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New External Affairs Associate Dean
Ken Manotti, Wharton’s
new associate dean of external
affairs, brings extensive
fundraising and alumni relations
experience from Penn
as well as other universities
in the U.S. and abroad.
Manotti initially came
to Penn in 1978 as a coordinator
in the Middle East
Center. During his 14 years
at the university, he held
various positions including
assistant director of the
Wharton Applied Research
Center, manager of operations for on-campus recruiting,
director of development
operations in Wharton
External Affairs, associate
director of alumni giving,
director of 25th reunion
programs, and director of
development and corporate
relations for the Joseph H.
Lauder Institute.
He left Penn in 1992
to join the development
staff at Columbia
University. During his tenure
at Columbia, Manotti
was part of a team that developed
and implemented
fundraising strategies for a
$1-billion campaign. Most
recently, he served as vice
president of institutional advancement
at the American
University in Cairo, where
he was responsible for leading
a $100-million capital
campaign, targeting donors
in the United States, the
Middle East, and Europe.
Manotti holds a BA in
English and political science
with a concentration
in Latin American studies
from Dickinson College. In
addition, he took graduate
courses in international relations,
Latin American relations,
and Middle Eastern
history and politics at Penn.
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