University Advancement is delighted to announce that M. Danielle Young will join Fresno State as our associate vice president for Development and Comprehensive Campaigns, starting Oct. 6.

Danielle will lead our development team and significantly contribute to Fresno State’s current and future comprehensive campaigns. She comes to us from Colorado State University, where she directed fundraising for the Warner College of Natural Resources, and she brings more than 25 years of advancement leadership spanning the entire advancement continuum.

Her career demonstrates both depth and intentionality — excelling in alumni leadership at Penn State and Oberlin, broadening her expertise through major gift fundraising with the Sierra Club, and most recently advancing comprehensive strategies at Colorado State.

We welcome Danielle to Fresno State!