The College president is the chief executive and has ultimate control of the institution’s fund raising activities. The College’s job description for the president identifies the chief executive’s responsibility for providing leadership and supervision for all financial operations and campus development (1). The president has designated the vice president for Macon Campus and Institutional Advancement as the chief development officer for the College (2). The chief development officer supervises the SCC Foundation executive director and the director of Community and Resource Development (3).

The Resource Development Program provides guidelines pertaining to gifts, grants, and contracts to the College (4). According to this policy, the president ultimately controls and coordinates efforts to secure external resources for the College. The chief development officer is responsible for the planning, evaluation, and initiation of all resource development activities. The president directs the chief development officer, the Office of Grant Activities and the Southwestern Community College Foundation director to achieve the resource development goals of the College.