NJIT Promotes Cliffside Park Resident With Expertise in Planned Giving

NEWARK, Jun 28 2005

Khatmeh Osseiran-Hanna, of Cliffside Park, was promoted to assistant vice president of planned giving in the Office of University Advancement at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).

Osseiran-Hanna has 20 years of progressive experience in development and fundraising. For more than four years at NJIT, Osseiran-Hanna has served as director of development in a multitude of areas including the College of Science and Liberal Arts, the School of Management, Leadership Circle, the Otto York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science, athletics, and planned giving.

Osseiran-Hanna also has a well established expertise in planned giving. “This promotion will allow her to concentrate in this specialized area,” said Charles R. Dees, Jr. PhD, vice president for university advancement.

She will also continue to oversee the athletics campaign.

Osseiran-Hanna has a BA degree in international affairs from The George Washington University, District of Columbia, and pursued graduate studies in Islamic studies and economics at McGill University, Montreal. In addition, she earned a Certificate in Planned Giving from the College of William & Mary, Virgina.

Before coming to NJIT, Osseiran-Hanna worked at Fairleigh Dickinson University, American University of Beirut, Greenpeace Fund, Save Lebanon, Inc, and the National Council on Canada Arab Relations.

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