Harbinger elected to Ithaca College board of trustees

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Ithaca College board of trustees recently elected Kirk Harbinger — an alum, former employee, and experienced fundraiser — to a four-year term as alumni trustee. 

He is a 1989 Ithaca College graduate and former president of its Alumni Association board of directors. Since 2020, Harbinger has served as director of development for the University at Albany, where he manages a portfolio of donors/prospects through engagement, cultivation, and stewardship. He also collaborates with deans, faculty, and staff to identify priorities and strategies for achieving fundraising goals.

For the previous seven years, Harbinger worked at Ithaca College, as a major gifts officer in the Division of Philanthropy and Engagement and as development coordinator for the Roy H. Park School of Communications. “He was an integral part of building a culture of philanthropy among students, alumni, and parents, with responsibilities that included matching philanthropic interests of donors with college priorities,” Ithaca College said in a news release. 

Over his prior career, Harbinger has been a manager, consultant, executive, and business partner in multiple industries, spearheading change-management initiatives and employee-training programs.

In addition to earning his bachelor’s degree in politics from the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences, Harbinger has completed coursework toward his MPA degree at the University at Albany. 

Founded in 1892, Ithaca College has about 5,400 students and offers 90 degree programs in its schools of business, communications, humanities and sciences, health sciences and human performance, and music.