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Susan Allender
Assistant Director of the Marietta Fund
740-376-4502
Office: Mills Suite 301
Degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Management from Marietta College
Year appointed: 2002
Allender, who has a background with more than 20 years of sales, marketing and management experience, is the Assistant Director of the Marietta Fund, a position she has held since May of 2002.
In that role she works to advance the growth of the Marietta Fund, the College's unrestricted annual giving program. She is primarily responsible for assisting in the development and implementation of programs that encourage support for the Marietta Fund from alumni, parents and students. These programs include the phonathon, direct mail and the Senior Challenge campaign. In 2009 the phonathon operation reached a new milestone, raising more than $275,000 and the Senior Challenge program set new records in both dollars raised and student participation.
Prior to joining Marietta College, Ms. Allender had started two businesses in Athens, Ohio, which she owned and operated simultaneously for more than a decade. Previously, she had been employed by Forma Scientific in Marietta as an inside sales representative.
Susan earned a Bachelor of Arts in Management from Marietta College. She resides in Marietta with her husband, Rocky, and their son, Ryan.