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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, (304) 696-7153
West named vice president for major gifts at Marshall; Littlehales takes over as director of alumni relations
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Lance West, vice president for alumni development and director of alumni relations at Marshall University for the past 4 ½ years, has been named vice president for major gifts at MU, John Kinzer, interim CEO with the Marshall University Foundation, Inc., announced today.
Kinzer also announced that Tish Littlehales has replaced West as Marshall’s director of alumni relations. Both West and Littlehales assumed their duties earlier this month.
“Lance enjoys fundraising and he’s good at it,” Kinzer said of West. “He meets people well and people like him and respond to him. I think he will do a great job as a major fundraiser.”
Littlehales came to Marshall from Guyan Golf and Country Club, where she was membership and marketing director for nearly three years.
“Tish coordinated the gala at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena for the ‘We Are Marshall’ premiere and did an excellent job,” Kinzer said. “She’s outgoing and organized and I think will do a great job cultivating Marshall’s alumni.”
West has been at Marshall since 1995, when he was hired as associate vice president of athletic and university development. He was named director of athletics in 1996, a position he held until 2002 when he was named vice president for alumni development and assistant to the president.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to be able to work with various individuals throughout the United States and the world with one common purpose – to see Marshall advance and prosper in the future,” West said. “I am excited about Tish Littlehales coming in as alumni director and think the alumni association is poised to do wonderful things, especially coming off the movie ‘We Are Marshall.’ ”
Littlehales is a native of South Charleston, W.Va., and a 1983 Marshall graduate.
“I look forward to maximizing our efforts to involve the alumni community in the continued growth of Marshall University,” Littlehales said. “As a Marshall graduate, I am excited to be joining this great university at an opportune time in its history.”