Vanderbilt has been tasked with growing our staff from a development headcount of around 240 to over 330 people in four years.

This rapid growth has presented challenges in every area of our advancement shop, from recruitment, to culture absorption, to increasing our retention rate. This presentation will share the steps we have taken to meet this challenge. We will outline our remote work policies, our strategy for integrating Gen Z workforce, our robust performance incentive program and the steps we have taken to ensure effective onboarding and culture engagement for all employees, whether they are in Nashville or California.

We will also touch on the key aspects of our culture, namely our organizational values and leadership principles, that ensure we are attracting talent that will be a long-term fit for the organization.

We are seeing results in both our hiring practices, as well as our retention rate, which we improved by 50% in the last two years.