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Julie Solomon

Director, Advancement Marketing Services

Areas of Expertise
  • Advancement Marketing
  • Fundraising
  • Strategy and Planning
Richmond, VA
Specialties
  • Advancement Communications
  • Capital Campaigns
  • Data and Analytics
  • Major and Principal Gifts
  • Mid-Level Giving
  • Pipeline Development
  • Volunteer Management
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Background

Julie Solomon is the director for EAB Advancement Marketing Services. With 25+ years of successful development and alumni relations experience in higher education, Julie leads the AMS team and provides insight into the planning and execution of effective fundraising and marketing strategies and best practices, guiding clients who partner with EAB to enable them to achieve their donor and revenue g

Julie Solomon is the director for EAB Advancement Marketing Services. With 25+ years of successful development and alumni relations experience in higher education, Julie leads the AMS team and provides insight into the planning and execution of effective fundraising and marketing strategies and best practices, guiding clients who partner with EAB to enable them to achieve their donor and revenue goals.

Prior to joining EAB, Julie was Assistant Vice President for Development at the University of Richmond where she restructured and lead the Development team, completing the Richmond Promise campaign on time and over goal, as well as setting a new University undergraduate donor record in June 2012, earning a CASE award for Overall Improvement in a development program. Julie held senior development positions at Union College and began her career in the Annual Giving and Alumni Affairs office at her alma mater, Skidmore College.

Education

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, Bachelor of Arts, Government, 1994. Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Moscow, Russia, The American Collegiate Consortium for East-West Cultural and Academic Exchange, 1993-1994. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, Russian School, Summer 1993

Research and Insights

To me, reunions and annual giving go together like “peas and carrots,” to quote the inimitable Forrest Gump. Of course, I’ve spent the better part of my career on small liberal arts campuses, where reunions are ingrained in the institutional culture. But all institutions—large or small, public or private—can grow engagement and donations by harnessing…

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April 07, 2017 3 min read

In the last few years, “Day of Giving” campaigns have become increasingly popular across higher education. Julie Solomon, a long-time development professional in higher education and recent addition to EAB Royall’s team, sat down with Synthia Reader, Advancement Strategic Leader at EAB Royall, to discuss the allure of these campaigns and how to maximize their…

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March 15, 2017 3 min read

In 2013, former New York City mayor and renowned businessman Michael Bloomberg committed $350 million to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University—a gift that lifted his total contributions to over a billion dollars and made him the first individual to cross that charitable threshold for an institution of higher learning. That’s the stuff of philanthropic…

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February 09, 2017 2 min read

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