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PHILADELPHIA, PA—17 November 2008—The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) has named Kara Mitzel its director of development. In her new role Mitzel will administer all aspects of CHF’s frontline fund-raising program, including corporate and foundation relations and individual giving. For the past three years, she has served as a chief fund-raiser in CHF’s record-breaking $75 million comprehensive campaign, which successfully closed this month.
Prior to joining CHF, Mitzel served as a senior staff member at the Grants Office, a consulting agency that specializes in homeland security funding. She has presented on federal funding at workshops across the nation, advised Fortune 500 companies on using grant opportunities to enhance public sector sales, and wrote a monthly column for the homeland security trade publication HSToday. Mitzel holds a B.A. from George Mason University and an M.A. from Wake Forest University.
About the Chemical Heritage Foundation
The Chemical Heritage Foundation serves the community of the chemical and molecular sciences, and the wider public, by treasuring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future. CHF carries out a program of outreach and interpretation, in order to advance an understanding of the role of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries in shaping society; maintains a world-class collection of materials that document the history and heritage of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies and industries; and encourages research in its collections. For more information, please visit www.chemheritage.org. |
