2008 DINNER TOPICS/SPEAKERS

  Jacqueline Williams
Director of Development
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Foundation

 

Jacqueline Williams, Director of Development for the Office of Campus Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has over ten years of experience in philanthropy. Jackie's role is to cultivate, solicit and steward major gifts from individual donors

Prior to joining the University of Illinois in 2005, Jackie worked with several of Chicago's finest cultural and educational institutions including the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo and the DuSable Museum of African-American History. Jackie's commitment to supporting important Chicago institutions extends beyond her work. She is an active volunteer with LINK Unlimited, an organization that provides educational college preparatory opportunities for economically disadvantaged African American high school youth.

Jackie has a B.A in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.