The ISU Foundation named Roger J. Neuhaus, current senior vice president for development and university campaigns at the University of Arizona Foundation, as its new president, according to an ISU Foundation news release. 

Neuhaus will begin working at the ISU Foundation Jan. 23, 2013, according to the release. 

The news release said that in his four years at Arizona, Neuhaus reported more than $600 million in private gifts donated to the foundation, including last year’s record-breaking $181 million in private gifts. 

According to the release, prior to working at the University of Arizona Foundation, Neuhaus worked in fundraising positions at: Verde Valley Medical Center in Arizona; The Finley Hospital and Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa; and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. While at Southern Illinois, Neuhaus also served as the assistant director of the alumni association for six years. 

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