(Syracuse, NY – Jan. 2016) Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo announces the hiring of Denise Headd of Onondaga Hill as director of development.
“I am very pleased to welcome Denise to the Friends staff,” says Janet Agostini, president and CEO of Friends of the Zoo. “Her experience, skill in creating relationships and love of animals position her nicely to work with us in our next phase of growth.”
In her position with Friends of the Zoo, a 501(c) (3) non-profit support organization to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Headd will develop and maintain ongoing fundraising activities and donor stewardship and oversee new programs that arise from the recently completed strategic and master planning process.
Headd holds a bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in communications from Canisius College. She has more than eight years’ experience working in the non-profit sector including eight years of board management in addition to 14 years of special events planning with a concentration on fundraising. She most recently served as director of development for Joseph’s House for Women and was formerly executive director of Friends of the Central Library Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series. She sits on the board of the Willow Street Foundation and is past president and former board member of Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse (now LiteracyCNY).