{"id":11937,"date":"2024-03-08T14:57:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/?p=11937"},"modified":"2024-03-08T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:57:11","slug":"roi-nj-names-vice-president-for-advancement-and-external-affairs-leah-leto-to-2024-roi-influencers-women-in-business-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/08\/roi-nj-names-vice-president-for-advancement-and-external-affairs-leah-leto-to-2024-roi-influencers-women-in-business-list\/","title":{"rendered":"ROI-NJ Names Vice President for Advancement and External Affairs Leah Leto to 2024 ROI Influencers: Women in Business List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jersey City, N.J. \u2013 March 8, 2024 –<\/b> Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s is proud to announce that Leah Leto, M.Ed. \u201905, vice president for advancement and external affairs, was named to the 2024 ROI Influencers: Women in Business list. The list is issued annually and is designed to show that the state of New Jersey is \u201coverflowing with amazingly impressive female leaders who are ready, willing, able and eager to take on any role.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The profile from <\/span>ROI-NJ<\/span><\/i> highlighted Leto as a \u201clongtime Peacock\u201d who has been instrumental in Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s record-breaking fundraising efforts. Leto is presently leading <\/span>Peacocks Rise: The Campaign for Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University<\/span><\/i>, the most ambitious fundraising campaign in the University\u2019s 150+ year history. Its public phase was launched in December 2022 with $70 million secured during its quiet phase alone, breaking previous records.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leto has served as vice president for advancement and external affairs at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s University since 2015. She began her career at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s in 2002 as an alumni relations officer and, prior to assuming the vice presidency, served myriad roles within the Office of Advancement. In her current role, Leto oversees all fundraising and operational functions of advancement and alumni and donor engagement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During her time at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s, she played a leadership role in the<\/span> Students at the Center <\/span><\/i>campaign, which secured $64.7 million for the University, participated in the transition and rollout of university status, worked to secure two of the largest gifts in University history, built a robust leadership gifts and prospect management system and fortified donor stewardship and scholarship administration practices. She has presented nationally at conferences of AJCU (Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities) and has served as an expert source on fundraising and donor relations in outlets such as <\/span>Inside Higher Ed <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Non-Profit Times<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leto earned bachelor\u2019s degrees in art history and French from Vassar College and began her career as a production assistant at the Metropolitan Opera Association. She went on to serve as an associate in the development and membership offices at The Newark Museum before joining the Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s team. She obtained a master\u2019s degree in education from Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n

View the complete <\/span>2024 ROI Influencers: Women in Business<\/span><\/a> from <\/span>ROI-NJ<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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For more than 150 years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University, inspired by its Jesuit, Catholic identity, commitment to individual attention and grounding in the liberal arts, educates a diverse community of learners in undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and professional programs to excel intellectually, lead ethically, serve compassionately and promote justice in our ever-changing urban and global environment. To learn more, please visit<\/span> www.saintpeters.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jersey City, N.J. \u2013 March 8, 2024 – Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s is proud to announce that Leah Leto, M.Ed. \u201905, vice president for advancement and external affairs, was named to the 2024 ROI Influencers: Women in Business list. 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