The composition of the Joint Committee on Development is prescribed in the regulations for the Committee in Chapter I of the University's Statutes and Ordinances.
Joint Committee on Development - current members and officers:
| Class of membership |
Member |
Term-end |
Class (a) |
Professor Deborah Prentice, (Co-Chair), Vice-Chancellor |
ex officio |
Professor Heather Hancock, JN (Co-Chair), Chair of the Colleges Committee
|
ex officio |
| Class (b) |
Vacant |
TBC |
| Class (c) |
Professor Anna Philpott, CL |
2026 |
| Professor Bhaskar Vira, F, [Pro Vice-Chancellor Education] |
2026 |
| Professor James Keeler, SE |
2027 |
Class (d)
|
Miss Dorothy Bryne, MUR, [President of Murray Edwards College] |
2027 |
| Mr Chris Ewbank, JN, [Senior Bursar and Fellow] |
2026 |
| Mr Rod Cantrill, F, [Bursar and Fellow] |
2026 |
Dr. Simon Crookall, W, [Chair of the Colleges' Development Directors Committee]
|
2027 |
| Class (e) |
Alison Traub, Executive Director of CUDAR |
ex officio |
| |
| Secretary: |
Miss Shivika Sharma, Associate Director, Advancement Services, CUDAR |
| |
| Attending officers: |
Emma Rampton, Registrary |
| Mike Glover, Academic Secretary |
| Professor David Cardwell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resources) |
Daniel Benham, Director of Finance Division (Interim)
|
| Jennie Moule, Senior Director of Advancement Services, CUDAR |
| Georgina Cannon, Director of Development, CUDAR |
| Gabrielle Bennett, [Executive Director of Cambridge in America] |
The membership classes are explained as follows:
(a) - The Vice-Chancellor and the Chair of the Colleges Committee (ex officio) who shall be co-Chairs;
(b) - A member of the Council appointed by the Council;
(c) - Three members of the Regent House appointed by the Council, on the nomination of the General Board, who shall normally be persons having experience of fund-raising at the University level;
(d) - Four persons appointed by the Colleges’ Standing Committee having regard to their experience of fundraising for the Colleges;
(e) - The Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations.
Members in classes (b) to (d) are appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January next following their appointment, followed by the option of reappointment to an additional three-year term.
The following University officers may attend meetings:
- The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Resources);
- The Registrary;
- The Academic Secretary;
- The Director of the Finance Division;
- The Director of Advancement Services in Development and Alumni Relations;
- The Director of Development in Development and Alumni Relations, and;
- The Executive Director of Cambridge in America (CAm).