Tori Hobbs has been named chief development officer at the Anderson Schools of Management (ASM) at the University of New Mexico. Hobbs most recently served as the director of United Way of Central New Mexico’s community fundraising campaign, where she oversaw the strategic planning and management for the workplace campaign.
“As a graduate of ASM it is an honor to return and work with faculty and staff, donors, alumni, corporations and friends of Anderson to provide the future resources to remain competitive and increase economic development for New Mexico,” said Hobbs.
During Hobbs tenure as director, the United Way overall campaign increased more than six percent annually including 6.5 percent in 2002 and 9 percent in 2003. Duties as director included gathering data, analyzing information and preparing reports to assist chair in reaching overall fundraising goal, training and managing employees and cultivating and managing major corporate accounts among others.
Hobbs has spent her entire career at the United Way of Central New Mexico. She was hired as a loaned executive in Aug. 1998 and assisted company representatives in managing the company-wide fundraising campaign. In Jan. 1999, she became a development officer with 185 corporate accounts valued at more than $1.45 million.
Two years later Hobbs became a senior development officer, which included training new development officers and helping to develop strategic fundraising plans for accounts. In April 2002, she became the director of campaign.
Hobbs is also involved in several professional organizations including the New Mexico Chapter of the American Marketing Association, where she is currently the vice president of membership, and as a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America.
Hobbs graduated from UNM with a bachelor in business administration in 1998.
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
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