Ann-Marie Thornton

Ann-Marie Thornton

Senior Director, Institutional Advancement
Community College of Baltimore County
Speaker

Bio

As Senior Director of Institutional Advancement, Ann-Marie is responsible for raising and managing philanthropic support for the Community College of Baltimore County’s (CCBC) major gifts, annual giving, alumni relations and advancement services areas. Serving as the primary resource for all cultivation, solicitation and donor relations initiatives for individuals, Ann-Marie is consistently engage in prospect management, stewardship, relationship building and strategy development. She has been with the Community College of Baltimore County for over eleven years and recently worked with a team of volunteers including retirees, alumni, board members, faculty and staff to raise $57.3 million in capital, scholarship and program support for CCBC through its New Beginnings Campaign. With over 25 years of fundraising experience, Ann-Marie excels at organizational efficiency and effectiveness where she employ these skills with her team on a daily basis.

Ann-Marie is a graduate of Shippensburg University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications Journalism and a Master of Arts from Bowie State University in Organizational Communications. She is an active member of CASE where she currently serves on the CASE Community College Advancement Advisory Board and the CASE District II Conference committee.