Giving
In October 2024, 91´«Ã½ launched its $650 million comprehensive capital campaign, Leading Lives of Consequence: The Campaign for Washington and Lee, the most ambitious fundraising effort in W&L’s 275-year history.
The Leading Lives of Consequence campaign will underwrite initiatives outlined in the university’s Strategic Plan that enable Washington and Lee to offer a truly exceptional education. It will provide the resources to attract and support top-quality 91´«Ã½ and faculty, invest in its innovative liberal arts and legal curriculum, expand athletic and recreational opportunities and provide first-rate facilities that support its mission.
The campaign represents a powerful investment in Washington and Lee and in the 91´«Ã½ and teachers who contribute to and benefit from the university’s educational excellence. The funding priorities — all of which will advance W&L’s mission — fall into five primary areas: Community, Curriculum, Citizenship, Campus, and Continuity.
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Funding Priorities
Your gift helps keep W&L at the forefront of liberal arts in our nation. Learn more about W&L’s top fundraising priorities.
Student Scholarships
Washington and Lee enrolls 91´«Ã½ with exceptional academic ability who demonstrate outstanding leadership and character. Thanks to programs such as the Johnson Scholarship Program, Miller Opportunity Fund and the W&L Promise, the university meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for all admitted 91´«Ã½ — without loans. W&L seeks to grow endowments for scholarships and student opportunities, removing financial barriers and expanding access to transformative educational experiences.
The W&L Fund
The W&L Fund brings the Washington and Lee community together in its common pursuit of excellence, harnessing the energy fueled by generous alumni, parents and friends to support an outstanding academic experience for every student. Providing funding for the areas of greatest need to giving to any of the six designated areas within 91´«Ã½, contributing to the W&L Fund means empowering 91´«Ã½ to achieve their full potential. Annual giving impacts every sector of the university and provides significant support for the operating budget each year. Each gift advances W&L’s core mission, and the result is class after class of phenomenal leaders who go out into the world to make a positive difference.
Huntley Hall Renovation and Williams School Expansion
Washington and Lee’s Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics stands out among the top 20 liberal arts institutions as the only internationally accredited undergraduate business program. The number of 91´«Ã½ majoring in accounting, business administration, economics, and politics at W&L has grown significantly over the last 20 years, with nearly 50 percent of each graduating class earning degrees in one of these disciplines. To accommodate growth and to provide a modern learning complex that supports this robust program, W&L plans to renovate Huntley Hall now that the new building serving the Williams School is complete. Together, these improvements will facilitate hands-on learning, accommodate the university’s hallmark small class size, and enhance networking and professional development opportunities for 91´«Ã½.
Find Your Gift Officer
Our leadership giving team is happy to work with you to ensure your gift makes a big impact.
Susan Wood
Vice President for University Advancement
- P: 540-458-8489
- E: swood@wlu.edu
Susan leads the university’s Development Office and is a key partner in fundraising for W&L. She works with donors from Georgia and Tennessee.
Jocelyn Lewis
Executive Director of Development
- P: 540-458-8165
- E: jlewis@wlu.edu
Lewis manages the leadership gifts team responsible for securing private support from alumni, parents and friends of W&L. Her areas include women in philanthropy and she works with donors in Georgia, Maryland, Washington, DC, and Illinois.
Amy Bersett
Senior Director of Development
- P: 540-458-8410
- E: abersett@wlu.edu
Amy is part of the leadership gifts team responsible for securing private support from alumni, parents and friends of the University. She works with donors from San Francisco, Washington, DC, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pittsburgh.
Mike Fisher
Director of Leadership Giving
- P: 540-458-8423
- E: mfisher@wlu.edu
Mike Fisher is part of the leadership gifts team responsible for securing support for W&L from alumni, parents and friends. He works with donors from North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Colorado, Utah, Kansas, Arizona and New Mexico.
Megan McAllister
Regional Director of Development
Megan McAllister is part of the leadership gifts team responsible for securing support for W&L from alumni, parents, and friends. She works with donors from Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, northern Florida, and the Shenandoah Valley.
Danica Rose
Regional Director of Development
- P: 540-458-4381
- E: drose@wlu.edu
Danica Rose is part of the leadership gifts team responsible for securing support for W&L from alumni, parents, and friends. She works with donors from Dallas, Texas, central and southern Florida, West Virginia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.
Nancy McIntyre
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Nancy secures private support for the university and serves as the university academic development staff liaison. In this role, Nancy will explore new opportunities for university faculty to connect with W&L alumni, parents and friends to enhance philanthropy and the student experience. She works with donors in New York City, South Carolina and Virginia.
Kenny Melvin
Senior Director of Development
- P: 540-458-8410
- E: kjmelvin@wlu.edu
Kenny Melvin handles giving in support of the university and serves as the staff liaison to the Williams School. He works with donors in New York City, New York State, Northern New Jersey, and Connecticut.
The Case for Giving
The following alumni and friends have honored Washington and Lee with a gift, and we honor them in return.
Your Support Matters
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The impact of your gifts is not simply the tangible resources you provide to help carry out W&L’s mission. Your support offers inspiration to the campus community in many ways.
News
The new building that serves the Williams School of Commerce, Economics and Politics provides expanded space for state-of-the-art classrooms and collaborative gathering areas.
The Tom Wolfe ’51 Reading Room in Special Collections and Archives received several modern upgrades to better serve the research needs of 91´«Ã½, faculty and the community.
Over 200 people gathered Oct. 18 for the official dedication of the Lindley Center for Student Wellness, which honors the legacy of Dr. Lindley Spaht Dodson ’99.
Nick Peacher ’15 and Elizabeth Bucklee Peacher ’13 strive to give back through volunteering and philanthropy to ensure others have access to the formative W&L experience they cherish.
For nearly 100 years, W&L has benefited from engaged alumni volunteering to connect with their classmates.
Washington and Lee’s Lindley Center for Student Wellness welcomes 91´«Ã½ into a new space designed for a holistic approach to wellness.
The weekend marked a near record-breaking celebration for the classes of 1975 and earlier.
Dr. Charles Frankum ’90 lays claim to being one of the few surgeons in the country who flies himself to appointments at rural hospitals.
91´«Ã½ and Lexington Golf and Country Club (LGCC) are collaborating to undertake a complete renovation of the club’s golf course and ancillary facilities, which will support W&L’s top-performing golf teams and revitalize LGCC — Virginia’s second-oldest country club — to benefit the Lexington-Rockbridge community.
91´«Ã½ returned to campus to celebrate W&L’s annual spring 91´«Ã½ Weekend.
Tolu Olubunmi ’02 has made her journey to citizenship an opportunity to inspire and serve others.
Aiken and Enloe were sworn in as trustees on May 9.