After an extensive search to appoint a new head of external affairs, I am pleased to announce that Kenneth Manotti will join Wharton on February 29 as Associate Dean of External Affairs. Ken had a previous tenure at Wharton and returns to campus with extensive domestic and international experience in campaign fundraising and alumni relations. He also brings a strong base of management experience.
Ken left Penn in 1992 to join the development staff at Columbia University. During Ken’s very successful tenure at Columbia he was part of a team that developed and implemented fundraising strategies for a $1 billion campaign and undergraduate reunion effort and was responsible for solicitation of principal gifts between $1M and $3M. Most recently Ken served as Vice President of Institutional Advancement at the American University in Cairo where he was responsible for leading a $100 million comprehensive capital campaign, targeting donors in the United States, the Middle East and Europe.
Ken originally joined Penn in 1978 as a coordinator in the Middle East Center. He quickly assumed increasingly responsible roles, serving as Assistant Director of the Wharton Applied Research Center, Manager of Operations for On-Campus Recruiting, Director of Development Operations, Wharton External Affairs, Associate Director of Alumni Giving, Director of 25th Reunion Programs, and Director of Development and Corporate Relations for the Joseph H. Lauder Institute. Ken holds a B.A. in English and Political Science with a concentration in Latin American Studies from Dickinson College. He completed graduate course work in International Relations, Latin American Relations and Middle Eastern History and Politics at the University of Pennsylvania.
