Ms. Hartley's experience encompasses her work at major New York institutions of higher education, the arts, public advocacy and social services, as well as related international projects. She has expertise in overall management and assessment, volunteer and staff training, strategic planning, board development, capital campaigns, and major gifts and planned giving, as well as in communications, alumni relations, and annual giving.

Prior to establishing Hartley Consulting, Linda C. Hartley was Vice President for External Affairs at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. She was responsible for raising $7-8 million annually, recruiting and restructuring a staff of 30 and developing plans for a $200 million capital campaign. As Associate Vice President of Bard College, she was responsible, with the Vice President, for implementing a $134 million capital campaign. She reconstituted the college's planned giving program, built an advisory board and development operation for the Bard Graduate Center and increased its annual giving from $375,000 to $1.2 million in the first 20 months. Previously, she led development, campaign and major/planned gift efforts at Columbia University, New School University and The New York Public Library.

Hartley arrived in New York in 1977 and co-founded The Cutting Edge Theatre. In 1980 she joined the development office at New York University, where she also earned an MBA at the Stern School of Business.

She serves as a member of the board of directors for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, New York Woman's Agenda, and The Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising at New York University, where she is also a member of the adjunct faculty. She is a former president and honorary director of Women in Development, New York and a former board member of NARAL New York.

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