CALS Advancement is pleased to announce that Dinah Schuster has joined the CALS Advancement team as the Senior Director of Development for the Plant Sciences Initiative and North Carolina Agricultural and Life Sciences Research Foundation Board (NCALS). Dinah has over twenty years of experience in higher education advancement and an extensive background in private philanthropic giving, corporate/industry engagement as well as campaign development, and management oversight.

Dinah last served as Director of Development at Louisiana State University in the School of Veterinary Medicine and as Senior Director of Development for the LSU AgCenter and College of Agriculture. Her experience working with other Land Grant institutions includes Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana and Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Additionally, Dinah has served as the lead fundraiser for the Tulsa Ballet and the Charleston Ballet Company. She is a two-time OSU graduate, with a B.A .in English and an M.S. in International Studies.