Can we attribute fundraising success in community college philanthropy to particular factors?  Is it about the knowledge and motivations of the chief fundraising officer, or is it more about organizational dynamics…or all of these?  Recent research conducted in California provides some clues.  And what factors determine whether that leader is interested in or is considered for higher levels of leadership?  Only 4% of sitting community college presidents in the U.S. come from a career in fundraising.  Why do so few of us aspire to the position of college president?  Join us to hear the fascinating discoveries of two California chief fundraising executives as they share findings from their own recently completed doctoral dissertation research. The implications here could help us as we consider how we prepare, support and hire community college leaders in the fundraising space…and in the presidential suite.