Krista
Slade was appointed to the newly created position of executive
director of CASE Asia-Pacific in May 2007. In this position, Krista
is responsible for professional development programs, conferences
and other services to meet the evolving needs of the growing
advancement profession throughout Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Krista has spent more than a decade working in the Asia-Pacific
region as an alumni relations and fundraising professional. A
Canadian citizen, she moved to Hong Kong in 1994 to establish the
University of Toronto (Canada) Foundation and to serve as its
executive director. In this position, she facilitated the
university’s alumni, fundraising and student recruitment activities
in Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and
elsewhere. In 2003, she returned to Canada to serve as the
University of Toronto’s associate director of international
advancement. Most recently, she served as senior strategic adviser
for advancement at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Before joining CASE, Krista was a member of CASE and a speaker at
various conferences. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from
the University of Toronto and has studied international Asian
studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Krista Slade worked for the Division of University Advancement at
the
University of
Toronto
for eight years, based in Hong Kong, Melbourne (Australia) and also
on campus. Her responsibilities included regional alumni
programming, special development initiatives and administering the
University of Toronto (Hong Kong) Foundation. A UofT graduate (B.A.
and M.A., History), Krista has also studied at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong and the United Nations University in Amman,
Jordan.
Annual
Fund Appeal
Asian Prospecting – Expanding Horizons – Prospect
Identification in Asia.
Capital Campaigns and Major Gifts – Case Study – University
of Toronto.
Etiquette Guide for Asia – Overview to help you with
international relations.
Passport Asia-Pacific. Presentation
on some of the cultural do’s and don’t when working in the Asia
Pacific region.
Philanthropy Australia Conference Report.
Planned giving brochure funded by
a bequest. |
