ANDREW BLEAKEN

ANDREW BLEAKEN was recently appointed as director of development at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. He most recently worked at Cornell University, where he was a leadership giving officer in the university’s annual fund. In that role, Bleaken proactively identified new donors and generated more than $700,000 in new gifts to the university in the 2019 fiscal year. Prior to coming to Cornell, Bleaken raised money for the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He has also worked as an account executive for the Oakland A’s and Philadelphia 76ers professional sports teams. Bleaken has a bachelor’s degree in sport management from Drexel University in Philadelphia.