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Derek C. Bellin, former executive director of Columbia University's
successful multibillion dollar "Campaign for Columbia,"
has been named vice president for development and alumni affairs
at Case Western Reserve University, President Edward M. Hundert
announced today. Bellin currently resides in Underhill, Vt. He
assumes his new duties October 1. 
As vice president for development and alumni affairs, Bellin
will lead the University's advancement program in development,
alumni relations and fund raising. Partnering with Hundert and
serving as a member of his senior staff, Bellin "will guide the
advancement program of an institution poised to move forward aggressively
in enhancing its contributions in education, research and service,
as well as its national and international reputation," Hundert
said.
At Columbia, Bellin served as executive director of the office
of university development and alumni relations. The $2.2 billion
"Campaign for Columbia" actually tallied $2.85 billion
in gifts and pledges to the university. Columbia's ranking improved
from eighth to third in the annual Voluntary Support of Education
survey during his six-year tenure at the university, which he
left in 2001.
In addition, he managed philanthropic relationships with donors
to the medical center campus at Stanford University during its
$1.1 billion "Centennial Campaign" and directed campaign
planning and gift solicitations with faculty in basic and clinical
research departments for an interdisciplinary developmental medicine
initiative. He currently serves with Core Group Inc. of Minneapolis
as one of a four-person team that has organized a year-long data
collection, performance benchmarking and best practices survey
joined by the development and alumni relations organizations of
55 of the country's private and public institutions of higher
and secondary education.
Bellin, 40, who holds a bachelor's degree in resource economics
from the University of Vermont, also has held financial resource
development, communications, alumni relations and brand development
positions at Long Island University and the Sierra Club. Bellin's
career path encompasses both private and public sector leadership
roles, including early career appointments in the banking and
investment brokerage sectors as well as a series of progressively
responsible roles fund raising for and building development and
alumni relations organizations through five multimillion to multibillion
dollar campaigns.
Bellin, a New York City native, credited Hundert's leadership
and vision as reasons why he was attracted to CWRU.
"Edward Hundert's leadership is a huge factor, precisely because
he has the vision to help reposition the University and the character
to respect, cherish and elevate the very dimensions at Case Western
Reserve that have contributed to the long historical distinction
the University rightfully enjoys," he said. "(Provost and University
Vice President) James Wagner represents far more than continuity
of executive leadership and his aspirations for CWRU both rival
and compliment those of the president. CWRU enjoys the rare mix
of raw material and leadership and I am fortunate to be among
the group of leaders to help actualize that vision."
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