SHU Creates Position to Increase Philanthropic Efforts

Lisa Dickerson brings 20 years of higher education experience to University advancement team

Sacred Heart University has hired Lisa Dickerson to fill a new University advancement position as executive director of prospect management, data analytics & pipeline optimization. She will work closely with senior advancement leadership and others to broaden the University’s list of financial investors and philanthropic efforts.

“I am thrilled to join Sacred Heart University and the highly talented and ambitious advancement team. I look forward to enhancing the current funding sources at SHU with data-driven, strategic analytics, as well as essential prospect development,” said Dickerson.

An essential part of Dickerson’s role will be providing strategic data analysis, expanding the pools of funding sources and collaborating with the advancement team to become more efficient.

Dickerson has more than 20 years of experience in advancement research in the higher education sector. She comes to SHU after a distinguished research and prospect management career at Quinnipiac University. Prior to that, she worked at Yale Law School and Yale University.

Paul J. Sutera, senior vice president of advancement, is pleased to have Dickerson join the team. “Lisa was a strategic hire to ensure the human and intellectual talents of our major and principal gifts team are maximized. Her ability to partner with our advancement professionals in providing them insight and strategy is critical for our efforts to move from a good enterprise to a great one,” he said.