Daniel Jenuwine

Dan Jenuwine has twenty years of experience in fundraising and nonprofit finance, operations, and program development, the last four at Richner & Richner as Consultant and Director of Operations. Prior to joining the firm, Dan spent six years working with independent colleges at the Michigan Colleges Foundation. In addition to his responsibilities there for grant writing, major gifts, scholarship program administration, and office management, he was instrumental in developing and securing funding for new programs in multi-campus collaboration, pre-college preparation, and workforce development.

Earlier, Dan held key positions on the development teams at the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-D) and at Wayne State University (WSU). At UM-D his accomplishments included designing and implementing the first major gifts program for the College of Arts, Science, and Letters, launching the capital campaign for the new academic building there, and laying the groundwork for the Center for Arab American Studies. At WSU, Dan was ultimately responsible for all annual giving and development services programs. Among his accomplishments there were designing and implementing a successful donor retention program, and adapting Web technology to serve the University's development professionals in their contacts with donors.

Dan earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wayne State University, graduating summa cum laude, and his Master of Science degree in Finance at Walsh College, where he distinguished himself with honors for academic excellence and for research writing.

Dan was a featured presenter at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Council on Resource Development, Region V, regarding fundraising at community colleges, and has co-presented seminars on fundraising for the American Association for Homes and Services for the Aging and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, among others.

He is a past volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America and Junior Achievement, served as a trustee of the Troy Foundation for Educational Excellence, and is a member of the Planned Giving Roundtable of Southeast Michigan and treasurer of the Athens High School Orchestra Parent Association. He lives with his family in Troy.