Albertus Magnus College Names Director of Leadership Giving
Cherie G. Long Joins College at Pivotal Point in its History: Its 100th Anniversary
New Haven, Conn., July 23, 2025 – Albertus Magnus College is pleased to announce that Cherie G. Long has joined the College as Director of Leadership Giving in the Office of Advancement. In this role, she is responsible for securing major gifts from graduates and friends of the College, while also helping to grow its leadership giving society, The President’s Associates. Long’s position comes at a critical and celebratory time at Albertus — as it marks its milestone 100th anniversary of finding passion and purpose while transforming lives through education.
Long brings more than a decade of fundraising and development expertise as well as government, nonprofit, and academia experience to the table. Before joining Albertus, she served as a Major Gift Officer at Miss Porter’s School in Farmington and as Director of Development at her alma mater, the University of New Haven.
“Cherie will be an incredible asset to the Advancement team as we enter Albertus’ historic Centennial Year and beyond,” said Interim Vice President for Advancement Kierran Broatch. “Her expertise in building relationships and securing leadership gifts will help the College achieve its philanthropic goals and better carry out its mission as we begin a second century of education excellence.”
A resident of Wethersfield, Conn., Long has a dual bachelor’s degrees from the University of New Haven as well as a Master of Public Administration from Pace University. Long is also an active volunteer and fundraising committee member for community-based organizations including the Urban League of Greater Hartford and Grace Academy in Hartford.
About Albertus Magnus College
Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. As New England's most diverse Catholic College, Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For eight consecutive years, graduating classes at Albertus have achieved post-graduate employment and graduate school success at a rate of at least 95%. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and 12 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds with nearly the same percentage of undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants and being first generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Public Health, and Supply Chain Management; among its graduate programs is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. Just two years from its historic 100 th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, which articulates an inspiring, bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.