Three new staff members have joined CWRU's Office of University and Alumni Relations.

In March, Scott Taylor was appointed associate vice president for planned giving and Christopher Simoneau was named associate vice president for strategic planning. This week Brigette Bryant starts as the new associate vice president for philanthropic development.

Taylor previously served as the director of gift planning at Columbia University, where he oversaw all planned gift marketing, solicitations, donor relations and reporting.

In his new role at CWRU, he will be responsible for deferred gift solicitation and for the interface between planned giving and the treasurer's office regarding deferred gift asset management and reporting.

A graduate of Columbia's School of General Studies, Taylor holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy and economics.

Simoneau has worked in private and non-profit sector strategic and operational planning most recently with Canal Bridge Consulting. He previously was the chief financial and administrative officer for a start-up firm specializing in international securities trading clearing and settlement. He also served as the top administrative officer for the Columbia Earth Institute and, before that, the Princeton Materials Institute.

At CWRU, Simoneau is responsible for all strategic planning and organizational effectiveness for University and Alumni Relations.

He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Villanova University and his master's of business administration at Columbia's Graduate School of Business.

Bryant most recently served as the chief development officer for the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Prior to that, she held leadership positions in the development programs at the College of Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York, Stonybrook; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Liberty Science Center; and Dance Theatre of Harlem.

At CWRU, Bryant is responsible for leading major and principal gift programs and for managing relationships with many of the University's pivotal and prospective donors.

Bryant holds a bachelor's degree in music production and engineering from Berklee College of Music in Boston.