Nan Perkins, vice president for institutional advancement at Elon, has announced the hirings of Beatrice Sanford as director of planned giving, Brian Silotto as director of annual giving and Elizabeth Barr as assistant director of annual giving.
Sanford comes to Elon from Merrill Lynch Trust Company in Naples, Fla., where she served as vice president/district trust manager. Before joining Merrill Lynch, she was vice president/client services with NationsBank Trusts. As director of planned giving, she will work with donors who wish to support Elon through estate and other planned gifts. Sanford holds a bachelor’s degree from Regents College, Albany, N.Y.
Silotto previously served as associate director of development at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. He also served as director of the Millikin Fund, the university’s $1 million annual fund. Silotto began his career in 1993 as a development officer at his alma mater, Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo. As Elon’s director of annual giving, Silotto will spearhead Elon’s campaign to generate funds for budgetary and operating expenses.
Barr earned a bachelor’s degree from Elon in 2000. During her undergraduate career, she was a student worker in the institutional advancement office. The Baltimore, Md., native will be responsible for the phone-a-thon fundraising campaign and all direct mailings from the institutional advancement office.
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