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Adrienne A. Rulnick Named Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development

WASHINGTON – The George Washington University announced today that Adrienne A. Rulnick has been named Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development in the Division of Development and Alumni Relations effective Aug. 1.

“We are pleased to welcome Adrienne to the University and the Division,” said Vice President Laurel Price Jones. “She brings outstanding alumni relations experience, as well as a track record of growing a robust annual fund program. Her successful programs have built commitment and awareness of the value of strong alumni programming and of building a culture of philanthropy. We look forward to her leadership and creativity.”

Rulnick brings more than two decades of higher education experience to GW, including 15-plus years in alumni relations and development, most recently as executive director of university alumni relations and development at New York University. In this position she oversaw an alumni relations operation that serves more than 360,000 graduates; the Fund for NYU; and the Alumni, Regional, and Parent fundraising group.

In her five years as an executive director at NYU, Rulnick expanded print and electronic alumni communications; developed programs for young alumni, parent giving, reunions, and incoming freshmen; created an annual alumni job fair and a highly acclaimed faculty and alumni lecture series; and grew annual gifts grew from $8 million to $22 million. In 2003, she wrote the foreword to Innovations in Annual Giving: Ten Departures that Worked, written by Robert A. Burdenski and published by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

“I am very excited about the possibilities at GW and I am thrilled to be joining the University shortly after President Steven Knapp, who is so committed to alumni engagement,” said Rulnick. “My main focus is to communicate the University’s desire to foster lifelong relationships with alumni to encourage a robust dialogue between alumni and their alma mater.”

Rulnick earned an Ed.D. in higher education administration from the University of Massachusetts, a M.A. from the University of Albany, and a B.A. from Barnard College.