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March 5, 2020

Boston archdiocese executive to be new UMass Memorial chief philanthropy officer

UMass Memorial Health Care has named a new chief philanthropy officer to lead its new fundraising division.

UMass said Thursday that Kathleen Driscoll is its new senior vice president and chief philanthropy officer, joining the Worcester-based health system from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, where she is the secretary for institutional advancement. She will begin working for UMass on April 6.

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Kathleen Driscoll, UMass Memorial Health Care chief philanthropy officer

At the archdiocese, Driscoll led the church's first capital campaign in 17 years and began a program that raises more than $23 million a year, UMass said in announcing her appointment. She also led a school fundraising campaign that has raised more than $100 million to benefit Catholic schools in the Boston area.

Driscoll has a bachelor's degree in education from Boston College and a master's degree in education from the College of New Rochelle in New York.

Eric Dickson, UMass' president and CEO, said in a statement the health system's new philanthropy office gives UMass an opportunity to concentrate fundraising efforts on the clinical care system. UMass -- the largest employer in Central Massachusetts -- reported more than $13 million in contributions in the 2017 budget year, a number fluctuating in the last decade but peaking in 2012 at more than $18 million, according to the nonprofit's 990 tax filings compiled by ProPublica.

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