About Millbrook School
Incredible natural beauty defines Millbrook School’s campus, located 90 miles north of New York City (Dutchess County) in the lovely countryside of the Mid-Hudson Valley region. Its rural 800 acres contain rolling hills, forests, wetlands, playing fields, trails, and the campus proper. Built around three quadrangles, the campus is reminiscent of a traditional New England village, with the Flagler Memorial Chapel at its head and red brick and white clapboard buildings throughout. Primary facilities include nine dormitories, Schoolhouse, Casertano Hall (dining), Mills Athletic Center, Holbrook Arts Center, Frederic C. Hamilton Math and Science Center, Anthony House (alumni & development), Pulling House (head of school’s residence), the Barn (student center, college and business offices, and counseling center), Callard House (admission & communications), and the six-acre Trevor Zoo.
Millbrook School remains committed to fostering a rich academic and co-curricular environment where every student thrives and has the tools necessary for a successful college experience. Specifically, its mission states, “In a community where every student is known and needed, Millbrook prepares its students for college and lives of meaning and consequence by instilling the values of respect, integrity, stewardship, service, and curiosity.” The strength of Millbrook's academic program exists not only in the quality of its offerings or the ability of its teachers but in the attitude and ethos that characterize the exchanges between faculty and students.
Millbrook School classrooms are places where respect for one another and the free exchange of ideas and opinions are the most prized commodities. Within a traditional, rigorous college preparatory course of study, Millbrook students are encouraged to be curious, involved, and active learners, for the teachers with whom they work understand that the success of any educational pursuit lies in the vigor and commitment that students bring to it. The acquisition of knowledge and skills, though critical to the school’s mission, is but one component of a Millbrook education. The abilities to read effectively, write clearly, and think independently are of greatest use when students challenge themselves, listen carefully to their classmates, test their own limits, and question their assumptions. This philosophy truly shapes the Millbrook School experience.
The Role of the Director of Advancement
Millbrook School, a coeducational, college preparatory boarding school for students in grades 9-12, seeks an experienced, thoughtful fundraiser with a proven track record to serve as its next director of advancement.
Reporting to the head of school, the director of advancement will oversee all aspects of fundraising and lead the school’s efforts to secure annual, capital, and endowment support and strengthen its growing culture of philanthropy. With belief in the school’s mission and promise, the director of advancement will help shape the strategic direction of Millbrook School and the Alumni & Development Office and facilitate a new era of fundraising and constituent relations. This will be accomplished through the creation and oversight of a comprehensive, goal-based, strategic development plan and the cultivation and stewardship of meaningful relationships within the community.
The director of advancement will increase Millbrook’s financial resources by planning, directing, implementing, and evaluating all fundraising programs, including the Annual Fund, major gifts, planned giving, trustee giving, and campaign efforts to support programs, facilities, and the endowment. Leading a fundraising team of eight professionals, the successful candidate will oversee the cultivation and solicitation of major and principal gifts and implement a plan for engaging all constituents. In addition, the director of advancement will actively manage a portfolio of donors, evaluate existing philanthropic strengths, and build systems that support long-term growth and fundraising goals. Ultimately, the director of advancement will ensure that single and multi-year development goals are strategically planned, thoughtfully implemented, accurately communicated, and successfully achieved in accordance with Millbrook’s vision.
Contact Information
This is a full-time position that will be performed on campus in Millbrook, New York. Salary commensurate with experience with a generous benefits package including on-campus housing.
Please send nominations, applications, and queries in confidence and electronically to MillbrookDirectorAdvancement@storbecksearch.com.
