Richard H. Morley, a Southern California nonprofit and planned-giving professional, has been named executive director of the Mt. San Antonio College Foundation. Located 25 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, “Mt SAC “ is the largest single-campus community college in the State of California, with more than 65,000 students and more than 1 million alumni.
Morley, who is a native of Freedom, Indiana, has lived in Signal Hill since 1984. He holds two of the highest national distinctions granted in the fund-raising profession: certified fund-raising executive (CFRE) and certified specialist in planned giving (CSPG).
Morley, who has served as interim director of the Mt. SAC Foundation for the last year, is credited with improving Foundation operational processes, including the use of Web 2.0 technology to cultivate donors and to process donor transactions more efficiently. He also established several new scholarships, preserved funding for all of the existing Mt. SAC scholarships despite today’s difficult economic climate, and secured the Foundation’s largest gift ever at $1.3 million.
“We are pleased and fortunate to have a professional of Richard’s caliber, who brings a solid and diverse portfolio of experience and skills to the leadership of Mt. SAC’s fund development efforts,” said Mt. SAC President/CEO John S. Nixon. “In spite of tough economic times, we are confident that Richard will be effective in securing needed gifts and funds from willing donors who believe in and support our mission to provide quality education for our students.”
Prior to Mt. SAC, Morley served as the director of development for Community Care Health Centers, the largest nonprofit health care provider in Orange County. He started the consulting practice at the Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership in 2002, working to enhance fund-raising and management at many local Long Beach nonprofit organizations. He also served as director of corporate and foundation relations for the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), an $18-million adult learning and workforce development nonprofit agency in Chicago. In the 1980s, Morley founded and was the president/CEO of CraneMorley, Inc, one of the first corporate firms based on Pine Avenue, and a leading corporate training and development firm on the West Coast. Previously, he was a teacher and assistant principal at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach, and in the Los Angeles inner city at Roosevelt High School.
