Tom Herbert

Tom Herbert

Senior Vice President of Advancement and President
Miami University Foundation
Speaker

Bio

Tom Herbert was appointed Miami University’s Vice President of University Advancement and Executive Director of the Miami University Foundation effective October 1, 2012.  In May 2017 he was promoted to Senior Vice President for University Advancement and President of the Miami University Foundation.  He leads an advancement staff of approximately one hundred and forty in all areas of alumni relations, communications, information technology and development. 

Prior to his current position Tom was at Dartmouth College where he first held the position of Associate Vice President, Individual Giving and was promoted to Vice President of Development.  Before his Dartmouth appointment he served in various roles at Indiana University and the Indiana University Foundation, including Director of Planned Giving, Executive Director of Development and Alumni Programs for the College of Arts and Sciences, and Vice President for University Wide Programs – a role that encompassed directing a $1.1 billion dollar campaign.  He also served as an Assistant Vice President for Development at the University of Michigan. Tom began his advancement career as a Gift Planning Officer at Drake University. 

Tom presents at development conferences for the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (“CASE”), is a past presenter at the Big Ten Fundraising Institute, and is on the faculty at Rice University’s Center of Philanthropy.  He has also developed and taught fundraising courses at Indiana University and co-authored a textbook on major and planned giving.  Tom served on the CASE National Commission on Philanthropy and the national board of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (“NACUBO’) - the only advancement professional to do so.  

Tom holds a BA in History from Northwestern University (’89) and a JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law (’94).