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Greetings from the ICAA President!

Tammy Shadley ICAA President Vice President, Chief Alumni and Advancement Officer Wilmington College

Welcome to the Independent Colleges Advancement Association website!  I am humbled collaborate with such an amazing group of people as I serve as the 2024-2025 president of ICAA.  In a world where independent colleges are faced with so many obstacles, it’s truly an honor to work along other advancement professionals in Ohio and surrounding states.

Our organization offers professional development and education to our members via our Summer Conference, drive in workshops and virtual power hour presentations, but what I find to be most helpful are the collaboration efforts and relationships formed among our members. 

We are all facing budget restraints, but as you consider membership, please consider that our annual membership in based per institution and allows everyone from your institution to take advantage of all our learning opportunities for one small fee.  Once you are a member, you will quickly learn of the many ways to get involved from joining our Executive Committee to helping plan our summer conference. 

If you have questions about ICAA, please call or email me directly or reach out to one of the Executive Committee meetings.  We really do have an amazing team who are more than willing to share their insight and knowledge as we navigate the challenges of working in private higher education.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website.  We would love to welcome you to ICAA!

Tammy Shadley
ICAA President
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Membership Investment Increase Starting September 1, 2024

If you’re reading this, you understand the value of an ICAA membership. It’s one of the best deals you will find for your entire organization to gain access to benefits such as professional development opportunities, networking, benchmarking, job postings and volunteer opportunities all for only $125/year for an institutional membership. It’s a steal that some might even call an undervalued investment. And, honestly, we’re not even sure how long it’s been since we’ve increased our membership investment cost – maybe before the iPhone was invented!

Keeping that in mind, as well as the increasing costs associated with professional development opportunities, ICAA will be raising our membership investment cost beginning on Sept. 1, 2024 to $200/year for institutional membership. This will help ensure we can continue to provide value and benefit to our members. Remember, this is an institutional membership investment and allows everyone at your institution to participate in ICAA at this one very reasonable fee. Thank you for your continued support of ICAA!

If you would like to renew your institutional membership early, prior to the Sept. 1, 2024 increase, please click here.