Mark
Drozdowski
, EdD
Executive in Residence
Department:
Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy
Degrees
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard University
Profile
Dr. Mark Drozdowski serves as executive in residence for the graduate programs in nonprofit management and philanthropy and higher education administration. To this role, Dr. Drozdowski brings nearly 20 years of experience in the higher education advancement field. He is an accomplished writer, editor, published author, and columnist with a strong fundraising and communications knowledge and skills base. He teaches MHE 600: Introduction to Higher Education Administration among other courses.
Currently, Dr. Drozdowski is the Executive Director for the Fitchburg State College Foundation where he is responsible for the development, alumni relations, and development communications operations. With overall responsibilities for the completion of a $15 million capital campaign, he also monitors the investment activities of the $10 million foundation portfolio.
Since 2001, Dr. Drozdowski has authored the highly popular column in The Chronicle of Higher Education, “The Fund Raiser”, a monthly feature on careers in university development and advancement.
Dr. Drozdowski has held numerous senior level positions within the advancement field at a variety of colleges including Franklin and Pierce College, Newbury College, University of Connecticut Foundation, Cambridge College. He has worked for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a research consultant and served as Vice President for the Bergeron Creative Group where he provided higher education marketing and communications consulting to a wide range of clients. While in this role, Dr. Drozdowski was twice awarded the Holland Award for outstanding promotional copywriting.
Dr. Drozdowski received the Doctorate in Higher Education along with the Masters of Education in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in American History from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Drozdowski in the author of The Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Education and has contributed numerous book chapters, articles and op-ed pieces in such places as New York Times Magazine, Boston Globe Magazine, Inside Higher Education, Adjunct Advocate, Currents, American Association for Higher Education Bulletin, and Providence Journal. He has also been a featured guest on the NPR radio show, The Best of Our Knowledge.
Drozdowski lives in Templeton Massachusetts.
