Director Dunn

By Richard Mineards   |   October 31, 2023
LynnRae Dunn named new development director at the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara (courtesy photo)

LynnRae Dunn, whose career in education philanthropy has spanned more than two decades, has been appointed director of development for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara.

A native of Napa and a first-generation college graduate, she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, graduating summa cum laude.

Dunn began her career at San Francisco Theological Seminary in alumni relations and then became director of development.

She subsequently joined Loyola Marymount School as director of major gifts for Loyola Law School, where her work supported the school’s clinics and advocacy programs, such as juvenile justice, immigration advocacy, anti-racism, and disability rights.

Most recently, she served as director of philanthropy for the Dunn School in Los Olivos. where she managed the most successful fundraising event in the school’s history and helped direct the school’s largest-ever capital expansion.

 

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