Oshawa, Ont. – Durham College (DC) is pleased to welcome Linda Marco as the new associate vice-president, Office of Development and Alumni Affairs, and president, Durham College Foundation. A DC grad, Marco brings more than 20 years of fundraising and not-for-profit management experience, at both the community and national levels.

“We are thrilled to welcome Linda back to Durham College,” said Don Lovisa, president. “She has a wealth of experience building successful fundraising campaigns, developing key relationships and encouraging strategic growth. In addition, as a DC grad, her connection to the college will be a tremendous asset as she engages with alumni leading up to our 50th anniversary and as we move toward the launch of a capital campaign to support our Simcoe Building project.”

Prior to joining DC, Marco was the director of advancement for the Lakeridge Health Foundation. Under her guidance, development programs included major gifts, third-party events and direct response campaigns. In addition she successfully implemented a new visual identity for the foundation and hospital, along with developing a 10-year comprehensive campaign for the redevelopment of Lakeridge Health.

Marco has also served as the director of fund development for Scientists in School, where she created the organization’s inaugural fund development plan, and attracted new corporate donors. Other roles include director, funds development, for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and director of development for the Children’s Wish Foundation.

“I am very pleased to be working at the place where I first began preparing for my career,” said Marco. “My familiarity with the Durham College experience, both academically and socially, will help me craft campaigns and build relationships that will support institutional growth and development, which in turn helps ensure that the college lives up to its mission that the student experience comes first.”

Marco holds a Public Relations diploma from Durham College and a Fundraising Management Certificate from Ryerson University. She has also achieved her Canadian Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) accreditation.

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About Durham College

At Durham College, the student experience comes first. In September 2015, the college welcomed more than 30,000 students to campus including 11,200 full-time post-secondary and apprenticeship students as well as part-time and continuing education students and online learners. The college offers a wide range of market-driven programs in a number of different disciplines including culinary, hospitality, tourism, horticulture, business, information technology, media, art, design, general arts, science, skilled trades, justice, emergency services, health and engineering technology, enabling students to develop the skills required to meet the demands of today’s job market.

A three-phase expansion of the college’s Whitby campus concluded with the opening of the 36,000-square-foot Centre for Food located on the northwest corner of campus. Accommodating approximately 900 additional students studying in culinary, baking, hospitality, event management, food science, and agricultural and horticultural programs, the CFF features Bistro ’67, a 70-seat, full-service, green-certified teaching-inspired restaurant and Pantry, a retail store featuring fresh-baked items, meals-to-go, preserved foods and ready-to-cook meals created by students in the college’s culinary and baking programs.

For more information, visit www.durhamcollege.ca or call 905.721.2000.

 

Media contacts:

Michelle Roebuck
Communications and Marketing
905.721.2000 ext. 2333
michelle.roebuck@durhamcollege.ca

 

Meghan Ney
Communications and Marketing
905.721.2000 ext. 6219
meghan.ney@durhamcollege.ca