Brian Breittholz

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About Brian Breittholz

Brian Breittholz named new FIU AVP for alumni relations Brian Breittholz is FIU's new associate vice president for alumni relations and chief alumni officer. Breittholz, an accomplished higher education leader with a wealth of experience in alumni relations, development, student affairs and communications, joins FIU after serving seven years as Cleveland State University’s (CSU) assistant vice president for alumni affairs and executive director of the university’s alumni association. During his tenure at CSU, Breittholz dramatically increased the volume and variety of activities to engage the school’s alumni, ranging from programming and events, chapter activities, and volunteer engagement to alumni awards, member benefits, and communications and outreach. He leveraged his prior capital campaign experience to help launch the $100 million Engage for CSU, the university’s first comprehensive campaign, closely aligning engagement programs with campaign priorities."We are very excited to welcome Brian to the FIU Alumni family,” said two-time alumnus and president of the FIU Alumni Association Michael Hernandez. “I look forward to working with him and drawing from his extensive professional experience as we endeavor to better serve the Panther alumni community and provide new, innovative, engaging and exciting programming and content to our alumni.” Prior to CSU, Breittholz was senior alumni programs officer of the Indiana University Alumni Association and served in several roles during his 19 years at Miami University: director of alumni education and associate director of the alumni association; director of Advancement and Development for Student Affairs; and director of Greek Affairs. He started his career at the University of Akron, where he was assistant director of Student Development and coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life. “We are delighted that Brian, a professional with such an esteemed record of accomplishment, is joining our FIU team,” said Howard R. Lipman, FIU senior vice president of University Advancement and CEO of the FIU Foundation, Inc. “With his leadership, we look forward to strengthening engagement with our ever-growing alumni base, who are a significant asset to the university and our community.” "To say I'm excited to join the FIU community is an understatement," Breittholz said."I'm so impressed with our accomplishments, and believe we have unlimited opportunities to leverage the pride and the passion of our alumni to further advance FIU for generations to come."