Maryland Board

Bernard J. Davisson, II is the Vice President for University Advancement at Frostburg State University and Executive Director of the FSU Foundation, Inc. Mr. Davisson oversees the University's fund raising, alumni relations, publications, and media relations programs, as well as FSU's public radio station, WFWM. Frostburg State University is one of 11 universities, two research institutes, and two regional higher education centers belonging to the University System of Maryland, which is the 12th largest university system in the United States serving over 100,000 undergraduate students, 30,000 graduate students, with 8,700 faculty. Davisson previously worked for KASPICK & COMPANY, a member of the TIAA - CREF family of companies, serving as a Relationship Manager between the non-profit organizations who are the firm's clients and those who manage and administer the more than $4.2 billion in planned gifts for those organizations. Prior to that, Davisson's career spans more than 20 years in higher education, most spent in the field of advancement, primarily for the Johns Hopkins Institutions and Hood College. As Senior Director of Gift Planning at the Johns Hopkins Institutions, his successful leadership resulted in exceeding the gift planning goal early on in their campaign and doubling the annual production of the gift planning team. This office coordinated the gift planning efforts for both the University and the Health System. At Hopkins, Davisson was part of an advancement team that secured over $2 billion for the "Initiative" Campaign. Before this, Mr. Davisson served as the Associate Vice President for Development at Hood College where he coordinated the development efforts in the final years of the institution's first comprehensive campaign. He has spoken on gift planning program developments at regional and national conferences. In addition to his B.S. in sociology from FSU, Davisson earned a M.A. in Higher Education Administration from The Ohio State University.