News Brief: Wharton names head of external affairs

The Wharton School announced on Jan. 8 that Kenneth Manotti will be named the associate dean for external affairs, effective Feb. 29.

Manotti orginally served at Penn from 1978 to 1992. He began his work as coordinator of the Middle East Center before taking on several administrative positions at Wharton, including the assistant director of the Wharton Applied Research Center, the operations manager for on-campus recruiting, the director of development operations for Wharton External Affairs and the associate director of alumni giving, director of 25th reunion programs and director of development and corporate relations for the Joseph H. Lauder Institute.

In 1992 Manotti joined the development staff at Columbia University, where he worked to implement fundraising strategies for a $1-billion campaign and undergraduate reunion effort. He also worked to solicit principal gifts between $1 and $3 million.

Recently, he served as the vice president of institutional advancement at the American University in Cairo. There he led a $100-million comprehensive capital campaign that targeted U.S., Middle Eastern and European donors.

Manotti holds a B.A. in English and Political Science with a concentration in Latin American Studies from Dickinson College. He did his graduate course work in International Relations, Latin American Relations and Middle Eastern History and Politics at the University of Pennsylvania.

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