David Flinchbaugh

David Flinchbaugh

Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Relations
University of Maryland
Speaker

Bio

Flinchbaugh brings extensive experience in alumni engagement, higher education advancement and corporate consulting. A strategic leader, public speaker and coach, he has served as an advancement executive at University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins and Bucknell University, with corporate experience as an educational consultant at IBM.

As Assistant to the Vice President, Flinchbaugh chairs the University System of Maryland Alumni Relations Council.  The Council coordinates engagement activities across the System’s twelve institutions and one million alumni worldwide, with international engagement as a key strategic component.

As Associate Dean at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Flinchbaugh’s team leads the school's engagement strategy to assure alumni, friends and donors are actively connected to the school.  At the UM School of Social Work, he oversees a team that raises private funds for the school from alumni, friends, corporations and foundations.  During his twelve years, Flinchbaugh has led efforts that have more than tripled the school’s annual private funding, grown the school's scholarship funds from five to eighty-five, and driven a four-fold increase in corporate and foundation giving to the school.

Flinchbaugh served on CASE's Commission on Alumni Relations, including four years as faculty at the CASE Summer Institute for Alumni Relations, and two years as its chair.  A recipient of CASE's Faculty Star Award, Flinchbaugh’s primary expertise is in focusing alumni engagement to bridge development and alumni relations, strategic planning and board management.

Previously, Flinchbaugh served as executive director for alumni relations at Johns Hopkins and Bucknell Universities. His background includes twelve years as a consultant and manager with IBM, primarily in the Washington, D.C., region. Holding a bachelor's degree from Bucknell University, Flinchbaugh’s IBM management training includes executive education at both Wharton School of Business and Harvard Business School.