Shane Dunn

Shane Dunn (he/him), a first-generation college graduate of Cornell University and Boston College, is currently a Boston-based advancement and external relations professional with 17 years of experience working and volunteering across a variety of nonprofit organizations. 

After graduating from Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Inequality Studies, Shane became an “accidental advancement professional” at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University where he worked in the alumnae relations and annual giving office. He then oversaw the expansion and diversification of the alumni Shared Interest Groups program at Tufts University and then launched a series of new initiatives focused on connecting graduate business school students and alumni at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Shane has also served as Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations at Brandeis International Business School in Waltham, MA. While serving on the Dean’s leadership team and also reporting to the Vice President of Institutional Advancement, he oversaw the school’s 25th anniversary reunion weekend, carried a portfolio of 130+ major gifts prospects, increased engagement and communications with an international alumni base of over 4,000 throughout the pandemic, and successfully secured two seven-figure major gifts in support of school- and university-wide priorities.

Over the past 17 years, Shane has also served in a number of leadership roles as an alumni volunteer with Cornell, including President of the Cornell Club of Boston and his alumni class council, a lifetime member of the Cornell University Council, founder of the Cornell Alumni Advisory Board, and Vice President of Recognition for the College of Agriculture of Life Sciences (CALS) Alumni Association. He is a 2024 recipient of the Cornell CALS Alumni Association Young Alumni Achievement Award.