Len Jessup, who was named acting president of the Washington State University Foundation and acting vice president for university development in March, has been appointed to those roles on a permanent basis.
“Len has shown ability to lead, inspire and create, and he already has a good working relationship with many of our major donors,” said President V. Lane Rawlins.
Jessup succeeds Richard Frisch, who left WSU earlier this year to become vice president for university advancement at Boise State University. Jessup has served as dean of WSU’s College of Business and Economics since July 2002.
“One of the most critical challenges for WSU right now and in the coming decade is to increase our base of private support,” Jessup said. “If WSU is going to get to where we want it to be, that critical piece has to be in place.”
Gifts and private grants to the foundation for 2003-04 totaled $44,780,138. The foundation’s endowment finished the year at $204.6 million, an increase of nearly $13 million over the previous year’s total.
