Scott Shrode named Executive Director of Colorado State University – Pueblo Foundation
 
Pueblo- A trust administrator, attorney, and former vice president of development at the University of Evansville in Indiana has been hired to lead the fundraising efforts at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Selected from a national pool of candidates, Indiana native W. Scott Shrode will begin duties as Executive Director of the CSU-Pueblo Foundation on Dec. 8.
 
As Executive Director, Shrode will provide advice, counsel, and coordination for the CSU-Pueblo Foundation, a non-profit independent fundraising organization with assets of more than $18 million, and its Board of Directors, committees, and affiliated organizations. He will oversee the Foundation’s three-person staff, serve as liaison to the CSU-Pueblo Foundation Board of Trustees, and coordinate the University’s development plans, including annual, planned, and major gift programs as well as specialized promotional campaigns.
 
Several factors drove Shrode to accept the CSU-Pueblo post.
 
"It was President Applbaum's vision and the many accomplishments of the faculty that first drew my attention to CSU-Pueblo. But what really made me decide to leave my hometown and family and move to Pueblo was that combination coupled with the dedication and friendliness of each person that I met during the interview process,” Shrode said. “The university is a student centered one, and I look forward to helping more young men and women take advantage of a CSU-Pueblo education through our development efforts."
 
Currently, Shrode is a trust administrator with Old National Trust Company, where he manages accounts totaling $500,000 or more, including charitable remainder trusts, endowments, personal portfolios, profit sharing plans, and pension plans. From 1993 to 2002, he was Vice President for Development at his alma mater, the University of Evansville, where he supervised major gifts, planned giving, annual giving, and alumni and communications operations. During his tenure there, Shrode helped plan, implement, and complete a $60 million, Widening the Circle capital campaign from 1997 to 2002, which was accomplished two years ahead of schedule.
 
He also planned and supervised a two-year, $2 million campaign for Harlaxton College, the University’s British campus; developed and successfully implemented a plan to increase annual giving by 76 percent over a four-year period; supervised a five-fold increase in alumni events and alumni attendance, and cultivated and solicited several of the largest lifetime gifts to the University.
Shrode earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from the University of Evansville and a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University School of Law.
 
Among his volunteer activities, Shrode has served on the University of Evansville Board of Trustees and Alumni Association as well as boards of the Evansville Bar Association, the Metropolitan Evansville Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA, the Evansville Zoological Society, and Deaconess Hospital Foundation. He has coached youth baseball and basketball and was an active member of the Aldersgate United Methodist Church.
 
Shrode and his wife, Susan, have two grown children.
 
 
Colorado State University - Pueblo is a regional, comprehensive university emphasizing professional, career-oriented, and applied programs. Displaying excellence in teaching, celebrating diversity, and engaging in service and outreach, CSU-Pueblo is distinguished by access, opportunity, and the overall quality of services provided to its students.