Dr. Herbert Wertheim\u2019s $65 million investment<\/a>\u00a0in the College of Business, the university\u2019s largest endowment gift in its history, which named the Herbert Wertheim College of Business and the Herbert Wertheim Center for Business Excellence. She worked closely with donors, alumni,\u00a0volunteers\u00a0and university leaders to strengthen philanthropic support across the university and expand engagement with the FSU community worldwide.<\/p>\n\u201cMarla has provided exceptional leadership for University Advancement and the FSU Foundation during an important period for Florida State University,\u201d said FSU President Richard McCullough. \u201cHer leadership was instrumental in advancing our comprehensive campaign and supporting transformative investments such as the renaming of Anne\u2019s College and the Herbert Wertheim College of Business. As a Florida State graduate, she brought a deep understanding of this university and a genuine passion for its future. We are grateful for her service to Florida State and wish her all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Dr. Vickers, the opportunity to return to her alma mater and help advance the university\u2019s mission through philanthropy and engagement made her tenure especially meaningful.<\/p>\n
\u201cReturning to Florida State to serve my alma mater has been one of the great privileges of my career,\u201d Dr. Vickers said. \u201cI am deeply grateful to President McCullough, our alumni, donors, volunteers, my\u00a0team\u00a0and colleagues throughout the university for their partnership and support. Together, we have strengthened the foundation for Florida State\u2019s future, and I will always cherish the opportunity to be part of the university\u2019s continued growth and success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before joining Florida State,\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Vickers served as associate vice president of Advancement at Emory University, where she directed fundraising and alumni and constituent engagement efforts for eight academic schools and units. She also held advancement positions at Yale University, the University of Chicago, George Washington University, Duke\u00a0University\u00a0and Georgetown University.<\/p>\n
Dr.\u00a0Vickers earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Georgia, a master\u2019s degree from Florida State University, an MBA from George Washington University and a doctoral degree from Vanderbilt University.<\/p>\n
Florida State University will launch a national search for its next vice president for University Advancement and president of the FSU Foundation. Information\u00a0regarding\u00a0interim leadership will be announced\u00a0in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marla Vickers, Florida State University’s vice president for University Advancement and president of the FSU Foundation, will leave…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[8299,56740,84852,49703,76851,232,234,233,47960],"class_list":["post-296010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-alumni","tag-anne-spencer-daves-college-of-education-health-and-human-sciences","tag-fsu-foundation","tag-herbert-wertheim-center-for-business-excellence","tag-herbert-wertheim-college-of-business","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-university-advancement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Marla Vickers, Florida State University’s vice president for University Advancement and president of the FSU Foundation, will leave the university this summer after more than three and a half years of service.\t\t<\/p>\n