Monday Jun 17, 2024

People in Fundraising, season 3, ep. 24: Singapore American School's Austin Tomlinson

For the first time in “People in Fundraising’s” two-year broadcast history, I interviewed a guest who was a day ahead of me time-zone wise! Austin Tomlinson joins the program from Singapore, where he has been the Chief Advancement Officer for the Singapore American School for about 10 months. We enjoyed naming people we both know – future PIF guests Nida Januskis and Julie Anne McNary; season 3 guest Paola Horvath; and the awesome Janet Cahill!

Speaking of people, Austin mentions mentors Bob Pallone, Joanne Shoveller, and Tom Boasberg as being instrumental in his career to-date.

Austin also discusses:

*His educational background, including how being a Rotary Exchange Student at age 16 set his trajectory in international education

*Living and studying in Switzerland, Bolivia, and Hungary; being fluent in Hungarian, Italian, and Spanish, and how this fluency helps to connect across multiple cultures with donors and constituents

*Living in Singapore for the last 9+ years, after nearly a decade in development at institutions in Switzerland (Franklin University Switzerland) and at INSEAD

*How education in much of the world, outside of the U.S., is state- and government-funded; lot of work to be done to educate constituents about how private education is funded “and the role that philanthropy plays in shaping these organizations."

Thank you Austin for a very interesting conversation! I learned a good deal about international advancement work and connecting across cultures with donors and constituents.

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