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Marguerite (Peg) Brown, Ph.D. is Vice President of Development and College Relations for Rhode Island College and Executive Director of the Rhode Island College Foundation. Prior to her current 10 year tenure at Rhode Island College, which also included five years as Director of Development, Dr. Brown spent 11 years at the University of Rhode Island, including serving as Associate Director of the Urban Field Center and Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations. A native of upstate New York, Dr. Brown earned her Bachelor of Arts from Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA; earned a lifetime teaching certificate; and taught secondary school for 14 years. She earned a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Rhode Island and her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Connecticut. She also holds a certificate in Lifelong Learning from Harvard University and is a graduate of Leadership Rhode Island, Sigma Class.
In her current position, Dr. Brown is responsible for the Division of Development and College Relations, which conducts all private fundraising for the College, in addition to alumni affairs, publications, news and public relations, conferences and special events, and office services. She also serves as executive director for the Rhode Island College Foundation, which now manages approximately $20 million in market value assets for the benefit of the College.