Job Summary:  Build, implement and manage the Office of Gift Planning that serves Ithaca College and its funding priorities. Manage a portfolio of gift planning donor prospects, comprising alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends who are considered at the major gift capacity level. Serve as a key external contact responsible for communicating with existing and prospective gift planning donors not already managed by other gift officers for the purposes of donor qualifications, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. Serve as a key internal contact for fellow gift officers who are working with prospects to structure leadership, major or principal level gifts with a gift planning component. Contact donors, donor attorneys, trust officers, and financial