Chicago — DePaul University has selected a member of its extended family for the position of senior vice president of advancement. Erin Minné, a parent of a DePaul student and seasoned fundraising professional, will assume her new role Sept. 15.

For the past four years, Minné has been vice president for university advancement at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, where she also was executive director of the ISU Foundation. During that time, she is credited with significantly increasing donor retention and the number of alumni donors. She also raised faculty, staff and retiree giving to more than $1 million for the first time in the university’s history.

Prior to ISU, Minné spent nine years at the University of Iowa Foundation as vice president for development. Focused on health sciences, Minné managed a $500 million campaign for the university’s medical center. She also spent many years at Michigan Technological University, where she created and managed the first stewardship and donor relations unit.

“DePaul is gaining a highly successful fundraiser with decades of experience in higher education,” said the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., president of DePaul University. “I am thrilled to announce her appointment and could not be happier to add the parent of a current DePaul student to our senior leadership team.”

In addition to extensive experience in higher education, Minné also has directed fundraising strategies for Boysville of Michigan, the American Cancer Society and Orchard’s Children Services.

“I am very grateful to have the opportunity to serve DePaul first and foremost for its academic excellence,” Minné said. “As the mother of a child attending DePaul, I have witnessed firsthand the quality of education students receive and how much the university cares about its fellow community members.”

Born and raised in the Detroit area, Minné is a graduate of Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and earned a master’s degree in philanthropy and development from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

“I especially admire DePaul’s dedication to serve the underserved. As a first generation student myself, I know what it is like to fund a college education with limited resources,” she said

Minné will be leading DePaul’s Office of Advancement at a pivotal time. DePaul just completed the Many Dreams, One Mission campaign, which was its most ambitious and successful fundraising endeavor. Raising funds for new scholarships was at the heart of the campaign, reflecting DePaul’s continued commitment to provide an excellent education for talented students who seek it.

Minné will lead an advancement operation seeking to build on its recent success by raising funds for DePaul’s current priorities, continuing to build alumni engagement and support, and preparing for the next comprehensive campaign.

DePaul University is the largest Catholic university in the United States, and the largest private, nonprofit university in the Midwest with more than 24,500 students in about 300 academic programs. It is nationally recognized for incorporating service learning throughout its curriculum and preparing its graduates for a global economy.

DePaul was founded in Chicago in 1898 by the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians), a Roman Catholic religious community dedicated to following the ideals of St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th century priest for whom the university is named. DePaul’s tradition of providing a quality education to students from a broad range of backgrounds, with particular attention to first-generation students, has resulted in one of the nation’s most diverse student bodies. More information is online at www.depaul.edu.

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