Donna Stock has joined the Nativity School as our new Vice President of Advancement. Donna recently served as Vice President for Advancement at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). During her 18-year tenure at the university, she served as Assistant Vice President, Leadership Giving & Campaign Co-Director for their most recent Campaign; Executive Director of Planned Giving; Director of Academic Advancement; Dean of the Engineering Office; and Director of Development. Her previous experience included Director of Institutional Advancement at Anna Maria College, Grant Writer at the Seven Hills Foundation, and Associate Director of Leadership Annual Giving at Tufts University. She has been a board member for CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education), the Engineering Development Forum, the Worcester-based chapter of Women in Development, and is active in other professional organizations. She has also been deeply involved in the greater Worcester community, serving as a founding board member of United Way’s Women’s Initiative, a Trustee at the Seven Hills Foundation, and an elected official in the Town of Grafton for 12 years.
A graduate of Colby College, Donna is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and earned a certificate in Executive Management from Cornell University. She is a long-time resident of Grafton and has four children and two grandchildren.