David Ormsby, chairman of the Friends of Nathaniel Witherell, recently announced the appointment of Mary Vinton as the Friends”™ new director of development. She replaces Scott Neff who served as the Friends”™ principal fundraising staff member since 2009 and executive director since 2014.
“”¦We extend our deepest appreciation to Scott Neff, who worked tirelessly with the Friends”™ leadership to raise successfully over $12.8 million in contributions during the past 13 years,” said Ormsby. Neff”™s efforts made possible the Witherell”™s first capital campaign “Project Renew Witherell” to renovate and upgrade the facility, the establishment of a Friendship Garden and annual support for critical quality-of-life programs and services for Witherell”™s long-term residents.
Vinton has been a professional fundraiser, principally in Fairfield County, for the past 22 years. Most recently she served as the director of development for the Greenwich Historical Society, oversaw the fundraising for the expansion and renovation of the Byram Shubert branch of the Greenwich Library, was managing director of Kids In Crisis in Cos Cob and was director of development for King School in Stamford.
A resident of Port Chester, New York, Vinton holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stonehill.
