Senior Director of Major Gifts Pomona College | Claremont, California Pomona College has selected Kyle Davis, currently the director of West Coast Advancement for Dartmouth College, as the senior director of major gifts. Davis will serve as a key leader within Pomona’s evolving advancement enterprise during an exciting time of growth as the campus prepares for an aspirational comprehensive campaign. In his new role, Davis will provide vision and leadership of a comprehensive and well-integrated major gifts fundraising program through the upcoming campaign and beyond. He will build and guide a high-performing team of frontline fundraisers while simultaneously managing a personal portfolio of prospects.At Dartmouth, Davis participated in the campus’ $3 billion The Call to Lead Campaign, guiding a frontline team to secure gifts up to $5 million across nine Western states. Prior to Dartmouth, he spent nine years at the University of Rochester as the primary regional executive in charge of fundraising in the Western United States. At Rochester, Davis provided strategic management for an integrated team of fundraisers and alumni relations personnel to drive successful completion of two separate regional sub-campaigns within the university-wide $1.2 billion comprehensive effort.A Los Angeles native, Davis began his career in wealth management and earned his bachelor’s degree in Government & Sociology from Dartmouth College.Rachel Ellenport led this search with Grace Zakim and Megan Gorman.