumni relations, building successful operations and programs both in small private college and large public university settings. Recently named Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement at Farmingdale State College, State University of New York (SUNY). He leads the College’s fund-raising strategy working closely with the Farmingdale Foundation to grow the culture of philanthropy and inspire support among the College’s alumni and friends, as well as the corporate community and private foundations.
Prior to Farmingdale, Matt was at Stony Brook University for 8 years as Executive Director of Alumni Relations, where he was responsible for the transformational growth of the Stony Brook Alumni Association Inc. it’s revenue and program development for engagement of SBU’s 200,000 alumni worldwide. He served on the leadership team during the Campaign for Stony Brook, a $600 million dollar campaign that at the time was unprecedented in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
Matt started his career in alumni relations at St. Joseph’s College, New York.