NSU names Glenn-Summitt development director

Peggy Glenn-Summitt, director of programs for The Senior Source in Dallas, will join Northeastern State University as its new Director of Development and Executive Director of the NSU Foundation.

A 1990 summa cum laude graduate of NSU who received the President's Leadership Class scholarship, Glenn-Summitt called returning to campus "a dream come true."

"Myeducation and subsequent positionsas a nonprofit managerandan attorneywould not have been possible without the assistance ofthe NSU President's Leadership Class scholarship, and I look forward to making sure those types ofopportunitiescontinue to supportand inspirecurrent and future NSU students," she said.

NSU President Don Betz said Glenn-Summitt brings a unique blend of qualities to excel in the directorships.

"She brings excellent experiences managing large, complex non-profit programs to this position, and her success as an attorney also speaks to her clarity of thinking," Betz said. "Coupled with her grassroots fund-raising experience and public speaking activities, she will make an immediate impact. As an alumna, she brings an extraordinary passion for NSU, and that adds a dimension to her conversations with alumni and friends that will make a real difference in their commitment to giving."

Mark Kinders, vice president of university relations, said Glenn-Summitt was the right choice to continue the work of the NSU Foundation.

"Were excited to have Peggy join us as the leader of a talented group of professionals who have performed well in advancing NSU," Kinders said. "She will take us to the next level of realizing our long-term institutional goals of friend-raising and fund-raising to achieve an unparalled margin of excellence."

After graduation from NSU, Glenn-Summitt earned a master's degree in public policy from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law.

She has worked for The Senior Source since February 2007, where she oversees eight direct-service programs that provide services for elderly residents in the Dallas area. Her responsibilities also include creating and reviewing budgets, collaborations between agencies and organizations, strategic planning and fund-raising.

Previously, she was an associate attorney for a Dallas-area law firm and director of coalitions and advocacy for the American Public Transit Association in Washington, D.C.

Glenn-Summitt said the generosity of donors is essential to NSU pursuing its mission.

Donations from individuals, corporations and foundations are vital toNSU maintaining its ability to provide aglobal education in up-to-datefacilities at its three campuses, whichin turn strengthens theregionaleconomy," she said"AsNSU's late distinguished alumnus Jack Kaufman reminded us, we accomplish thisbyleaving the woodpile higher than we found it."

Glenn-Summitt assumes her role with NSU on Feb. 14. She fills the vacancy left by John Gyllin, who resigned in Sept. 2010.