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Ben Anderson, photo by Daniel Mortimer, Courtesy of Boston College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anderson comes to Trinity from Boston College, where he worked in advancement for 13 years. Starting in 2022, he served as associate vice president (AVP) for principal giving and campaign director of \u201cSoaring Higher: The Campaign for Boston College,\u201d\u00a0an initiative with goals of raising $3 billion and 60 percent alumni participation. In the decade prior to that position, Anderson was promoted to several roles at BC, including AVP for major gifts and director of parent development. He previously worked in development at Habitat for Humanity International and at Skidmore College.<\/p>\n

Anderson earned an undergraduate degree in economics with a concentration in Spanish from Bates College, where he served as captain of the lacrosse team.<\/p>\n

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Scott Jordan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jordan joins Trinity from Harvard\u2019s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the largest faculty of Harvard University and the academic administration for undergraduate and graduate education. Beginning in 2021, he served as dean of finance and administration, leading operations with a focus on long-term financial sustainability, managing the return to in-person work following the pandemic, and recruitment and retention of staff.\u00a0Previously, Jordan served as executive vice president for administration and chief financial officer for the University of Connecticut. Prior to entering higher education, he spent two decades in public finance leadership roles for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including as undersecretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance.<\/p>\n

Jordan earned an undergraduate degree in economics, cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a master\u2019s in public administration from Harvard\u2019s John F. Kennedy School of Government.<\/p>\n

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Gavin Viano, Photo by Keith Nordstrom, Courtesy of Wheaton College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Viano most recently worked at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where in 2020, he was named director of athletics and recreation. In early 2022, he was promoted to associate vice president of strategic programs and assumed additional responsibilities on top of his director of athletics and recreation role. Viano oversaw Wheaton\u2019s Division III athletics and recreation program and contributed to the achievement of several institutional goals, including those centered on enrollment, student wellness, fundraising, and developing nontraditional revenue streams for the institution.\u00a0Prior to Wheaton, Viano worked as associate athletic director for development at Davidson College and as senior managing director of athletics fundraising at Dartmouth College.<\/p>\n

Viano earned an undergraduate degree in history from Clark University, where he served as captain of the men\u2019s swimming and diving team. He also earned a master\u2019s in sports management from Drexel University.<\/p>\n

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