Jacksonville – MacMurray College recently announced a new vice presidential appointment to its senior administration. Eric J. Green has accepted the position as Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the College and assumed his new duties effective July 10.

     In the role as vice president, he reports directly to the MacMurray president and provides administrative leadership to all fund-raising efforts, alumni services, public relations and publications.

      Mr. Green was formerly the Director of Development at The John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, where he has also served as President of Ashland’s United Way, Vice Chairman of the Board of the Salvation Army of Ashland, and member of the executive committee of the Board of The Johnny Appleseed Heritage Museum and Outdoor Drama.

     Prior to his appointment to the Ashbrook Center in 2002, Mr. Green served as Director of Annual Funds for the Case Alumni Association of Case Western Reserve University, Assistant Project Coordinator of University Circle Incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, Senior Campaign Director of the United Way of Westchester and Putnam in White Plains, New York, and the Associate Campaign Director of the United Way of Stamford, Connecticut.

      While in Connecticut, he was a charter member of the Board of The Acting Company of Greenwich.

      Mr. Green earned his baccalaureate degree with a major in economics and minors in history, theater and sociology at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio and his Master of Non-Profit Organizations degree from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

     Located in Jacksonville, Ill., MacMurray College is a private, four-year, liberal arts, coeducational college, founded in 1846, and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Its friendly, informal environment stresses academic excellence, personal attention, career experience, and well-rounded development of each individual.