New Associate Vice Chancellor for Development for Health Sciences Named

November 17, 2008

Greg Barrett is the new associate vice chancellor
for Development for Health Sciences at UCSD.

Greg Barrett, a skilled development professional with more than 10 years of senior experience in the field, became the campus’ new associate vice chancellor of Development for Health Sciences Nov. 3. Barrett will serve as a core member of the management team of Vice Chancellor for External Relations Debra Neuman, with a dotted reporting line to Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine David Brenner.

Barrett is an excellent team player and collaborator with a proven track record of success, Vice Chancellor Neuman said in a statement. He has been highly praised for his skills in retaining and recruiting high-performing and committed team members, she added. He is a strategic thinker and will be an excellent partner with the associate vice chancellor for University Development to identify and implement mutual fund-raising goals for the campus, Neuman also said.

Barrett will provide advancement leadership for the School of Medicine, the UCSD Medical Center enterprise, which includes Hillcrest and Thornton Hospitals, the Moores Cancer Center and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Working with campus leadership, he will be instrumental in developing short- and long-term strategies for development priorities and ongoing fund-raising initiatives in Health Sciences.

Barrett has more than 10 years of senior experience in development. Most recently, he served as associate vice president at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where he was charged with the management and oversight of university-wide strategic planning for advancement while concurrently maintaining a principal gift portfolio. From June 2004 to November 2007, he managed five teams: alumni relations, annual fund, planned and major giving, research and communications and principal gifts. During his tenure at IIT, overall fundraising and the total number donors engaged in the advancement process increased significantly.

Prior to IIT, Barrett worked at the Children’s Memorial Foundation. He started at Children’s Memorial Foundation as director of major gifts and later served as director of principal gifts. During his tenure at Children’s Memorial Foundation, major gift fundraising increased by more than 100 percent in a two-year period, with the total number of major donors increasing by more than 50 percent during the same time period. Barrett has a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University and a master's degree in English literature from Indiana University.