Donor Profiles

As the first Doherty Odyssey Scholar to graduate from Elon, Jubitza Figueroa ’21 is ready to make her mark on the world. Ed and Joan Doherty P’07 endowed eight Odyssey Program scholarships as part of the Elon LEADS Campaign to make an Elon education possible for top students with high financial need.

Elon Trustee Jay Hendrickson ’71 and his wife, Amy Hendrickson ’69, support A Will to Lead, a special initiative of the Elon LEADS Campaign to inspire donors to establish a lasting legacy by placing the university in their estate plans.

Elon LEADS Campaign chair Chris Martin ’78 P’13 announced a special campaign initiative to allow alumni, parents and friends to establish a lasting legacy at Elon by placing the university in their estate plans to fund scholarships and other key institutional priorities.

Elon parent Steve Anderson P’16 has made a $125,000 gift to the Elon LEADS Campaign to support the university's innovative new hub for STEM education, which offers "hope for the future."

John Hill ’76 and his wife, Lesley Hill, have made a $100,000 gift to support The Inn at Elon, student scholarships and Phoenix athletics.

Elon alumnus and Trustee Dr. William N.P. Herbert ’68 and wife Marsha Herbert, of Charlottesville, Virginia, are among the donors making major gifts to the Elon LEADS Campaign to support the university’s planned Innovation Quad.

Richard ’87 P’17 and Laurie Johnson P’17 extend their Elon legacy with a generous planned gift.

The gift from Elon Executive Vice President Steven House and his wife, Patricia House, will support excellence in undergraduate mentoring, a hallmark of an Elon education. The couple’s gift is counted as part of the Elon LEADS Campaign.

The gift from Trustee Dr. William N.P. Herbert ’68 and his wife, Marsha, of Charlottesville, Virginia, will support key priorities of the upcoming Elon LEADS Campaign, the largest fundraising campaign in the university’s history.

Proceeds from the gift will fund life-changing scholarships that serve students with high financial need in Elon’s Odyssey Program. These scholarships are among the top priorities of the upcoming Elon LEADS Campaign, the largest fundraising campaign in the university’s history.