LOUISA HANSHEW has been named vice president of development at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. She goes to the orchestra from Drexel University in Philadelphia, where she had been assistant dean of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design since 2011 and had earlier served as the university’s centennial coordinator, director of individual giving, director of annual giving, and assistant director of corporate and foundation relations. Before working at Drexel, Hanshew was senior vice president of development at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She has held development posts at such organizations as Pennsylvania Ballet, the Methodist Hospital Foundation, and Hahnemann University, and has headed her own eponymous development agency. Hanshew holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Drexel University and a master’s in management from Gwynedd-Mercy University.

Posted January 14, 2014