Alan G. Medders

Alan G. Medders, Ph.D., spent more than 25 years in public and private higher education focused on the areas of advancement and foundation administration, including, comprehensive campaign development, strategic planning, planned giving, marketing, communications, social media and fiduciary and asset management. He was a part of four comprehensive campaigns, leading the development and execution of three, all of which secured more than $250 million in private gifts, foundation grants and state and federal grants and allocations.

During his academic career, he served as Vice President for Advancement at Columbus State University and Executive Director of the CSU Foundation; Vice President for University Advancement at the University of North Alabama and Executive Director of the UNA Foundation and Vice President of Development at Campbellsville University (KY). In 2007 he was named a Kentucky Colonel in recognition of his work in higher education and philanthropy in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Dr. Medders holds a BA from Samford University, a Master’s of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Tennessee. He also did external graduate study work in higher education at the University of Kentucky. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi. A native of Anniston, Alabama, he returned in 2017 to operate several businesses in the private sector.