April 3, 2003

Contact:
Jennifer Meriam, Director (954) 262-5355
Mike Laderman, Associate Director, (954) 262-5354
Mara Kiffin, Coordinator, (954) 262-5350

Thomas Dieters Named Executive Director of Development at Nova Southeastern University

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL— Weston resident Thomas E. Dieters, has been named executive director of development at Nova Southeastern University, President Ray Ferrero, Jr., announced today.

Dieters will take on the newly created post that will take advantage of his higher education development experience. His primary responsibility will be to oversee NSU’s capital campaign and meet the fundraising goals of NSU university-wide. As such, Dieters will provide leadership and management of the fundraising activities of NSU, while developing and implementing a comprehensive decentralized development plan to include campaign activity, gifts-in-kind, scholarships, endowments, and planned gifts.

Dieters has already spent 12 years in higher education, from being Associate Director of Planned Giving at Michigan State University, to working at the University of Miami as its Director of Regional Development and Executive Director of Planned Giving.

He began his career as a Registered Representative with Equitable Financial Companies in Troy, Michigan, working in the areas of retirement, estate planning, and charitable giving. Dieters has a master’s of public administration from the University of Miami, and a bachelor’s in both employment relations and psychology from Michigan State University.

“We are excited at what Thomas brings to this position,” Ferrero said. “His experiences in higher education with regard to development and planned giving are a perfect fit in the direction that NSU is going.”

For more information, contact NSU’s Office of Public Affairs at (954) 262-5353.