Brent Pieper

Part Time Instructor

Brent served at the University of Kentucky for seven years (2016-2023) as Associate Vice President for Campaign & Major Gifts for the university’s $2.1 billion campaign. He then served as Vice President for Philanthropy at the University of Louisville before moving on to where he currently leads the One Quest Health Foundation in Northern Kentucky as Chief of Philanthropy and External Relations. He previously held the position Assistant Vice President and Director of Campaign Operations at Cleveland State University. Brent has also led major gifts and campaign leadership positions for Indiana University and Ohio University.  Prior to that, he was on the executive team at United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta for four campaigns.  His first major responsibility in volunteer management was with the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta where he over-saw a seventy-member team for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. 

Brent earned a bachelor's degree in communication from Indiana University, Bloomington ('97); a master of public administration (M.P.A.) from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University ('01); and a doctorate in educational leadership (Ed.D.) from Indiana University, Bloomington (’14).  His research includes women and philanthropy programs in higher education.  Brent has worked with a number of athletes in professional football, baseball and auto racing directly on fundraising initiatives and sports philanthropy research.  He is currently in the process of publishing a book on higher education fundraising in partnership with the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).