All were funded by private donors.
A new voice has joined the ranks of the fundraisers.
James “Rob” Quigg has been elected to the IU Foundation Board of ?Directors.
The IU Foundation works to bring private funding to the University by fostering relationships with donors, according to the foundation’s mission ?statement.
The foundation is a not-for-profit organization, and it works across all IU ?campuses.
As vice president of accounting at Richmond Baking Company and director of the Quigg Family Foundation, Quigg said he has a history of serving Richmond, Ind., home to IU-East Richmond.
“I was fortunate,” Quigg said. “I had an opportunity to go to Bloomington, but I’ve also had an opportunity to go to other parts of the country. And when I came back to Richmond, I was still young enough that I still had fresh memories of my time in college, and I just, I think out of curiosity found myself back on the IU East campus.”
After being introduced to campus leaders, including then-IU East Chancellor David Fulton, Quigg began to get involved with campus projects.
In 2005 and 2006, he served as chairman of Campaign for Community.
He raised $2.1 million for scholarships, nursing and science libraries, an art gallery and a Center for Entrepreneurship, according to a press release.
“I’ve always felt that it was important for IU East to be as strong as possible because it’s such an important part of East Central Indiana and of West Central Ohio,” Quigg said. “And I felt that the Campaign for Community was a great project for our community because it allowed us to invest in our important areas, and it was a great way for me to get the sense of how involved the community was in its interest in IU.”
His involvement with IU East caught the attention of the members of the IU Foundation Board of Directors’ nominating committee, who reached out to him, Quigg said.
Daniel Smith, president and CEO of the IU Foundation, said when searching for new members to serve on the Board of Directors, the nominating committee looks for candidates who will fill glaring needs in terms of technical skills or, in Quigg’s case, glaring holes in terms of geography.
Quigg will represent previously underrepresented East Central Indiana, Smith said.
“We want to make sure that we are covering the United States and indeed covering the world with our Board of Directors,” Smith said.
The Board of Directors is divided into two main groups: one that handles fiduciary, or legal, tasks and one that handles development, or fundraising, tasks, Smith said.
Though it has not been determined which group Quigg will join, Smith said members usually pick after a year, which allows them to attend two or three board meetings and get a feel for both groups.
The current goals and initiatives of the IU Foundation have been shaped by the IU Bloomington Strategic Plan, Smith said.
“I worked closely with President McRobbie and with Provost Robel, and I’ve been very close to the development of those strategic plans because many of the major goals and initiatives in those plans will require private funding,” Smith said. “Much of our life at Indiana University can be traced back to private ?support.”
Quiqq said he looks forward to being a part of the process.
“I’m just really excited to be serving Indiana University,” Quigg said.
