John Lippincott, Brief Biography

John Lippincott is president of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), which helps schools, colleges and universities around the globe strengthen their alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing operations.  Named to the position in 2004, he is the longest serving president since CASE was founded in 1974.

As CASE president, Lippincott provides strategic and operational leadership for one of the largest associations of education-related institutions in the world. During his tenure he has overseen growth in CASE Europe and the establishment of CASE Asia-Pacific and CASE América Latina.  He has also led the development of new services for members in North America as well as the establishment of principles of practice in each of the advancement disciplines, the strengthening of the organization's financial position and enhancement of CASE's relationships with partner organizations and other associations.

Lippincott joined the CASE staff in 1999 as vice president for communications and marketing, with management responsibility for CURRENTS magazine, CASE Books, organizational communications, integrated marketing, government relations and special projects.

Prior to his arrival at CASE, John served for 12 years as associate vice chancellor for advancement at the University System of Maryland. In that capacity, he provided public relations counsel to the leadership of the 13-institution system, created an award-winning public television series, played a key role in state relations and provided communications support for two system-wide fundraising campaigns.

John has also held public relations posts at Ithaca College in New York State and at the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C. He began his career teaching humanities courses at community colleges in Connecticut, New York and Oregon. Both his bachelor's and master's degrees are from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

He has served on the board of the American Council on Education, the major coordinating body for U.S. higher education, as well as on Independent Sector's ethics and accountability committee and the Washington Higher Education Secretariat's steering committee. He is a frequent speaker at CASE conferences and other professional meetings and writes a regular column for CURRENTS magazine.