New Associate Vice Chancellor for University Development Named

Ioana Patringenaru | December 22, 2008

Juli Larsen has been named associate vice chancellor for University Development.

Julianne Larsen has been named associate vice chancellor for University Development, effective immediately, and will serve as a core member of the senior management team for Vice Chancellor for External Relations Debra Neuman, officials said.

“Juli’s breadth of development experience in many different environments, coupled with her deep experience of and commitment to UC San Diego, will serve the university well in the challenging times ahead,” Neuman said in a statement last week.

In this role, Larsen will provide strategic leadership for UC San Diego’s private fundraising efforts in support of the general campus and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She also will oversee the central advancement programs needed to support both academic and Health Sciences development operations. In partnership with academic, donor and volunteer leaders and with Associate Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences Development Greg Barrett, she will help define development priorities and recommend appropriate courses of action to increase philanthropic support for the university.

Larsen brings significant senior advancement experience to this challenge, officials said.
For the past year, she has served as interim associate vice chancellor for University Development at UCSD while also leading general campus development operations. She joined UCSD in 2003 and was a key contributor to the university’s successful $1 billion campaign, “Imagine What’s Next.”

Prior to UC San Diego, Larsen has served as vice president of Institutional Advancement at the New England Conservatory of Music and associate director of Development for Individual Gifts at the San Francisco Opera. She has held senior development positions at the University of San Francisco, University of Missouri, University of Pittsburgh and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Nebraska Weslyan University and has done graduate work in musicology at University of North Carolina.