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Tracy G. Savage

Senior Consultant & Principal

Education

Sweet Briar College, B.A. Washington & Lee University, J.D.

Residence

Arlington, Virginia

Tracy joined Marts & Lundy in 2002 with twenty-five years of experience in institutional advancement that concluded with thirteen years as chief development officer and assistant head of school at The National Cathedral School in Washington D.C.  Tracy’s career as an institutional fund-raising leader included comprehensive campaigns, alumni relations and annual fund programming, and planned giving, donor relations and communications.  In addition to these core elements of advancement, Tracy’s expertise includes governance, strategic planning, and executive leadership.  She has also served in academic and administrative roles at the Marlborough School in Los Angeles and The Madeira School and Foxcroft School in Virginia.
 
Tracy served on the Marts & Lundy Board of Directors from 2006-2009.  A veteran speaker for CASE and NAIS, Tracy has received numerous awards including The Robert Bell Crow Memorial Award for service to CASE and the advancement profession.  Tracy is a contributing author of three books: Donor Relations: The Essential Guide of Stewardship Policies, Procedures and Protocol, CASE’s Handbook of Institutional Advancement released in 2001, and the latest edition of Philanthropy in Independent Schools released in March 2009.  She currently serves as a trustee of Norfolk Academy, the Washington Revels, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and is a former trustee of The Madeira School, St. Peter’s School in Philadelphia, and The National Cathedral School.
 

Partial List of Clients Served

Adelphi University, NY
The Agnes Irwin School, PA
The Albany Academies, NY
The Altamont School, AL
American Horticultural Society, VA
Barnesville School, MD
Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School, DC
The Browning School, NY
The Buckley School, NY
The Bullis School, MD
Canterbury School, FL
Charlotte Country Day School, NC
Chesapeake Academy, MD
The Collegiate School, VA
Concord Academy, MA
Country School, MD
The Crossroads School, MO
The Culver Educational Foundation, IN
Duke School, NC
East End Hospice, Inc., NY
Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
Episcopal High School, LA
Florida Council of Independent Schools, FL
Friends School, CO
Germantown Friends School, PA
Green Acres School, MD
Green Hedges School, VA
Grymes Memorial School, VA
Harpeth Hall School, TN
Hathaway Brown School, OH
The Heights School, MD
The Hillbrook School, CA
Lake Ridge Academy, OH
Louis August Jones Foundation, NY
Lycoming College, PA
McLean School, MD
New Jersey Seeds, NJ
North Country School Camp Treetops, NY
Norwood School, MD
Oakcrest School, VA
Pacific University, OR
Parkmont School, DC
Peck School, NJ
Peddie School, NJ
People Animals Love, DC
Pomfret School, CT
Princeton Day School, NJ
Radford University, VA
Saint Edward's School, FL
Saint Paul's School, FL
Salisbury School, CT
School of the Holy Child, NY
Seacrest Country Day School, FL
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children, FL
St. Andrew's Episcopal School, MD
St. Andrew's School, DE
St. Bonaventure University, NY
St. Christopher's School, VA
St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School, DC
St. Patrick's School, MD
St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School, VA
St. Thomas Academy, MN
St. Timothy's School, MD
Sycamore School, IN
Town School, NY
Virginia Theological Seminary, VA
Washington International School, DC
Widener University, PA
Windward School, NY
Woodberry Forest School, VA
Yuma Study Center, DC