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Advancement Services

Advancement Services is responsible for:
  • Processing all gifts to the institution, including matching gifts
    To check if your employer matches gifts click here.
  • Maintaining and updating alumni, parent, and friend database
    of nearly 40,000 records
  • Creation and maintenance of web pages for the Advancement division
  • Special projects including surveys, analysis, and staff training
  • Reporting on information in the Advance database. Request Report
  • Authorized employees may access Advance via Web Access.

We also serve as a support function for all other areas of institutional advancement.

To update information on your record use the Update Form. Alumni can change their address or search for an alumni on SkidNet .

Advancement Services Staff:


Jeff Beachy
Director of Advancement Services
518-580-5606
jbeachy@skidmore.edu
Patricia Poirier
Coordinator of Biographical Records
518-580-5604
ppoirier@skidmore.edu
Denise Jenks
Associate Director of Advancement Services
518-580-5605
djenks@skidmore.edu
Karen Garnsey
Administrative Assistant of Gifts
518-580-5609
kgarnsey@skidmore.edu

Maureen Cummings
Records Manager
518-580-5603
mcumming@skidmore.edu

Donna Marcason
Data Entry Assistant
518-580-5607
dmarcaso@skidmore.edu

TBD
Data Analyst