9/10/18

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9/10/18

Hi all — an update on today's visitor! We will actually be joined by Nicole Kidston, Interim Vice President of Alumni Affairs and Development, and a Consultant with the DeVos Institute of Arts Management.

https://cooper.edu/academics/people/nicole-kidston https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-kidston-82123b7

Nicole is alsp part of the President’s Cabinet: http://cooper.edu/about/president/cabinet

(For more on the DeVos institute, you can read these September 2017 board minutes, which includes a presentation by DeVos Chairman Michael Kaiser.)

Here is Nicole's bio:

Nicole Kidston

SENIOR CONSULTANT, DEVOS INSTITUTE

Nicole Kidston is a Senior Consultant with the DeVos Institute of Arts Management, supporting a wide range of arts organizations with short and long term goals around strategic planning, community engagement, artistic planning, marketing and fundraising.

Prior to her role with the DeVos Institute, Nicole served as the Deputy Director of Development for Park Avenue Armory, a ground-breaking cultural institution in New York that produces unconventional work that cannot be mounted in traditional performance spaces. In this capacity, Nicole led the day-to-day operations of the 13-person Development Office which grew fundraising over 25% from 2015 to 2017.

From 2005 to 2015, Nicole served in a variety of capacities in the Development Office of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In her last role at the Kennedy Center, she served as one of the Directors of Development, focusing on the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and Washington National Opera (WNO). Her portfolio included identifying and raising over $25 million annually with a team of 18 through individual, government, foundation, and corporate support. She focused particularly on board development, major gifts, sponsorships of productions, series, and educational initiatives, and event fundraising including major Galas and over 170 cultivation events throughout the year. Also at the Kennedy Center, Nicole served as the Director of Affiliate Individual Giving and the Manager of National Symphony Orchestra Development.

Prior to that, Nicole coordinated Kennedy Center major giving, facilitated the international donor travel program and coordinated major giving for international festivals and programming.

Nicole has a degree in Art History from The Ohio State University.