Senior Director of Development \u2022 LSU Foundation<\/p>\n
Grace Hermes was unable to attend LSU due to financial barriers. Today, she helps open that door for students.<\/p>\n
In three years, the LSU Foundation senior director of development has helped raise nearly $5 million for LSU. The accomplishment is personal: She knows what donor support can make possible for someone who might otherwise miss the opportunity.<\/p>\n
Four promotions at the foundation culminated in a university-wide strategic fundraising role in January 2026. As one of two inaugural flagship fundraisers, she helps advance academic priorities across LSU, partnering with leaders and cultivating donor relationships.<\/p>\n
Her work includes reengaging unconnected prospects and strengthening partnerships, while overseeing a donor portfolio spanning Austin, San Antonio, New Orleans and the Northshore.
Beyond campus, she has served on the Power Pump Girls board since 2022.<\/p>\n
A problem I want to help solve: \u201cChanging the perception that philanthropy only makes an impact at high levels of giving. I wish more people understood that every gift matters and that collective generosity creates meaningful opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
What guides a difficult decision: \u201cThink about the people, not just the decision. I try to consider how something will impact everyone involved and lead with empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senior Director of Development \u2022 LSU Foundation Grace Hermes was unable to attend LSU due to financial barriers.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[72,191,61,60],"class_list":["post-675170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}